Quarterly Updates For Exchange Are Out – Q2 2016

Article by Casper Manes

Just in time for summer holidays, BBQs, and fireworks, Microsoft has released the latest series of Cumulative Updates for Exchange 2016 and 2013, as well as Update Rollups for Exchange 2010 and 2007. If you're like me, and are looking forward to taking some time off soon, you may want to get these applied before you start your holiday. Here's what you need to know.

Exchange 2016 CU 2

For starters, this will require an update to your Active Directory schema, so plan accordingly. You will need to run setup with both /prepareschema and /preparead switches.

Hooray! We can all finally update our .NET Framework, as this CU supports .NET 4.6.1. You want to patch Exchange, and the underlying operating system, before you apply the .NET update. Use this link to get Cumulative Update 2 for Exchange Server 2016 (KB3135742) and then apply it as normal; Edge, then CAS, then Mailbox roles. Then patch your operating system with the appropriate update