Exchange Updates – June 2021

The Exchange Team released the quarterly Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server 2019 and Exchange 2016. Biggest change for both editions is support for Anti-Malware Scan Interface (AMSI) integration, available on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019. It allows real-time scanning of HTTP payloads, blocking known malicious content before it reaches Exchange.

Links to the updates as well as a description of changes and fixes are described below. The column Schema and AD indicate if the CU contains Schema (/PrepareSchema) and Active Directory (PrepareAD) changes compared to the previous CU.

VersionBuildKBDownloadUMLPSchemaAD
Exchange 2019 CU1015.2.922.7KB5003612 Download YY
Exchange 2016 CU21 15.1.2308.8 KB5003611 DownloadUMLPYY

Exchange 2019 CU10 fixes:

  • 5004612 Message body not displayed in OWA if the message was added in Outlook to a new mailbox
  • 5004613 OutOfMemory exception when moving a public folder that has a large ICS sync state
  • 5004614 Korean text is garbled in calendar invitation to a user with a Chinese display name
  • 5004615 “InvalidOperationException” and Store Worker process crashes during mailbox move
  • 5004616 Changing the email address in EAC doesn’t work in modern browsers
  • 5004617 TLS 1.2 is not set as default after you install Exchange 2019 with Edge Transport role
  • 5004618 MSExchangeMailboxAssistants 4999 Crash in ELCAssistant.InvokeInternalAssistant with System.NullReferenceException
  • 5004619 Mailbox creation through ECP fails after installing Exchange Server 2019 or 2016 April update
  • 5004622 “Cannot Send Mail – Your mailbox is full” error when you use iPhone mail to send very large attachments
  • 5004623 PrepareADSchema required because of Active Directory schema change

Exchange 2016 CU21 fixes:

  • 5004612 Message body not displayed in OWA if the message was added in Outlook to a new mailbox
  • 5004613 OutOfMemory exception when moving a public folder that has a large ICS sync state
  • 5004614 Korean text is garbled in calendar invitation to a user with a Chinese display name
  • 5004615 “InvalidOperationException” and Store Worker process crashes during mailbox move
  • 5004616 Changing the email address in EAC doesn’t work in modern browsers
  • 5004618 MSExchangeMailboxAssistants 4999 Crash in ELCAssistant.InvokeInternalAssistant with System.NullReferenceException
  • 5004619 Mailbox creation through ECP fails after installing Exchange Server 2019 or 2016 April update
  • 5004622 “Cannot Send Mail – Your mailbox is full” error when you use iPhone mail to send very large attachments
  • 5004623 PrepareADSchema required because of Active Directory schema change
  • 5004629 No version updating after you install Exchange Server 2016

Notes:

  • If these Cumulative Updates contain schema changes compared to the Cumulative Update you have deployed, you need to run Setup with /PrepareSchema. If they contain Active Directory changes, you need to run /PrepareAD. Alternatively, permissions permitting, you can let Setup perform this step. Consult the Exchange schema versions page for version number comparison.
  • When upgrading from an n-2 or earlier version of Exchange, or an early version of the .NET Framework, consult Upgrade Paths for CU’s & .NET.
  • Don’t forget to put the Exchange server in maintenance mode prior to updating. Regardless, setup will put the server in server-wide offline mode post-analysis, before making actual changes.
  • When using Exchange hybrid deployments or Exchange Online Archiving (EOA), support requires you to trail at most one version (n-1).
  • If you want to speed up the update process for systems without internet access, you can follow the procedure described here to disable publisher’s certificate revocation checking.
  • Cumulative Updates can be installed directly; no need to install RTM prior to installing Cumulative Updates.
  • Once upgraded, you can’t uninstall a Cumulative Update nor any of the installed Exchange server roles.
  • The recommended upgrade order is internet-facing, non-internet-facing servers first, followed by Edge Transports.

Caution:

As for any update, I recommend to thoroughly test updates in a test environment prior to implementing them in production. When you lack such facilities, hold out a few days and monitor the comments on the original publication or forums for any issues.

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About Michel de Rooij

Michel de Rooij, with over 25 years of mixed consulting and automation experience with Exchange and related technologies, is a consultant for Rapid Circle. He assists organizations in their journey to and using Microsoft 365, primarily focusing on Exchange and associated technologies and automating processes using PowerShell or Graph. Michel's authorship of several Exchange books and role in the Office 365 for IT Pros author team are a testament to his knowledge. Besides writing for Practical365.com, he maintains a blog on eightwone.com with supporting scripts on GitHub. Michel has been a Microsoft MVP since 2013.

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