Every other week I receive emails, blog comments, phone calls, … from customers asking about strange behaviors they see in the SharePoint build version of their farm. I have written a couple of articles about this topic but there is still a lot of confusion about “build numbers”, “build version”, “patch level”, … In this […]
Sometimes when patching a SharePoint farm with multiple SharePoint servers the SharePoint Configuration Wizard or the Central Admin complains that one or more servers in the farm are missing a specific fix although this fix has actually been installed on these server. If you read certain blog posts or forum entries you will usually find […]
If PSConfig/PSConfigUI encountered a problem it showed a generic error message and pointed to a PSCDiagnostics log with more details. The challenge for administrators was to locate the actual problem description inside this huge log file. This was not very convenient. The main reason for this behavior is, that the main upgrade work is not […]
The product group released the August 2016 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For August 2016 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. As this is a common question: Yes, August 2016 CU includes all fixes from August 2016 PU. […]
SharePoint 2007 Suite: none SharePoint 2010 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 SharePoint 2013 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2013 Office Web Apps 2013 SharePoint 2016 Suite: SharePoint Server 2016 Office Online Server 2016 See the security bulletin below for more details and KB number for the relevant fixes: […]
SharePoint 2007 Suite: none SharePoint 2010 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 SharePoint 2013 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2013 Office Web Apps 2013 SharePoint 2016 Suite: Office Online Server 2016 See the security bulletin below for more details and KB number for the relevant fixes: Security Bulletin MS16-070
The product group released the June 2016 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For June 2016 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. As this is a common question: Yes, June 2016 CU includes all fixes from June 2016 PU. […]
The product group released the May 2016 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For May 2016 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. As this is a common question: Yes, May 2016 CU includes all fixes from May 2016 PU. […]
Disclaimer: this article only covers single aspects of the upgrade process. For a complete list of upgrade approaches including all details please check the following articles: Install a software update for SharePoint 2013 Install a software update for SharePoint Server 2016 Patching SharePoint servers has always been a challenge. A major culprit for administrators is […]
The product group released the April 2016 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For April 2016 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. As this is a common question: Yes, April 2016 CU includes all fixes from April 2016 PU. […]
With March 2016 PU we have released security fixes for SharePoint which are offered through Microsoft Update. For the following SharePoint products and components fixes have been released: SharePoint 2007 Suite: none SharePoint 2010 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 SharePoint 2013 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2013 Office […]
The product group released the March 2016 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For March 2016 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. As this is a common question: Yes, March 2016 CU includes all fixes from March 2016 PU. […]
