Exchange 2013 CU3 released 25.11.2013

Microsoft have released Exchange 2013 CU3. The list of bug fixes are included below.

Summary

This article describes Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 that provides the latest fixes for Exchange Server 2013 and contains stability and performance improvements.

Notes

The Cumulative Update 3 package can be used to perform a new installation, or to upgrade an existing Exchange Server 2013 installation to Cumulative Update 3.

You do not need to install Cumulative Update 1 or Cumulative Update 2 for Exchange Server 2013 when you are installing Cumulative Update 3.

For more information before the deployment of Exchange 2013, go to the following Microsoft website:

Release Notes for Exchange 2013

For more information about coexistence of Exchange 2013 and earlier versions of Exchange Server, go to the following Microsoft website:

Exchange 2013 System Requirements

INTRODUCTION

Issues that the update rollup resolves

Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 contains the fix for the security issue that is described in Security Bulletin MS13-061 and resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

 

2865161 "Errors: Failed exporting item id: from source id" when you try to copy search results in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2871980 Child domains are not displayed for selection when you create a mailbox by using EAC in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2878160 "The Active Directory user wasn't found" error when you create or update an In-Place eDiscovery search in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2874216 Security issue that is described in Security Bulletin MS13-061 is resolved by an Exchange Server update

2882608 Exchange Server 2013 does not share the inproxy.dll file

2886115 Retention policies are not applied to Exchange Server 2013 mailboxes when user accounts are on different domains

2888274 WebClientReadFormQueryString string and WebClientEditFormQueryString string return incorrect URLs in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2888315 Event 2112 or 2180 is logged when you try to back up a database in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2888612 Retention policy does not work after you run a cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2889786 Sign-in format for Outlook Web App on mobile devices is not adjusted according to the Set-OwaVirtualDerictory cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2890650 Items in the Drafts folder are not stamped with the retention policy tag in an Exchange Server 2010 or 2013 environment

2895487 "Copy Search Results" option does not work in an Exchange server 2013 environment

2895500 DBCS characters appear garbled when you run some PowerShell scripts in EMS in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2895678 "Nombre de usuario\dominio" is displayed unexpectedly on the Spanish version of the OWA and EAC logon pages in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902929 You cannot forward an external meeting request in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902929 You cannot forward an external meeting request in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902933 Generate incident report does not display the Bcc field in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902934 Korean language localization issues in Exchange 2013 OWA user interface

2902936 You cannot change SMTP addresses for distribution groups by using EAC in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902938 You cannot preview Office documents in shared folders by using Outlook Web App in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

2902939 EMS connection error when you install Exchange Server 2013 Mailbox server and Client Access server separately

2883203 Exchange Server 2013 restarts frequently after Cumulative Update 2 is installed

2890814 No redirection to the Outlook Web App URL for Exchange Online users in an Exchange hybrid deployment

Resolution

Cumulative update package information

Download information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Cumulative Update 3 for Exchange Server 2013 package now.

Release Date: November 12, 2013

Prerequisites

Exchange 2013 setup will identify any missing prerequisites.

Restart requirement

You have to restart the computer after you apply this cumulative update package.

Registry information

You do not have to make any changes to the registry after you apply this cumulative update package.

Removal information

After you install this cumulative update package, you cannot uninstall the cumulative update package to revert to an earlier version of Exchange 2013. If you uninstall this cumulative update package, Exchange 2013 is removed from the server.

References

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Full details are here:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/11/25/released-exchange-server-2013-cumulative-update-3.aspx

The direct download is here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41175

The CU3 compatible UM language packs are here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41176

Take care,

Oliver Moazzezi - MVP Exchange Server

 

Securing Exchange UM with TLS for Microsoft Lync Integration

When integrating Exchange UM with Lync Server Unified Messaging must be running in either TLS or dual mode. For it to run in either of these modes a valid certificate from a CA must be installed on the Exchange UM server, rather than the standard self signed certificate.

However!

Simply adding a valid cert from your internal CA to Exchange UM and assigning it to the UM service using Enable-ExchangeCertificate or the Certificate Wizard UI in the Exchange Management Console does not solve the issue.

What we must do is set the UM service to run in either TLS or dual mode. To do this follow these steps.


1. You have succesfully added a certificate from your internal CA for Unified Messaging, you are now either using Powershell or the UI to assign this cert to your UM service, you then get this error:

2. This means you haven't set the UM service to run in either TLS or dual mode, TLS is enforced and dual mode means it runs allowing both. To set the UM service to the correct configuration fire up Powershell and run:

Set-UMserver - UMStartupMode dual -identity 'UMServer'

If you want to force TLS:

Set-UMserver - UMStartupMode TLS -identity 'UMServer'

If you have multiple UM servers and they all have the relevant certificate already in their certificate store then we could for example run:

Get-UMserver Set-UMserver - UMStartupMode dual/tls (selecting only one here).

3. We can now try and assign the certificate again via either Enable-ExchangeCertificate or via the Exchange Certificate Wizard UI in the Exchange Management Console:

4. Once this configuration change is made we must restart the UM service

Restart-Service MSExchangeUM

The service is now restarted and the UM service is running in either TLS or dual mode with the certificate from your internal CA.

You are now ready to proceed with the next step of integrating UM with Lync. Watch out for the next part of this process coming soon.

Take Care


Oliver Moazzezi MVP - Exchange Server