SharePoint 2013 Build Numbers and CU’s

Cumulative Updates, Downloads, Service Packs, SharePoint, SP2013, Troubleshooting, Updates 5 Minutes

I’m presenting a summarized “Build Numbers Cube Sheet” as I did so before, so please find the most recent info about SharePoint Updates here:

Jump List:

In reference to other/older SharePoint Versions, please find here some similar posts:

Common Questions:

Supportability:

Other related Links to Updates:

Build Matrix:   [ last updated: 2016-12-30 ]

All releases prior to SP1 have been offloaded to this Archive-Page here! If you need to check for previous versions and/or information, you will find it there.

Note:
Service Pack 1 will be mandatory requirement for installing any subsequent SharePoint 2013 cumulative updates as the new baseline!
The SharePoint Server 2013 Packs are containing the Foundation Packs and may need only the Server package to be installed!

Version Build # Type Foundation Package (KB) Server Package (KB) Project Server Updates Office Web apps Language specific Notes
SP1-released Apr.2014
 (15.0.4569.1509)
fixed Build:
15.0.4571.1502		 SP 2817439
2760625
2880551		 re-released:
2880552		 2817431
2880558		 yes Known Issue
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Re-released SP
April 2014 15.0.4605.1004 CU 2863892 2878240 2863899 global Known Issue1
Known Issue2
MS14-022 15.0.4615.1001 PU 2952166 2952166 2952166 n/a Security fix
June 2014 15.0.4623.1001 CU 2881063 2881061 2881051 global Different Build Nr.
July 2014 15.0.4631.1001 CU 2882999 2882989 2883003 global –
August 2014 15.0.4641.1001 Indiv.Fixes,no “Uber” Pack! 2883081 2883085
2883086
2883078
2880559
2760213		 2883093 global See Post
September 2014 15.0.4649.1001 CU 2883087 2883068 n/a global –
October 2014 15.0.4659.1001 no “Uber” Pack! 2889946 2899469
2880962
2880485		 2889898 global See Post!
November 2014 15.0.4667.1000 CU 2899468 2889944 n/a global See Post
December 2014 15.0.4675.1000 CU 2910945 2910938 2899574 global See Post
February 2015 15.0.4693.1001 CU 2920801 2920804 2956101 global –
March 2015 15.0.4701.1001 CU 2956159 2956166 2956158 global Known Issue
April 2015
(SP1 REQ)		 15.0.4711.1000 CU 2965261 2965266 2965306 global Known Issue1
Known Issue2
May 2015 15.0.4719.1002 CU 3039747 3039780 3039748 global –
June 2015 15.0.4727.1001 CU 3054864 3054866 3054865 3054863 global –
July 2015 15.0.4737.1000 CU 3054931 3054937 3054933 3054930 global Known Issue    MS15-070
August 2015 15.0.4745.1000 CU 3055004 3055009 3055005 3055003 global Known Issue
MS15-081 n/a PU 3054858 3055003
September 2015 (single patches) n/a no “Uber” Pack! 3085501 3085481 3085501 3085481 3054998 3085483 3054870 3054813 3085501
3085481 3054998 3085483 3054870 3054813
3085505		 3085487 n/a
September 2015 15.0.4753.1003 CU / Uber!(delayed) 2975894 2986213 2986195 3085487 global Aug.CU required!
MS15-099 n/a – 3085501 3054861 – 3085487 –
MS15-110 n/a PU – – – – – Blog
October 2015 15.0.4763.1002 CU 3085488 3085492 3085489 3085571 global Blog
November 2015 15.0.4771.1000 CU 3101368 3101373 3101369 3101367 global Blog
MS15-116 n/a PU – – – – – Blog
December 2015 15.0.4779.1000 CU 3114339 3114345 3114341 – global Blog
MS16-004 15.0.4787.1000 Sec.Bulletin – 3114503
3114508		 – – – Known Issue
Januar 2016 15.0.4787.1000 CU 3114492 3114497 3114493 n/a global MS16-004
Blog
February 2016 15.0.4797.1001 CU 3114722 3114726 3114723 3114338 global MS16-015
Known Issue
March 2016 15.0.4805.1000 CU 3114822 3114827 3114823 3114821 global MS16-029
April 2016 15.0.4815.1000 CU 3114935 3114938 3114936 3114934 global Known Issue
MS16-042
May 2016 15.0.4823.1003 CU 3115023 3115029 3115024 3115022 global MS16-054
June 2016 15.0.4833.1000 CU 3115171 3115174 3115172 3115170 global MS16-070
Known Issue
July 2016 15.0.4841.1000 CU 3115290 3115293 3115291 3115289 global MS16-088
August 2016 15.0.4849.1000 CU 3115447 3115450 3115448 3115446 global includes Aug.PU
September 2016 15.0.4859.1000 CU 3118271 3118279 3118274 3118270 global MS16-107
October 2016 15.0.4867.1002 CU 3118361 3118366 3118365 3118360 global MS16-121
November 2016 15.0.4875.1000 CU 3127930 3127933 3127931 3127929 global MS16-133
December 2016 15.0.4885.1000 CU 3128001 3128005 3128003 n/a global MS16-148
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The Build number shown in your central admin -> servers in farm’s site is the version that comes from the configuration database (table dbo.versions). This does not necessarily match the Number outlined in the KB-articles.

Please see here for more information about the SharePoint Build versions and numbers:

If you want to be sure that you have installed the server CU you also can check it in Central Admin -> Upgrade and Migration -> Check product and patch installation status. This will show you the versions installed.

For SP1:
In order to determine if SP1 is installed for Office 2013 or a related product, look for the program version in the list of installed programs in the Programs and Features control panel. If SP1 is installed, the final (fixed) version will be 15.0.4571.1502 or higher. Additionally, if you’ve installed the SP1 update for an MSI product, SP1 will be listed in Installed Updates in that same control panel.

You can also use this PowerShell script to display version info for installed SharePoint product and language packs

=> Service Pack 1 for SharePoint and Office 2013

Important!

  • If your farm has been on a patch level lower than July 2015 CU: Unlike other CUs – after installing the August 2015 CU you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.
    If you don’t run PSCONFIG after installing August 2015 CU (on a farm which had a lower patch level than July 2015 CU) crawl might no longer work – so ensure to schedule a maintenance window when installing this CU which includes PSCONFIG runs.
    => See here for detail: http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2015/07/15/important-psconfig-is-mandatory-for-July-2015-cu-for-sharepoint-2013.aspx
  • When you install the cumulative update on a single-server SharePoint farm or on SharePoint servers that include Search Service Application topology roles, you should follow the steps that are mentioned on the following Microsoft website: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=279911

Office Web Apps Server 2013:

NOTE!
As of  November, 24th, 2014 the Office Web Apps Server will be removed from the Microsoft Download Center.
At that time it will only be available for download under Volume Licensing agreements.
For more information please visit the site Volume Licensing Service Center.

To see which version of the OWA (also called the “Web Access Components” or “WAC”) use the following PowerShell:
PS > (Invoke-WebRequest http://owa.contoso.com/m/met/participant.svc/jsonAnonymous/BroadcastPing).Headers[“X-OfficeVersion”]

see also here for some more insights:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sammykailini/archive/2013/09/20/how-to-find-the-version-or-build-number-for-an-office-web-apps-2013-farm.aspx

SharePoint 2013 Language Packs

 Project Server 2013 Updates:

What’s New in SharePoint 2013?

Other related posts:

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  3. I could install SharePoint 2013 using SQL 2016 SP1 without any hassle but don’t see any support documentation from Microsoft. Request to share the compatibility document of SharePoint 2013 and SQL 2016.

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    1. Hello Sushil Paudel,

      The answer to this question is no, SharePoint 2013 will never be supported on SQL 2016. (with the exception of SSRS integration, see here for more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/install-windows/supported-combinations-of-sharepoint-and-reporting-services-server)

      <underline<In general there is a rule of thumb:

      A SharePoint release will support the latest SQL Server version (n) at the time of release as well as the one previous released version (n-1) and one addition/new release of SQL (n+1).
      For the case of SharePoint 2013, the following SQL versions are supported:

      SQL 2014 = n+1
      SQL 2012 = n or aligned with release of SP2013
      SQL 2008 R2 = n-1

      Hth, cheers, Steve

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    1. @kuniyasu: Yes you are right. I am struggeling with time and haven’t updated my list since a while. Will do it soon,

      sorry for that 😦

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  5. Dears,
    As iam exploring the my eBiz SharePoint farm, i found that all license installed are “SharePoint and Project Server 2013 – 15.0.4420.1017 (RTM)”.
    I need your advise and experience about the best paractice for patching this farm.

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    1. Hello Yuosof Radi,

      you can install the SP1 on each server in farm, but if you have Language Packs installed as well, you have to install the respective Service Packs for them too.
      Once done, you have to upgrade to SP1 on all your server in farm, regardless if it is a SharePoint or Project server.
      After that, you should consider to install one of the most recent CU’s as well to stay in-line with the current update/upgrade levels.

      Don’t forget to run psconfig Wizard after each update stage and on each server in farm 😉

      cheers, Steve

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  6. Hi Steve
    currently our prod server is sharepoint 2013 SP1 First release + project server 2013 SP1.
    we want to update it all to the recent ones.
    so please correct our strategies if its wrong:
    1. update Sharepoint SP1 rereleased on all servers
    2. update Project server SP1 with the same build number as Sharepoint Rereleased on all servers
    3. update December 2016 CU sharepoint + project server on all servers
    4. Run psconfig one by one on every server

    is that correct?
    or after step 2.. i need to run psconfig first?

    thanks
    mardi

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    1. Hello mardi septianto,

      after installed SP1 you should run the PSConfig first before upgrading further to Dec. CU.
      The PSConfig Wizard has to be exec. on each server in farm as well to fully apply the SP1 and schema updates all over the places.

      kr, Steve

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    1. Hello Larry,

      SPO of course has a build number but you may never use it. Its just internally to track the update/upgrade level and to file bugs against the respective build.
      Why would you need it?

      kr, Steve

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  8. Hi Steve,

    I would like to update SP1 to November 2016 KB3127933 from the below baseline version.

    DisplayName : Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
    DisplayVersion : 15.0.4571.1502

    DisplayName : Language Pack for SharePoint and Project Server 2013 -Arabic ???????
    DisplayVersion : 15.0.4420.1017

    DisplayName : Language Pack for SharePoint and Project Server 2013 – French/Français
    DisplayVersion : 15.0.4420.1017

    DisplayName : Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013
    DisplayVersion : 15.0.4569.1506

    When i was trying to run the CU thru “The expected version of the product was not found on the system.” Could you please help me out here?
    FYR, find the patch status from CA: http://sathiya.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-08-at-12.46.28-PM.png

    Thanks in advanced.

    Regards,
    Sathiya

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    1. Hello Sathiya_M,

      your screenshot shows current patch level 15.0.4875.1506 which is equal to “November 2016 CU” so it should be installed already.
      But aside of this, your language packs are not on a proper patch status. They are both (French and arabic) still on RTM version so you need to update the Language packs as well up to SP1 according to the server patch level.
      The SharePoint designer seems on SP1 so only most recent updates here are missing if any. Please find the download for the LP SP1 here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=42543 – you need to change the language first, then wati a few seconds until the text shows in the chosen language and now click “Download”.
      HtH, cheers Steve

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    1. Hi Bob,
      afaik no. Service Packs are usually not only includes all fixes released since RTM. They also may carry some feature upgrades/adds that could enrich the product.
      by now, I’m not able to tell you if this is happening in near future.

      Cheers, Steve

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    1. Hi Yannick, sorry I was loaded with other tasks so I missed the updates to be posted. pls. appologize, I’ll work off all missing posts and updates quickly.

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      1. Thank you Steve. You an Stefan have been the beacon of everything Microsoft releases for SharePoint updates. Look forward to seeing all updates from you on the build versions for SharePoint.

        Cheers,
        Ashok

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  12. Hi,
    There is no Uber Pack since September’15 ?
    My SP farm is on last September’15 update and I wait for new Uber to update it.

    Thx for your job !

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    1. Hello Chris,

      pretty much anyone except two since September 2015 are UBER Packages, so feel free to download any one of the most recent ones.
      cheers, Steve

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      2. Oups, sorry I read too fast your reply. “anyone except two […] are UBER Packages” Thanks ! 🙂

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  13. Hi,
    Our SP 2013 environment is only at SP1 (15.0.4569.1509). To get it fully updated would you recommend do it incrementally or would it be ok to go straight to one of the more recent CU’s?

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    1. Hi Chris,

      you can go straight ahead to one of the most recent CU’s on top of SP1 – no need to do it incrementally.
      There are some special cases but very rare where a certain order must be considered not to break the update chain but not since SP1, so you#re good to go.

      greetz, Steve

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  15. For every Patch I tried to download “We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.”
    Does anybody know what is wrong at Microsoft? Pretty annoying when it is not possible to download a patch, when it is needed…

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    1. Hello Martype,

      thanks for the heads up, it seems indeed we have an issue here and I’ll send this to our teams for investigation.
      cheers, Steve

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  16. Did not see an update for the Feb’15 updates. I just applied to my environment and see that the updates increment the version number to 15.0.4797.1000.

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    1. Hello “AG”,
      I assume you mean the February 16 (not 15) – yes, this updates to build number 15.0.4797.1000.

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  17. Just wanted to point out that updates for SharePoint Designer are included in the Office 2013 monthly updates. You can’t go off of the KB article number for the SPD update as it won’t match what is in the Installed Updates info.

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  18. My server db version is 15.0.4569.1509 after installing the sp1 2880552.How can i proceed after that there are more than 20 CUs released,i have to install all the CUs upto December2015 or only some CU are enough.
    One more question is i did not found August2014 and october2014 CU links in the msdn https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn789211(v=office.14).I have to install the individual fixes like 2883085 or i can skip the both august2014 and october2014.

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    1. Hello,

      you can go with the most recent publsihed CU on top of SP1. Each CU contains all previous updates based on last Service Pack. For August and October 2014, there was indeed no CU but soem single fixes as shown in my above table view. But if you go with the latest CU, then these are anyway included.
      HtH, cheers – Steve

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  19. SharePoint 2013 was originally installed with SP1 slipstreamed. All CUs including October 2015 CU were applied to the farm. Then in December, suddenly, SP1 showed in Windows updates. It was downloaded and installed.
    Questions: 1. Why was SP1 installed if SharePoint was originally installed with slipstreamed version of SP1
    2. Did the SP1 overwrite all the CUs that were installed up to date ?
    Thanks

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    1. Hi Yuri,
      to be honest, I have no idea. you can check in central admin page unde rservers in farm the version and verify it with the above table. If you find a version lower than the october 2015 CU, the Service Pack might have overwritten the CU but thats unepxtected. I t should at least on installign check teh current version and should not install again if its already on teh according Build version.
      To be sure, just install the october CU or a later one on top.

      kr, Steve

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    1. Hello Parag,

      The DB Build is found in the SharePoint Config DB, in table “Versions”. the same can be found in the central admin pages under “Servers in Farm”
      example: Configuration database version: 15.0.4737.1000

      For the “Client System” I’m not sure what you mean with this?
      if you are meaning the Office 2013/2016 Client like Word, Outlook etc., then this Build version is found under the Menu “File -> Office Account -> About …Link.

      Hope that helps a bit.

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  21. Hi Darel,

    the first SP1 release has had a regression and that’s why a 2nd release came out. So if your Prod-Box is currently only deployed with the first SP1 but no other CU’s afterwards, then just go ahead and reinstall the 2nd SP1 release on top to get the same build
    version. If any CU’s are already installed on it as well, then the latest CU you have had installed from all might be reinstalled after the 2nd SP1 release the same way to assure a not broken update chain.
    But in any case, please make a full backup of your servers and databases so that you can roll back in case of a critical error.

    HtH, cheers, Steve

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  22. Hi Mark,

    I’m sorry but I fear that I didn’t understand your problem. Can you be more specific?
    When one user goes to his own MySite and uploads/updates his Profile Picture, then this goes by default to the mysite host location under "…//User Photos/Profile Pictures/…"
    Once uploaded, then this should appear there with its respective "{userTest1Name}_MThumb.jpg" a.s.o.
    You should see the tiles when browsing the above given URL.

    I don’t know what you mean with {CurrentUserName}… this should be according to your settings under the user profile and mysite settings or how you have defined the URL to be constructed at MySite creation time (Manage Profile Service – My Site Settings –
    Setup My Sites Site Naming Format… ).

    if you cannot fix it by these settings, then please open a support case with MS to investigate this deeper.
    Thanks and cheers, Steve

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  23. I ran into the schema version problem of moving a backup of a site collection from one server to another because my development server did not have service pack 1 installed, but my production server did. No problem, I just downloaded the SP1, installed,
    configured my development server to be SP1 with expectation all would be well. Microsoft had published a new SP1 with bug fixes that took my development server to 15.0.4701.1000 which is greater than my production site of 15.0.4569.1000. Although both of my
    sites report they're at SP1, restore-spsite won't work with the error of "Schema version of backup 15.0.4701.1000 does not match current schema version 15.0.4569.1000". I think this is rather silly to occur if I'm trying to keep two sites up to date together.
    I guess I have to try and make them the same always, which I am now becoming worried installation of KBs won't guarantee as Microsoft changed the SP1 kit between my installs. This really should not occur, but oh well. Any thoughts on how to get these two in
    line since I have a development site collection that I realty need to put in production. Is there a good, recommended KP to apply to both? I really didn't want to take my production farm down to just move a site collection. 😦

    Thanks,

    Darel

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  24. Hi!
    I have a sharepoint server 2013 with October 2015 (15.0.4763) KB. When I go to user profiles and try to upload a photo for testUser1, always set picture for the current user (my photo). Instead of "http://{mySiteHostUrl}/User Photos/Profile Pictures/{userTest1Name}_MThumb.jpg"
    olways set "http://{mySiteHostUrl}/User Photos/Profile Pictures/{CurrentUserName}_MThumb.jpg". This error is not until October update. But after 15.0.4763 kb there is an error!! Help me, please

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  25. hello Lon Feuerhelm,

    I’m sorry but I’m not sure If I got your problem correctly (typo?) So if you have a higher build now as the patch is you installed, then this si indee very strange. can it be, that meanwhile automated updates have been applied right at the same time and hence
    a potential security fix on SharePoint might have now a higher build version? can you verify in config database, table versions, what the build numbers are shown in sequence?
    if in doubt, just go with the next higher build,install it and see whether the patchlevel is now eual on each server in farm.
    And of course, don’t forget to run the config wizard!

    cheers, Steve

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  26. I just finished applying the May 2015 CU to two of our dev farms when the install was complete I ran (get-farm).buildversion and it returned build 4753 (Sep CU) instead of 4719 I used the same files last month and got version 4917 installed as it should,
    any idea what would cause this behavior.

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  27. Hello Colin Campbell,

    many thanks for the heads up, I’ve fixed the link and it should work now 😉
    Thanks a lot.

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    1. Hi steve,
      Thanks for your reply.
      After installing sp1 my configuration data base number is 15.0.4420.1017
      but my client has 15.0.4569.1000 version.
      So if i create site back up then will it work on clients server ?

      Thanks.

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      1. Hi Anuj;

        Version 15.0.4420.1017 is RTM Build so it cant be if you have installed SP1. With SP1 you must have version 15.0.4569.1000 or even 15.0.4571.1502 (see re-released SP1 Post)

        So for any reasons this doesn’t looks good at all and you should ensure you have installed the correct updates and have run the PSConfig wizard after it!
        The client version 15.0.4569.1000 is SP1 from first release and should be updated to 15.0.4571.1502 anyway.
        However, a site backup/restore might not work on different versions.

        Please check again, if you are really have installed the service pack correctly and config wiz executed.

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  31. Hi,

    my share point version from central administration is "Configuration database version:15.0.4420.1017".

    i want to update my version to "15.0.4569.1000".

    so what i need to do for it please.

    if i need to download updates so please give me links.

    please help me.

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  32. Hi,
    my share point version from central administration is "Configuration database version:15.0.4420.1017".
    i want to update my version to "15.0.4569.1000".

    so what i need to do for it please.
    if i need to download updates so please give me links.

    please help me.

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  33. Hello "Tech ",

    I guess its likely related to a known problem with the first release of SP1. You might have installed this one before the rereleased SP1 and added the December CU which is not a problem but may cause your error now. Please check in config DB on table "version"
    what buld you have installed for SP1 and verify it with the build number form the 2nd released SP1 (see the table above).

    Pls. See also this post here for more info:
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2015/04/15/common-issue-april-2015-fixes-for-sharepoint-2013-cannot-be-installed-on-sharepoint-2013-sp1-slipstream-builds.aspx

    cya, cheers, Steve

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  34. We have currently on our SharePoint 2013 farm the SP1 and December 2014 CU (kb2910938),
    Now, we want to update again by installing the July 2015 CU (kb3054937), but when running "ubersrv2013-kb3054937-fullfile-x64-glb" we encounter a problem with the error message :
    "The expected version of the product was not found on your system"
    Do you know why this error ? And what happen ?

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  36. Hi, Thanks for all of this. Could you please add another column to the grid that indicates if it is an Uber-update? This is my second full installation, and it hasn't got much easier (- SP1). Takes 2-3 days to research what to install on a fresh install.
    Currently, to be sure I haven't missed anything, I have to install all CU's (selectively cumulative updates) since SP1 (the second one). Also, I think the volume license image is bad. It still displays 15.0.4569.1000 as the build number..
    This was very helpful in determining that I need to install all patches:
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2014/08/19/sharepoint-patching-demystified.aspx

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  38. my sharepoint configuration version show 15.0.4569.1000 after install service pack 1 service install version changed 15.0.4571.1502 then i checked microsoft.sharepoint.dll it shows 15.0.4569.1000 is any wrong

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