Updates for SharePoint Server 2016 (December 2023 CU)

17.12.2023    |    komentáře   komentářů: 0

A new cumulative update (December 2023 CU) has been released for SharePoint Server 2016.

This CU includes both Feature Pack 2, available since the September CU (September 2017 CU), and the earlier Feature Pack 1.

SP Build:
16.0.5426.1001 (Language independent CU)
16.0.5426.1000 (Language dependent CU)

SharePoint 2016 CU – KB articles describing the CU:

  • KB 5002535 – December 2023 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
  • KB 5002524 – December 2023 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent)

SharePoint Server 2016 CU – CU download links:

After installation, remember to run the 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

Important notes

Always install both packages in this order:

  1. language independent components (core CU)
  2. language-dependent components (language CU)

For language-dependent packages, the language you select does not matter because each package contains updates for all languages.

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

Remember to keep Distributed Cache updated as well as SharePoint. See How to update Distributed Cache correctly (in Czech).

Note for this CU:

Both KB5002535 and KB5002524 require SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016.

KB5002535 does not require a computer restart; KB5002524 may require one.

Included fixes and improvements

The following overview summarizes the fixes and improvements in this CU based on the official Microsoft KB articles.

SharePoint Server 2016

KB5002535 contains the following core fixes; the language-dependent change is identified separately by its KB:

  • Fixes an issue where PSConfig reports Cannot start service AppFabricCachingService when Distributed Cache is disabled.

  • Fixes an issue where an exception from a third-party antimalware engine stops AMSI from passing requests to SharePoint.

  • Fixes an issue where reading the token cache from Distributed Cache raises serialization exceptions.

  • Changes the English country name to Republic of Türkiye in language-dependent KB5002524.

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