December 2018 CU for SharePoint Server 2016 is available for download

24 Comments

1. 

   Mohanghimire
   On 12. December 2018 Permalink

   Hi Stefan ,
   Recommendation is to Apply both “language independent” and “Dependent” patch , However when I go through these patches sometime there is No language dependent patch. Our 2016 Environment is at June , 2018 Patch level and were Wondering if we can Apply Dec patch which is just “Language Independent fix ”

   Also , Wondering if there is any baseline When “Language independent ” fix applies and when Not (Meaning, Does your Farm need to be at Certain Patch level/Build to apply just “Language independent” fix ?

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 13. December 2018 Permalink

      Hi Mohanghimire,
      in this case you should to install the latest available language dependent fix which is the one from October 2018 CU.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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2. 

   MikeSmith34
   On 17. December 2018 Permalink

   The OOS download link points to the 2019 OOS patch, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=57629

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 17. December 2018 Permalink

      OOS only exists in one version which can be used with SP2016 and SP2019.

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      1. 

         MikeSmith34
         On 17. December 2018 Permalink

         But when I run it, it tells me “The expected version of the product was not found on the system.”

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         1. 

            MikeSmith34
            On 17. December 2018 Permalink

            This is for a SharePoint and OOS 2016 installation.

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      2. 

         MikeSmith34
         On 19. December 2018 Permalink

         Any update on this? I’m still getting “the expected version of the product was not found on the system” when trying to update a 2016 OOS with the patch listed above.

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         1. 

            Stefan Goßner
            On 19. December 2018 Permalink

            Hi Mike,
            I’m waiting for a follow up from a colleague doing OOS support right now.
            As I’m not supporting this product I don’t have all the details.
            It seems as if the patch requires a different OOS baseline and indeed cannot be installed on top of older OOS Servers.
            Cheers,
            Stefan

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      3. 

         Adrian Sauerbrey
         On 20. December 2018 Permalink

         I’m having the same issue. There is, however, a new release of OOS this month.
         Going from past experience, I presume that this needs to be installed as new baseline: Office Online Server (Last updated November 2018)

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3. 

   Bart Plessers
   On 15. January 2019 Permalink

   Stefan,

   Is this an update for a version of Office Online 2019 server?
   Your link for the OOS points to
   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57629
   which downloads
   wacserver2019-kb4011027-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

   This seems to be an update for the OOS-2019
   I can’t seem to find this version of the OOS, and the above mentioned update is not applicable for OOS-2016…

   Is there a version 2019 of the OOS?
   Can’t find it either…

   kind regards,
   Bart

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 15. January 2019 Permalink

      Hi Bart,
      yes this is for Office Online Server 2019.
      You should be able to find it on VLSC.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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      1. 

         hamni1
         On 24. January 2019 Permalink

         Hi Stefan,
         Is Office Online Server 2019 compatable with SharePoint 2016? I can´t seem to find this information anywhere.
         I guess they just decided to bump up the version in the name and is still just another new baseline version?

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         1. 

            Stefan Goßner
            On 24. January 2019 Permalink

            Yes.

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4. 

   Samir7007
   On 21. January 2019 Permalink

   Hi Stefan – We are at RTM level and planning for an update to get SPFx feature within our SharePoint 2016. Need your kind advice on which would be the stable version? Also, I see Jan, 2019 CU is availbale but doesn’t include language dependent fix. So in this case, can I still install Jan, 2019 update with Oct, 2018 language dependent update, will this work? Please advice me the best. Much appreciated.

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 21. January 2019 Permalink

      Hi Samir,
      RTM is unsupported since 9 months already! You should upgrade asap to get on a supported patch Level.
      See here for details:
      https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/2017/05/15/updated-product-servicing-policy-for-sharepoint-server-2016/

      Yes, you can install the language dependent fix from October 2018 with the language independent fix from January 2019.

      Cheers,
      Stefan

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      1. 

         Samir7007
         On 21. January 2019 Permalink

         Hi Stefan,
         Thank you so much for the kind reply. I’m a begginer and just have a small concern, these update will not cause any issue on my existing working environment – right? Could you please suggest me for a safe update process. You’re help is much appreciated.

         Best Regards,
         Samir

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         1. 

            Stefan Goßner
            On 21. January 2019 Permalink

            Hi Samir,
            fixes change the behavior of the product – usually to the better but it depends on each individual system.
            As you cannot uninstall SharePoint fixes it is important to evaluate the fixes in a test environment which resembles the production environment.
            Cheers,
            Stefan

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            On 22. September 2019 Permalink

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