Sharepoint 2013 Server December 2016 CU Known Issues

Question

Is anyone aware of any known issues with the December 2016 CU for Sharepoint 2013 Server?

We installed the September 2015 CU previously which has borked in-place Search (results do not come back on the correct scope) but I've had no luck finding a fix for that or any indication of a known issue (we have two farms with the September 2015 CU with the same problem, and two without it that don't have the issue).

Our plan at the moment is to install the December 2016 CU and hope it fixes the issue but I'm a bit cautious it might introduce other issues, or just not fix the existing issue.

Restoring the farm from a backup before September 2015 CU was installed is unfortunately not an option as it happened too far back and the client would lose a ton of data.

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

The root cause of your issue represented in you have installed September 2015 CU before installing August 2015 CU.

September 2015 CU has been released without "Server" or "Uber" packages that mean if you are not in an urgent need for a fix included in September 2015 CU you should consider waiting for a CU release that includes "Server" or "Uber" packages.

So It is highly recommended to install August 2015 CU before installing September 2015 CU! for more details check September 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 is available for download Note: Uber packages for September 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 have been released on 2015-09-17 and Maybe you install it before the Uber was released.

So one of the available options is to go ahead to install December 2016 CU for SharePoint 2013 product family is available for download that should solve your current issue because it includes all SharePoint 2013 fixes and as the previous CU it requires SP 2013 SP1 to be installed first.

Keep in mind,

• Once the installation is finished, Start running the SharePoint Configuration Wizard (PSConfig) on the main application server that hosts the central administration then continue with other servers at the same time without order.For more details how to patch your farm check Find Farm Patch Level

• Generally, I advise you Before patching your farm, you should first read the prerequisites for the CU carefully at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/