SYMPTOM:
When a user enters the wrong password when trying to retrieve projects in Strategy Office, instead of the “Login failure” error, a “java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError” shows:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/MicroStrategy/util/MSTRCheckedException
[com.Strategy.webapi SEVERE] [11/28/2017 16:57:24:624] [1] [CDSSXMLServerSessionImpl.CreateSessionEx] (Login failure.) 0x800411c1: [com.Strategy.webapi.MSTRWebAPIException: (Login failure.)
CAUSE:
This is a known issue in Strategy Office 10.7 and above.
ACTION:
This issue has been addressed in 10.11. Upgrade to this version to take advantage of this fix. KB438725