{"id":7161,"date":"2017-01-09T08:14:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T15:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2019-09-18T19:40:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T02:40:16","slug":"web-browser-support-for-sharepoint-server-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/web-browser-support-for-sharepoint-server-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Browser Support for SharePoint Server 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following browsers are officially supported by Microsoft in SharePoint Server 2016. However, the word &#8220;supported&#8221; requires clarification.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 750px;\" width=\"738\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\"><strong>Browser<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><strong>Supported<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><strong>Not Supported<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Microsoft Edge<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 11<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 9<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 7<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 6<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Google Chrome (latest version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Mozilla Firefox (latest version plus immediate previous version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Apple Safari (latest released version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>SharePoint Server 2016, like its predecessors, requires Active X controls for several features and without Active X support some features won&#8217;t work properly. Therefore, any browser that doesn&#8217;t support Active X is not fully supported. The following browsers don&#8217;t support Active X and are therefore not fully supported.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All 64-bit versions of Internet Explorer<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Edge<\/li>\n<li>Google Chrome<\/li>\n<li>Mozilla Firefox<\/li>\n<li>Apple Safari<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>My Recommendation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I recommend using only 32-bit Internet Explorer 11 (and newer versions as they become available) to ensure full functionality in SharePoint Server 2016. That&#8217;s not to say that the browsers listed in the table above, such as Firefox and Chrome won&#8217;t work with SharePoint Server 2016 at all, it&#8217;s just that it will confuse the users why some features won&#8217;t work in these so-called &#8220;supported&#8221; browsers and they won&#8217;t remember to switch to a fully supported browser for certain features.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I would define what&#8217;s fully supported, what&#8217;s partially supported, and what&#8217;s not supported at all.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 750px;\" width=\"738\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\"><strong>Browser<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><strong>Fully Supported<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><strong>Partially Supported<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><strong>Not Supported<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Microsoft Edge<br \/>\n(32-bit)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<br \/>\n(No Active-X support)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">Microsoft Edge<br \/>\n(64-bit version)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 11 (32-bit)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">Internet Explorer 11<br \/>\n(64-bit version)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 10<br \/>\n(32-bit)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<br \/>\n(immersive mode not supported)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">Internet Explorer 10<br \/>\n(64-bit version)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 9<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Internet Explorer 6<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 116px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 108px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Google Chrome (latest version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<br \/>\n(No Active-X support)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Mozilla Firefox (latest version plus immediate previous version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<br \/>\n(No Active-X support)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #91c5ff; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"400\">Apple Safari (latest released version)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"116\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\">X<br \/>\n(No Active-X support)<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #bdf0cc; width: 400px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\" width=\"108\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Immersive Mode was designed for tablets, phones, and touch user interface. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc263526(v=office.16).aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a>, here are the limitations of the browsers that are partially supported (Internet Explorer 10 immersive mode, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge).<\/p>\n<table class=\" alignleft\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Plugin name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>DLL file name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3; text-align: left;\"><strong>What it does<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3;\"><strong>Supported browser version<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f7b7a3;\"><strong>Known limitations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Digital Signature<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Dsigctrl.dll, dsigres.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Digital signing takes place in both the InfoPath client and on the InfoPath Forms Services server. Make sure that the following conditions exist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forms that are signed on the client can be verified on the server.<\/li>\n<li>Forms that are signed on the server can be verified on the client.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">An inability to verify a form produces an error that states that the form cannot be signed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">NameCtrl<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Name.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Enables a webpage to display a contact card and presence status for people. Integrates through client-side APIs with Office 2016.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Supported in Internet Explorer 10 and Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n<p>Internet Explorer version 10 immersive mode is not supported.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">TaskLauncher<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Nameext.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Used to export items in a task list to Project Server if Project 2010 is installed on the client computer.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">All browsers<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">If software requirements are not met, an error message states that you need to install Project Server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">SpreadSheetLauncher<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Owssupp.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Used to verify whether Excel is installed for Export to Excel feature.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">If Excel is not installed, an error message states that a list cannot be imported because a compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with the browser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">StssyncHandler<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Owssupp.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Enables synchronization of lists of events and lists of contacts in SharePoint with a messaging application such as Outlook 2016.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">ExportDatabase<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Owssupp.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Enables a user to use an application such as Access to create or open a database that contains SharePoint list data.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">To export a list, the client computer must have a SharePoint compatible application.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">OpenDocuments<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Owssupp.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Starts Office client applications so that a user can create a or edit a document. Enables users to create documents that are based on a specified template, open documents as read-only, or open documents as read\/write.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">All except Internet Explorer version 10 in immersive mode.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">If a compatible Office application or browser is not installed on a client, an error message states that the feature requires a SharePoint compatible application and web browser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">CopyCtl<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Stsupld.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Enables a user to copy a document on a SharePoint site to one or more locations on a server.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">In Firefox, Google Chrome, and immersive mode of Internet Explorer version 10, the copy progress dialog box is not displayed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">PPActiveX<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">PPSLAX.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Starts PowerPoint to open presentations from a slide library or publish individual slides to a slide library.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Does not work on Click-to-Run installations of Office and version of Office that run on Windows for ARM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">BCSLauncher<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">BCSLaunch.dll<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Starts the Visual Studio Tools for Office installer to install a Visual Studio Tools for Office package that has been generated on the server.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Internet Explorer 10<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana;\">Copyright \u00a9 2017 SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC. 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