I see this question was answered... but at this time I have the same problem...so I'll ask the same question again. We're using ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and today we realized that the default symbology for our parcels layer in SDE is set to my configuration. This also includes my popup configuration as well.
I see some advantages to this. It keeps everyone looking at the same layer the same way. It also helps the casual GIS user pull in the popup configuration without having to do much work. However, it has some serious problems. The field that we used to symbolize out parcel file is called PARCEL_TYPE. The field name is 11 characters long. So, when I export this layer as a shapefile it brings along the symbology and popup configuration only to have the PARCEL_TYPE field truncated to PARCEL_TYP in the shapefile. This causes the symbology to be broken as well as the popup information for that field to be broken.
So, my questions is the same as the original. How do I change the default symbology of a layer in SDE with ArcGIS Pro 2.9?