SharePoint Server 2016 – KB4018381 – May 2018

This security update (KB4018381) 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 Microsoft security advisories:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2018-8149
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2018-8155
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2018-8156
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2018-8161

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

This public update delivers Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016, which 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 Auditing (preview)
• Hybrid Taxonomy
• OneDrive API for SharePoint on-premises
• OneDrive for Business modern 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 New features included in the November 2016 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1) and New features included in the September 2017 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 2).