SharePoint security fixes released with October 2016 PU and offered through Microsoft Update

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   David
   On 13. October 2016 Permalink

   These updates are coming through as regular updates in SCCM as opposed to Farm-Deployment updates. Does that mean that psconfig doesn’t need to be run after they’re installed?

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      Stefan Goßner
      On 13. October 2016 Permalink

      Hi David, no that is not the Case.
      There is not a single SharePoint fix which does not require PSConfig.
      Also SCCM deployed fixes require PSConfig. Always.
      See here for detail:
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/2015/09/09/why-we-recommend-require-to-run-the-configuration-wizard-also-for-security-fixes/
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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         David
         On 14. October 2016 Permalink

         Thanks for the clarification.

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   Dominick
   On 19. October 2016 Permalink

   Is there any truth to MS making all patches for windows and SharePoint one .exe with no way to separate them?
   We are being told by our patch guys its all one package and we can no longer stop SP patches unless we stop all

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      Stefan Goßner
      On 19. October 2016 Permalink

      No that is not the case.

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         Dominick
         On 30. October 2016 Permalink

         When we installed MS16-121 and check under control panel /installed products/installed updates I see 2 patches for the corresponding KB#3118352
         Seems like all security updates for SP do this, any reason why?
         I ended up with one server that had only 1 and I think its preventing the wizard from running due to software mismatch
         thanks

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