Microsoft has released CU5 for Exchange Server 2013 and RU6 for Exchange Server 2010 SP3

It seems like just yesterday that Microsoft released SP1 for Exchange Server 2013 and yet CU5 (aka as SP1 plus first cumulative update) is out in the wild. As with all Exchange 2013 CUs the update is a FULL install of Exchange 2013 so the download is approximately 1.5GB in size. The good news is, unless you require maintaining older copies/versions of Exchange you can discard previous version as the latest and greatest DVD can be used for updating an Exchange Server or building an Exchange Server (that’s right, read slipstreamed).

There is a known “issue” with the latest release and the built-in Managed Availability Probe. Basically, you will see that the Exchange Share Cache Service restarts often because of an overly aggressive probe.  Details of the issue may be found here but while the logging events are annoying, they are harmless. Your bigger issues may be where monitoring software starts to light up once CU5 is installed and if you do not want to modify the monitoring software, you can disable the probe (again in the KB article).

Be prepared for AD/schema updates when applying CU5 and as always, make sure the PS Remote Script Execution Policy is set unrestricted before installing the update (from an elevated PS prompt Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted). Beyond the OAB improvements in distributed environments and the Managed Availability Probe bug, the remaining updates are basic fixes/updates to the existing code.

For Exchange 2010 SP3, RU6 is a basic update of bug fixes and updates to improve overall system stability.

Both updates have been applied to my labs with no issue and I suspect if all goes well the 2013 CU5 will be in my production in the next few weeks.

Product

Version

KBs

Download

Cumulative Update 5 for Exchange Server 2013

15.00.0913.022

2936880

MS Download

Exchange Server 2013 CU5 UM Language Packs

15.00.0913.022

2872696

MS Download

 

 

 

 

Update Rollup 6 for Exchange 2010 SP3

14.03.0195.001

2936871

MS Download

 

Additional Notes: 
Lync Server 2010 build number is 4.0.7577.230
Lync 2010 Client build number is 4.0.7577.4445
Lync Server 2013 build number is 5.0.8308.577
Lync 2013 Client build number is 15.0.4605.1003

Lync Group Chat build number is 4.0.7577. 4409
Lync Group Chat Server build number 4.0.7577.4409
Lync Group Chat Admin build number 4.0.7577.4409

Lync Attendee build number is 4.0.7577.4356
Lync Attendant build number is 4.0.7577.4098
Lync Phone Editions build number is 4.0.7577.4444

Lync 2010 for Windows Phone build number 4.3.8120.0
Lync 2010 for iPhone build number 4.7
Lync 2010 for iPad build number 4.7
Lync 2010 for Android build number 4.0.6509.3001

Lync 2013 for Windows Phone build number 5.4.1087.0
Lync 2013 for iPad build number 5.4
Lync 2013 for iPhone build number 5.4
Lync 2013 for Android build number 5.3.1100

Lync Basic 2013 build number is 15.0.4420.1017
Lync VDI 2013 build number is 15.0.4420.1017

Microsoft has released SP1 for Exchange Server 2013 Rollups for Exchange 2007/2010

Microsoft has released updates for Exchange Server 2013, 2010, and 2007 as part of their quarterly release cadence. The 2007 and 2010 RUs are bug fixes to the product and not introducing new features (well techincally 2007 a few) while the Service Pack for 2013 adds a load of function and features. Like all past updates and future updates the download is huge as it is the entire bit-set rolled up into the distributable so don’t be alarmed to see a 1.53GB file coming down the pipe.

Information regarding the releases and new features may be found on the TechNet Exchange blogs and the links to the downloads may be found below. The TAP program these past few go-arounds have included the Exchange MVPs as well as external client which means the most critical set of eyes were looking at this 2013 release.

Released: Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1

Released: Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 and Update Rollup 13 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3

Windows Server 2012 R2 and Database Availability Groups

Product

Version

KBs

Download

Exchange Server 2013 SP1

5.0.8308.577

2926248

MS Download

Exchange Server 2010 SP3 RU 5

5.0.8308.577

2917508

MS Download

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 RU 13

5.0.8308.577

2917522

MS Download