The product group released the December 2023 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition.
Monthly SharePoint Server Subscription edition updates are released as a single unified “uber” package containing both the language independent and language dependent fixes. Language independent and language dependent fixes will no longer be released separately. This is similar to the full server packages released for SharePoint 2013.
The KB article for December 2023 CU will be available at the following location in a couple of hours:
- KB 5002533 – December 2023 Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
The download for December 2023 CU is available through the following link:
It is irrelevant which language you pick on the drop down in download center. It will always download the same package.
After installing the fix you need to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm. If you prefer to run the command line version psconfig.exe ensure to have a look here for the correct options.
Please ensure to have a look at the SharePoint Patching Best Practices before applying new fixes.
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition December 2023 CU Build Number: 16.0.16731.20402
Related Links:
- Technet: 23H2 Feature Update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
- Technet: Updated Product Servicing Policy for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
- Technet: FAQs for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition product servicing policy
- Blog: SharePoint Patching Best Practices
- Blog: SharePoint Patching demystified
- Blog: Why I prefer PSCONFIGUI.EXE over PSCONFIG.EXE
- Technet: Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products
- Blog: SharePoint Server 2016 Zero-Downtime Patching Demystified (applies also to SharePoint Server 2019)
- Blog: SharePoint does not have a build version. Full Stop.
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Hello, does this update fix the known issue from September CU on search index replication? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-the-security-update-for-sharepoint-server-subscription-edition-september-12-2023-kb5002474-c5869260-56d1-439b-a159-45fa38935276?
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Hi IKS,
yes – it is documented in the KB article for December CU:
“Fixes an issue in which search index replication doesn’t work. This causes the index replicas to no longer be synchronized with the primary index component.”
Cheers,
Stefan
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No security fix in this update?
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Thats correct. No security fixes in December 2023 CU.
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SharePoint Search Index problem are solved, but still error and problem with the iFilter for old document types. Any time schedule for fix of that problem ?
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Hi Johnny,
unfortunately not. The root cause for the issue is still being investigated.
Cheers,
Stefan
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We just received the information that a fix for the indexing issue for classic Office documents is planned to be included in February 2024 CU.
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Was curious if anyone else is experiencing really long install times with the SE updates? We see this warning in the event logs continually before the patch finally completes but not sure if this is the cause or how to correct. 10010 Application ‘C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\w3wp.exe’ (pid 18776) cannot be restarted – Application SID does not match Conductor SID..
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Hi Stefan,
After we installed December 2023 CU for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, and we run the SharePoint products config wizard without any error, by in CA->Upgrade and Migration->Review database status, the ProfileDatabase show “Database is too old and upgrade is required”, the UPS does not show any data.
I’ve searched the Internet for a long time, many articles say to execute “PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures” or “Psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force”, but I’ve tried, in our environment this does not help..
Do we have any solutions to this problem?
Hope your reply,
Thanks