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My default save location when saving documents from Word/Excel/Outlook is on network folder via folder redirection for Documents and Desktop. When i switch to new experience interface and try to save email attachment from Outlook it's trying to open the shared folder via port 80 instead SMB file share which cause an pop up display Connecting: Trying to connect to: \fileserver\share...
Microsoft® Outlook® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2206 Build 16.0.15330.20260) 64-bit
If I manually change the default save location to point on some local folder and then navigate to the file share via "save as" dialog it browse the shared folders normally and open the network shares normally. Also if i disable the new experience switch and return to the old interface of outlook it works ok. This problem is observed only in the New experience interface for all Office products (word/excel/outlook) when the default save location is pointing to the network share.
For Word and Excel there's option for default save location
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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The only way to let Microsoft know about this issue is to rise a support ticket. Unfortunately I'm unable to do it as my Microsoft Office365 license is from CSP without including direct support from Microsoft. So if you experience the same problem as mine and have Office365 just rise a ticket so Microsoft can fix this.
Same issue here, and our MS365 tenant is also through a CSP so we have no way to open a ticket directly with Microsoft.
I've found elsewhere you can mitigate this by disabling the WebClient service. The only issue is that I'm not sure what else this will break. I believe at the very minimum it will break Sharepoint, which I don't use so I can't test. I haven't noticed an issue with sharing files in Teams, nor have I found an issue with using Excel on the Web. I'm able to open that same spreadsheet that I have open in Excel on the Web (we use it for tracking ticket issues as a team) in Excel on my PC. So I'm a bit confused with what this service will actually break if it's anything beyond Sharepoint.
Same problem here.
All Office-Versions from 2016 to 2021.
Workaround:
Instead of using "Save as" just hit F12.
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Hitting F12 does the same thing as Save As. Pops up a box for connecting to a network share.