Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Activate Durable Links in SharePoint 2016

One of the great new features in SharePoint 2016 is Durable Links. Durable links make sure that documents do not change URLs when they are being changed document libraries, or renamed.

However, this feature does not come activated by default. In this blog post I will show you the simple procedure to activate Durable Links in SharePoint 2016. First, go to Site Settings.

Activate Durable Links in SharePoint 2016

Afterwards, go in Site Collection Features

Activate Durable Links in SharePoint 2016

And finally, activate the “Document ID Service” feature. It is not activated by default.

 

Activate Durable Links in SharePoint 2016

Now, documents will start having URLS like this:

Before: http://ift.tt/1LvzXI7

After: http://ift.tt/1hZS92V

 

Note: After playing with the SharePoint 2016 Preview, it seems that durable links work for renaming documents, but they don’t work when moving document libraries, I get an error like the screenshot below. I will update the blog post once It’s either a confirmed bug in Preview.


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