Description of the security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016: July 14, 2020

Summary

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see the following security advisories:

Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 installed on the computer.

This public update delivers Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016. Feature Pack 2 contains the following feature:

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

This public update also delivers all the features that were included in Feature Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2016, including:

Administrative Actions Logging
MinRole enhancements
SharePoint Custom Tiles
Hybrid Taxonomy
OneDrive API for SharePoint on-premises
OneDrive for Business modern user experience (available to Software Assurance customers)

The OneDrive for Business modern user experience requires an active Software Assurance contract at the time that the experience is enabled, either by installation of the public update or by manual enablement. If you don't have an active Software Assurance contract at the time of enablement, you must turn off the OneDrive for Business modern user experience.

For more information, see the following articles:

Improvements and fixes

This security update contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues in SharePoint Server 2016:

The Automatic Password Change Schedule (Monthly by Day mode) doesn't work correctly.
Office document versions are getting trimmed when preservation hold is enabled.
Fixes incorrect regional settings of the Istanbul time zone.

Note To fix this issue completely, you have to install KB 4484440 together with this update.
Restore-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication fails when SQL Server Authentication is used.
A memory leak occurs that could cause memory bottlenecks and performance issues on web front-end (WFE) servers if there are thousands of site collections across the farm.
A running timer job is orphaned when its server is removed.
In a site that contains the ampersand (&) character in its URL, when you export a survey list to an Excel spreadsheet, Excel should open a new workbook that contains one worksheet that is named owssvr. However, the owssvr worksheet isn't opened.

This security update contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues in Project Server 2016:

When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, even if you select Cancel in the Edit Resource or in Enterprise Custom Fields and Lookup Tables pages, the resource, enterprise field or lookup table remains checked out. For this fix to work, you have to install Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.
When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, if you change a View setting such as a column width or order, the changes do not persist if the view, filter, or grouping is applied to pages such as the Project Center, Resource Center, Approvals, Tasks, or Timesheets. For example, after you chang View from Summary to Cost, and then you refresh the page, the View value remains as Summary. For this fix to work, you have to install the Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.