November 2020 CU for SharePoint 2013 product family is available for download

18 Comments

1. 

   Mohamad Najia
   On 13. November 2020 Permalink

   Hello.
   Have you faced an issue with latest google chrome update and this update?in terms of FBA and claim based authentication. On IE and Firefox it is working but not on google chrome.
   Thx

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   1. 

      Mohamad Najia
      On 13. November 2020 Permalink

      It is okay.I managed to find the issue. The portal is http and chrome 80+ has some issues with same site cookies. I was able to fix it with url rewrite in case anyone faced similar issue.Thx

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      1. 

         Sachin Mohite
         On 8. February 2021 Permalink

         Could you please share step by step instructions to fix this issue?

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2. 

   Martin
   On 19. November 2020 Permalink

   Hello,

   Does anybody have step by step instruction, how to install this update?

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 19. November 2020 Permalink

      Hi Martin,
      important is to evaluate it first in a test environment as you cannot uninstall it.
      Recommended steps:
      1) take a farm backup
      2) install the fix on all machines
      3) run sharepoint config wizard on the machine hosting the central admin
      4) run sharepoint config wizard on all other machines
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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3. 

   Arul
   On 30. November 2020 Permalink

   Hi Stefan,

   I having issues with the timer service after installing the patch. The cache.ini file is not appearing on the cache folder and the original GUID folder has been updated as .tmp

   Could you please help if this is a known issue?

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 1. December 2020 Permalink

      Hi Arul,
      this is not a known issue.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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4. 

   Trev
   On 8. December 2020 Permalink

   Hi

   Is it best to install all the updates then run PSCONFIGGUI at the end- or run psconfig after each patch?

   Download SharePoint Foundation 2013 November 2020 CU
   Download SharePoint Server 2013 November 2020 CU
   Download Project Server 2013 November 2020 CU
   Download Office Web Apps Server 2013 November 2020 CU

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   1. 

      Trev
      On 8. December 2020 Permalink

      Also, is it still a good idea to run the patch via this script to save time? https://blog.russmax.com/why-sharepoint-2013-cumulative-update-takes-5-hours-to-install/

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      1. 

         Stefan Goßner
         On 8. December 2020 Permalink

         Hi Trev,
         for SharePoint 2013 the answer is yes.
         Cheers,
         Stefan

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   2. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 8. December 2020 Permalink

      Hi Trev,
      you only have to install one of these patches – not all of them.
      E.g. the SharePoint Server patch includes the SharePoint Foundation one and the Project Server patch includes the SharePoint Server and the SharePoint foundation one.
      The config wizard only has to be run once after all patches you would like to applied are installed.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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5. 

   Prasad
   On 13. January 2021 Permalink

   We are on July 2020 CU and we want to install the Nov 2020 CU, will the issue from Oct 2020 CU carried to Nov 2020 CU or this is free from Oct 2020 CU issue?

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 13. January 2021 Permalink

      Hi Prasad,
      which issue are you talking about?
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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6. 

   Nayana Alex
   On 19. January 2021 Permalink

   Hi Stefan,
   we are unable to install kb4486731, every time we try to run, we get the following error: “The installation of this package failed” and we have also tried extracting the KB, however the extract also fails.

   Patch installation log says that :” The Detection failed , this can be due to a corrupted installation database.

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 19. January 2021 Permalink

      Hi Nayana,
      windows has an installation database where it keeps track of all installed products and updates.
      If this database is corrupt this error will occur.
      My recommendation is to open a support case with Microsoft to see if the issue is indeed caused by a corrupt installation database and if yes to check if the database can be repaired.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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      1. 

         Nayana Alex
         On 19. January 2021 Permalink

         Hi Stefan,

         Thank you this information .
         We have tried to install the same update on 3 different farms which is connected to 3 different sql servers. On all the 3 farms we get the same error.

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         1. 

            Stefan Goßner
            On 19. January 2021 Permalink

            Hi Alex,

            either the fix got corrupted during download or there is a problem on each of these servers. Have they e.g. been created through the same template?
            If you cannot resolve the issue on your own I would recommend to open a support case with Microsoft.

            Cheers,
            Stefan

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            1. 

               Nayana Alex
               On 19. January 2021 Permalink

               Hi Stefan,

               Thank you for the advice . Servers were not created using same template.