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Exchange Updates – December 2020

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The Exchange Team released the quarterly Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server 2019 as well as Exchange 2016. Be advised that Exchange 2016 will receive its final CU in March, 2021.

Links to the updates as well as a description of changes and fixes are described below.

VersionBuildKBDownloadUMLPSchemaPrepareAD
Exchange 2019 CU815.2.792.3KB4588885VLSC NY
Exchange 2016 CU1915.1.2176.2KB4588884DownloadUMLPNY

Exchange 2019 CU8 fixes:

  • 4588297 Attachments can’t be downloaded or previewed from Outlook Web App
  • 4583531 Design change about inline images will be forced to download but not open in a new tab of OWA in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583532 ELC MRM archiving fails due to DomainName in AuthServer in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583533 Exchange Server 2019 installation fails with error “The user has insufficient access rights” 
  • 4583534 Event ID 65535 System.Runtime.Serialization errors in Application log in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583535 New-Moverequest, Resume-Moverequest, and Remove-Moverequest not logged in Audit logs in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583536 Set-MailboxFolderPermission is included in Mail Recipient Creation in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583537 Update Korean word breaker in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583538 Microsoft Teams REST calls exceed the default value of maxQueryStringLength in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583539 Non-breaking space is visible in message body in Outlook in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583542 Server assisted search in Outlook doesn’t return more than 175 items in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583544 Lots of LDAP requests for FE MAPI w3wp lead to DDoS on DCs in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4583545 Make DomainName in Authserver a multivalued parameter in Exchange Server 2019
  • 4593465 Description of the security update for Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 and 2016: December 8, 2020

Exchange 2016 CU19 fixes:

  • 4588297 Attachments can’t be downloaded or previewed from Outlook Web App
  • 4583531 Design change about inline images will be forced to download but not open in a new tab of OWA in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583532 ELC MRM archiving fails due to DomainName in AuthServer in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583533 Exchange Server 2016 installation fails with error “The user has insufficient access rights” 
  • 4583534 Event ID 65535 System.Runtime.Serialization errors in Application log in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583535 New-Moverequest, Resume-Moverequest, and Remove-Moverequest not logged in Audit logs in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583536 Set-MailboxFolderPermission is included in Mail Recipient Creation in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583537 Update Korean word breaker in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583538 Microsoft Teams REST calls exceed the default value of maxQueryStringLength in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583539 Non-breaking space is visible in message body in Outlook in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4583545 Make DomainName in Authserver a multivalued parameter in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4593465 Description of the security update for Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 and 2016: December 8, 2020

Notes:

  • These Cumulative Updates contain schema changes compared to the previous Cumulative Update. This requires you to run /PrepareSchema. Also, Active Directory changes require you to run PrepareAD (which also can perform the schema update, depending permissions). Consult the Exchange schema versions page for object version numbers.
  • 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), you are allowed 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 installed, you can’t uninstall a Cumulative Update nor any of the installed Exchange server roles.
  • The order of installation shouldn’t matter with the “every server is an island” concept, yet recommended is to upgrade 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.

Exchange Updates – December 2017

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Ex2013 LogoThe Exchange Team released the December updates for Exchange Server 2013 and 2016. Apart from the usual set of fixes, these Cumulative Updates also have the following enhancements:

  • Like announced earlier, these quartely updates introduce support for .NET Framework 4.7.1. Be advised that .NET Framework 4.7.1 will be required for the quarterly updates to be released in June 2018.
  • Upgrading an existing Exchange deployment with these Cumulative Updates will preserve TLS cryptography settings.
  • Support for Hybrid Modern Authentication (Info).
Version Build KB Article Download UMLP Schema Changes
Exchange 2016 CU8 15.1.1415.2 KB4035145 Download UMLP Yes
Exchange 2013 CU19 15.0.1365.1 KB4037224 Download UMLP No

Exchange 2016 CU8 fixes:

  • 4056329 Can’t access EWS from Outlook/OWA add-ins via makeEwsRequestAsync in Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2013
  • 4054516 “Your request can’t” error when accessing an archive mailbox via OWA in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4055953 The recipient scope setting doesn’t work for sibling domains in Exchange Server 2016
  • 4055435 No MAPI network interface is found after you install Exchange Server 2016 CU7
  • 4056609 Event ID 4999 and mailbox transport delivery service does not start after you install Exchange Server 2016 CU7
  • 4045655 Description of the security update for Microsoft Exchange: December 12, 2017
  • 4057248 Many Watson reports for StoragePermanentException in Exchange Server 2016

Exchange 2013 CU19 fixes:

  • 4046316 MAPI over HTTP can’t remove client sessions timely if using OAuth and the resource has a master account in Exchange Server 2013
  • 4046205 W3wp high CPU usage in Exchange Server 2013
  • 4046182 Event ID 4999 or 1007 if diagnostics service crashes repeatedly in Exchange Server 2013
  • 4056329 Can’t access EWS from Outlook/OWA add-ins via makeEwsRequestAsync in Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2013
  • 4045655 Description of the security update for Microsoft Exchange: December 12, 2017

Exchange 2010
In addition the Cumulative Updates, Exchange Server 2010 SP3 also received an important update, which fixes the issue described in KB4054456. You can download Rollup 19 here, which will raise the version number to 14.3.382.0. The related KB article is KB4035162.

Notes:
  • Exchange 2016 CU7 and later requires Forest Functionality Level 2008R2 or later.
  • Exchange 2016 CU8 and Exchange 2013 CU18 do not contain schema changes compared to their previous Cumulative Update. However, they may introduce RBAC changes in your environment. Use setup /PrepareSchema to manually update the schema, or use /PrepareAD to apply RBAC changes, before deploying or updating Exchange servers. To see if you need to update the schema compared to your version or verify the update has been performed, consult the Exchange schema overview.
  • When upgrading your Exchange 2013 or 2016 installation, don’t forget to put the server in maintenance mode when required. Regardless, setup will put the server in server-wide offline mode post-analysis, before making actual changes.
  • Using Windows Management Framework (WMF)/PowerShell version 5 or later on anything earlier than Windows Server 2016 is not supported. Don’t install WMF5 on your Exchange servers running on Windows Server 2012 R2 or earlier.
  • When using Exchange hybrid deployments or Exchange Online Archiving (EOA), you are required to stay at most one version behind (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, i.e. no need to install RTM prior to installing Cumulative Updates.
  • Once installed, you can’t uninstall a Cumulative Update nor any of the installed Exchange server roles.
  • The order in which you upgrade servers with Cumulative Updates is irrelevant.

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.