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URL of a web application is broken when you access the web application by using WAP in Windows Server 2012 R2

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You access a web application by using the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Web Application Proxy (WAP) that is running on a Windows Server 2012 R2-based computer.
  • Data that contains non-ASCII characters (such as ä) is passed to the web application through the query string of a URL (for example, you open an item that contains non-ASCII characters). 
In this scenario, you notice that the data is not encoded correctly, and the web application may not work. 

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Cause

This issue occurs because the AD FS WAP cannot encode the URL correctly if the URL contains non-ASCII characters.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, install update rollup 2975719. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975719 August 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More Information

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbfix, kbsurveynew, kbexpertiseadvanced, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 2978100
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 8/12/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 209