Cannot Open an Office 2016 version 1812 document from Sharepoint Server 2016 Standard On Premises with either Form and Windows authentication methods

Question

Until a few days ago, the "Open in Excel" function worked perfectly.

After installing version 1812 (Build 11126.20169) they are no longer able to open office documents from sharepoint. I receive the message:

Sorry, we could not open 'https: //subdomain.domain: 447 / Path / document.xlsx'

The portal uses an unconventional TCP port but this should not be the problem since with the previous office version everything worked smoothly.

On other sharepoint portals with a single authentication method, the opening of office documents also works regularly with version 1812.

Does anyone know what may have happened or has the same problem?

Thanks Leandro

Answer 1

Update to Office version 16.0.11126.20196 seems to have solved the problem.

Answer 2

A downgrade to an earlier version of Office helps:

1. Open command prompt

2. Type cd %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun

3. Type officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.11029.20108

I don't fully understand that version number that needs to be specified. I used the Update history for Office 365 ProPlus page for help.

Update

There is a new version of Office available via the regular update channels that fixes the problem. It's still version 1812. The build number is 11126.20266.

We have also indication that the problem has been fixed for the earlier build 11126.20196. So it remains unclear how it has been fixed.