An important change has been introduced since my last post about the changed delivery strategy introduced with February 2015 CU. We want to let everyone know of a change to the patch delivery strategy for Office server products. As of March 2015, all Office product updates will be offered via Microsoft Update except for non-security updates for server […]
Starting Februar 2015 PU timeframe as well security and non-security related fixes for SharePoint are offered through Windows Update. To allow easier identification of the security fixes I'm documenting them in this separate blog post: SharePoint 2010 Security Fixes released with February 2015 PU (MS15-012): KB 2920810 – Security Fix for SharePoint Server 2010 Affected Component: Word […]
Be aware that starting with February 2015 CU SharePoint Product Updates including non-security product updates will be made available via Windows Update. E.g. for February CU the following fixes are offered through windows update for SharePoint 2013: The fixes shipped using windows update are the individual package release in a given CU. The fixes […]
The product group released the February 2015 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For February 2015 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. ATTENTION: Be aware that all Updates for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for […]
The product group released the December 2014 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For December 2014 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. ATTENTION: Be aware that all Updates for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for […]
[Update 2014-11-13] All the incorrect files have been removed now and the missing files in the project server CU has been uploaded as well. The product group released the November 2014 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For November 2014 CU we again have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). Unlike […]
I received this question several times in the last couple of days via email, post comments and support cases – so I decided to answer it here for your benefit. I tried to answer this question in my SharePoint patching demystified article but it seems it is still not clear. This is the page I'm […]
The product group released the October 2014 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. ATTENTION: Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for SharePoint 2013 to be installed first. Please also have a look at the article that discusses how to properly patch a SharePoint 2013 […]
The product group released the September 2014 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. For September 2014 CU we again have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). Unlike August 2014 CU no other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint. ATTENTION: Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server […]
After release of SharePoint 2013 August CU I received many emails and blog comments which showed that there is lots of uncertainty related to SharePoint patching. Especially the difference between the terms Cumulative Update and Server Packages (also known as "Uber" package) seems to be unclear. Using this post I'm trying to shed some lights on […]
The product group released the August 2014 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family. ATTENTION: Be aware that all Update for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for SharePoint 2013 to be installed first. Please also have a look at the article that discusses how to properly patch a SharePoint 2013 […]
One question I receive more or less with any CU release I publish on my blog is whether the CU includes previously (or on the same day) released public updates as well. The answer is YES. All changes implemented for a public update or security fixes are also rolled up into our cumulative updates. So […]
