Every other week I receive emails, blog comments, phone calls, … from customers asking about strange behaviors they see in the SharePoint build version of their farm. I have written a couple of articles about this topic but there is still a lot of confusion about “build numbers”, “build version”, “patch level”, … In this […]
Sometimes when patching a SharePoint farm with multiple SharePoint servers the SharePoint Configuration Wizard or the Central Admin complains that one or more servers in the farm are missing a specific fix although this fix has actually been installed on these server. If you read certain blog posts or forum entries you will usually find […]
If PSConfig/PSConfigUI encountered a problem it showed a generic error message and pointed to a PSCDiagnostics log with more details. The challenge for administrators was to locate the actual problem description inside this huge log file. This was not very convenient. The main reason for this behavior is, that the main upgrade work is not […]
The product group released the August 2016 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2016 product family. The KB articles for August 2016 CU are available at the following location: KB 3115437 – Update for SharePoint Server 2016 August 2016 (language independent) KB 3115441 – Update for SharePoint Server 2016 August 2016 (language dependent fixes) There is […]
As an add-on to my previous blog post about SharePoint Server 2016 Zero Downtime Patching Neil Hodgkinson, Bob Fox and Karl Reigel recorded a video which demonstrates Zero Downtime Patch from Start to Finish: SharePoint Server 2016 Zero Downtime Patching Start to Finish Have a look at the video – the first 10 minutes are more […]
SharePoint 2007 Suite: none SharePoint 2010 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 SharePoint 2013 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2013 Office Web Apps 2013 SharePoint 2016 Suite: SharePoint Server 2016 Office Online Server 2016 See the security bulletin below for more details and KB number for the relevant fixes: […]
SharePoint 2007 Suite: none SharePoint 2010 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 SharePoint 2013 Suite: Word Automation Services for SharePoint 2013 Office Web Apps 2013 SharePoint 2016 Suite: Office Online Server 2016 See the security bulletin below for more details and KB number for the relevant fixes: Security Bulletin MS16-070
The product group released the June 2016 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2016 product family. The KB articles for June 2016 CU are available at the following location: KB 3115181 – Update for SharePoint Server 2016 June 2016 (language independent) KB 3115184 – Update for SharePoint Server 2016 June 2016 (language dependent fixes) KB 3115134 […]
The product group released the May 2016 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2016 product family. This is the second CU for SharePoint Server 2016 after RTM. The KB articles for May 2016 CU are available at the following location: KB 3115088 – Update for SharePoint Server 2016 May 2016 (language independent) KB 2920690 – Update […]
Today a new development model for SharePoint has been announced: The SharePoint Framework, a Page and Part model that enables fully supported client-side development, easy integration with the Microsoft Graph and support for open source tooling. The SharePoint Framework is an evolutionary step in SharePoint extensibility that delivers a new client-side rendering framework leveraging open […]
Today, at our Future of SharePoint event in San Francisco, we unveiled a new cloud-first, mobile-first vision and roadmap for SharePoint, along with innovations that empower people, teams and organizations to intelligently discover, share and collaborate on content from anywhere and on any device. We also announced general availability of SharePoint Server 2016, which includes […]
Disclaimer: this article only covers single aspects of the upgrade process. For a complete list of upgrade approaches including all details please check the following articles: Install a software update for SharePoint 2013 Install a software update for SharePoint Server 2016 Patching SharePoint servers has always been a challenge. A major culprit for administrators is […]
