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Exchange: December 2015 Updates Released

Microsoft released Exchange updates for the last 2015 quarter on December 15 2015 and MS Exchange Team explained here.

The following updates were released.

Exchange2016: None. This is the time to prepare yourself because Cumulative Update 1 will be added to next Exchange quarterly updates.

Exchange 2013 CU11

Exchange 2010: SP3 RU12

Exchange 2007: SP3 RU18

As always we are recommending to test the updates in the lab before deploying in production.

Exchange 2013 Cumulative update can be downloaded from here. UM Language pack can be downloaded here.

Exchange 2013 Cumulative update release notes can be reviewed here.

Cumulative Update 11 does not require schema update but we need to run PrepareAD to update RBAC definitions. So don’t forget to involve your Active Directory team.

Cumulative Update 11 is also including a behavior change in deploying/administering Exchange Server 2013 when it co-exist with Exchange Server 2010 or 2016. Rob Whaley from Microsoft Texas team explained here. Don’t forget to read it.

 

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU12 Cumulative update can be downloaded from here.

Exchange 2010 SP3 RU12 Cumulative update release notes can be reviewed here. It is including a DST update so watch out.

 

Exchange 2013 Cumulative Update 11 and Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 12 includes a time zone calculation fix to resolve the issue reported in the Microsoft “KB3048372 – Exchange Calendar Items are shifted incorrectly when some Windows DST updates are applied”. Microsoft has encouraged the customers in the impacted time zones to deploy these updates to address the issue identified after deploying DST update KB3039024.

 

Exchange 2007 SP3 RU18 Cumulative update can be downloaded from here.

Exchange 2007 SP3 RU18 Cumulative update release notes can be reviewed here. It is including a DST update so watch out.

 

Hybrid Infrastructure needs Exchange 2013 CU 11 or CU10.

 

There is no schema change coming in Exchange 2013 CU11 – https://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb125224(v=exchg.150).aspx

  Exchange version rangeUpper objectVersion objectVersion
Naming context   Schema Default Configuration
Container   ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt Microsoft Exchange System Objects CN=<your organization>, CN=Microsoft Exchange, CN=Services, CN=Configuration, DC=<domain>
Exchange 2013 CU11 15312 13236 16130
Exchange 2013 CU10 15312 13236 16130
Exchange 2013 CU9 15312 13236 15965
Exchange 2013 CU8 15312 13236 15965
Exchange 2013 CU7 15312 13236 15965
Exchange 2013 CU6 15303 13236 15965
  Exchange 2013 CU5 15300 13236 15870
  Exchange 2013 SP1 15292 13236 15844
  Exchange 2013 CU3 15283 13236 15763
  Exchange 2013 CU2 15281 13236 15688
  Exchange 2013 CU1 15254 13236 15614
  Exchange 2013 RTM 15137 13236 15449

 

Prabhat Nigam

Microsoft MVP | Exchange Server

Team@MSExchangeGuru

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