Issue Description
1. Not all the groups are being resolved by document library/list people picker.
2. You cannot send alerts to a security group instead of a user.
3. Even if some of the groups are being resolved, the alert emails are still not being sent.
Users
were unable to setup email alerts on Document library "library1" on
SharePoint site "http://mysitename/sites/site1/"
for some Active directory groups "domain\ADGroup"
Product
Version: SharePoint 2013
You
get the below error message:
Unable
to set alerts to domain security groups with error "We couldn't find an
exact match" or “Sorry, you are not allowed to share this with external
users.”
Cause
I
had opened a ticket with Microsoft for this issue and worked with them and they
finally confirmed this is a bug with SharePoint 2013. This issue has been
fixed with May 7,
2014 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2013.
Resolution
1) Log in to the all the SharePoint Servers in the farm. Browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS
2)
Make a copy of SubNew.aspx .Now modify the SubNew.aspx . Search for <wssawc:ClientPeoplePicker
3)
Paste the below text after the section SelectionSet="User,SecGroup"
:
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