Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (April 2017 CU)

A new cumulative update for SharePoint Server 2016 has been released (April 2017 CU).
This CU also includes Feature Pack 1, which has been included since the November CU (November 2016 CU).

SP Build: 16.0.4522.1000

SharePoint 2016 CU – KB articles describing the CU:

• KB 3178718 – April 2017 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
• KB 3178721 – April 2017 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent fixes)
• KB 3127895 – April 2017 Update for Office Online Server 2016 (language dependent fixes)

SharePoint Server 2016 CU – CU download link:

• Download April 2017 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
• Download April 2017 SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent fixes)
• Download April 2017 Office Online Server 2016 (language dependent fixes)

After installation, remember to run the SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard (SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard), or the following command:
PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures -cmd secureresources -cmd services -install

Notice

Always install both packages in this order:

1. language independent (updates language-independent components and increases the SP Build version)
2. language dependent (updates language-dependent components)

For language-dependent packages, it does not matter which language you select, as each package contains updates for all languages.

If you install a new language pack on your SharePoint Server 2016 farm, you must then reinstall the language-dependent update package.

Remember that Distributed Cache must also be updated alongside SharePoint; see How to update Distributed Cache correctly.

Included fixes and improvements

This CU includes the following fixes and improvements.

SharePoint Server 2016

• When you start a crawl for a web application that’s migrated from SharePoint Server 2013, the crawl fails, and the content isn’t searchable. This issue occurs because the connector retrieves the TenantId property for two times.
• A new SPServer.CompliantWithMinRole property is added so that farm administrators can see the MinRole compliance status of each server in the farm without using Central Administration. You can see the server compliance status in Windows PowerShell by running:
  Get-SPServer | FT -Property Address, Role, CompliantWithMinRole
• Sometimes psconfig copies side-by-side files unnecessarily.
• Improves word breaking for Thai.
• Translates some terms in multiple languages to make sure that the meaning is accurate.
• When PSConfig runs its tasks, it first stops certain services on the local server, such as the SharePoint Timer service. If you click Cancel before the final task runs to the end, or if PSConfig encounters an unexpected exception, it won’t automatically restart the services that it stopped.
• In an upgrade, the log file would record warnings about avoiding an attempt to change the database version because it recognizes that this can’t be done. This log file message severity is now changed from warnings to information so that administrators don’t think an invalid action was performed during an upgrade.
• Fix an issue about the compilation of search query completion dictionaries. Query suggestions timer job sometimes fails because of duplicate key constraint violation.
• If you have a SharePoint 2013 site that uses a Serbian language pack, the site fails to upgrade when you attach the content database to SharePoint Server 2016. This is fixed.
• Translates some terms in multiple languages to make sure that the meaning is accurate.

Project Server 2016