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September 2, 2015

Download the InfoPath 2013 standalone application to use with Office 2016

InfoPath 2013 is still the standard tool for creating and modifying custom forms in SharePoint. Since InfoPath has been discontinued and InfoPath 2013 is the last version, InfoPath is not a part of the Office 2016 suite. But don't worry, you can continue using InfoPath 2013 even with Office 2016 because InfoPath 2013 has been made available as a standalone download in the Microsoft Download Center. Be aware that the download and use of InfoPath 2013 requires an active Office 365 ProPlus subscription.

Download InfoPath 2013 for Office 365 ProPlus Subscription

August 24, 2015

SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview has been released

As announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference the SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview has been released today.

Download the SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview

Bill Baer, Senior Technical Product Manager for the SharePoint team, had the pleasure of Announcing availability of SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview and cloud hybrid search. Microsoft is paying close attention to trends in content management, team collaboration, user experiences across devices, and how the cloud can be blended into existing on-premises scenarios in new and compelling ways, he says.

SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview comes with the following key features:

Improved provisioning capabilities
Mobile and touch
App Launcher
New and improved controls
Simple and natural sharing
Large file support
Compliance tools

There are also a couple of new SharePoint Server 2016 Preview resources and a SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview forum on Microsoft TechNet.

August 24, 2015

Cloud Hybrid Search for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 is now available

With today's announcement of SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview Microsoft also released the Cloud Hybrid Search which allows customers to retrieve unified search results in Office 365. It will work with SharePoint Server 2013 and is native to SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview. The new Cloud Hybrid Search Service Application will start working on September 7th.

Download the Cloud Hybrid Search update for SharePoint 2013

The Cloud Hybrid Search is also included in the August 2015 CU for SharePoint Server 2013. Join the Microsoft Connect program to get access to the Cloud Hybrid Search documentation.

Share your feedback through the new Cloud Hybrid Search Service Application forum on Microsoft TechNet.

August 12, 2015

SharePoint 2013 Cumulative Updates: August 2015

The August 2015 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2013 contains numerous hotfixes and improvements for SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013. The cumulative update package is multilingual and contains updates for all languages.

Before you start
Since June 2014 the Cumulative Updates for SharePoint products releases on a monthly basis.
Since May 2015 the server proofing tools are included in the cumulative updates.
This cumulative update includes all patches since the Service Pack 1 release, but not the Service Pack 1 itself. You must install the Service Pack 1 before installing this cumulative update. Read how-to install Service Pack 1.
Because of the file size the cumulative update package has been divided in three parts; ubersrv.exe, ubersrv_1.cab and ubersrv_2.cab. You have to put them all in the same folder.
The July CU changes the database schema for the Search analytics reporting database to support URLs up to 4000 characters. The Search crawler expects an updated database schema and is going to fail if the SharePoint Configuration Wizard (psconfig) hasn't been run right after the installation (follow the installation instructions below).

Installation instructions

Create a SharePoint Farm Backup.
Download all SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server packages.
Extract the previously downloaded files with a double-click.
Click "Continue"
Define the path in which you would like to extract the installation binaries and click OK. Use the same destination path for the other files.
Run the extracted EXE file as administrator.
Accept the license terms and click "Continue".
Repeat the previous two steps for the other EXE files in this folder.
Apply the updates to each SharePoint server in the farm.
As soon as the installation of the cumulative update has finished on all servers, run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard successively on each SharePoint server in the farm.
Restart the User Profile Service on affected servers.

Hotfix KB3055004 for SharePoint Foundation 2013: August 11, 2015
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Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2013 update package

Hotfix KB3055009 for SharePoint Server 2013: August 11, 2015
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Description of the SharePoint Server 2013 update package

Hotfix KB3055005 for Project Server 2013: August 11, 2015
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Description of the Project Server 2013 update package

Hotfix KB3055003 for Office Web Apps Server 2013: August 11, 2015
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Description of the Office Web Apps Server 2013 update package
This is a security fix, please refer to SharePoint updates are no longer available through Windows Update

SharePoint 2013 update portal
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee748587.aspx

August 12, 2015

SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Updates: August 2015

The August 2015 Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 contains numerous hotfixes and improvements for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. The cumulative update package is multilingual and contains updates for all languages.

Before you start
Since June 2014 the Cumulative Updates for SharePoint products releases on a monthly basis!
Be aware that the cumulative update requires the Service Pack 2 to be installed. This Cumulative Update does not support Service Pack 1. The SharePoint Server 2010 cumulative update contains all resources of SharePoint Foundation 2010 since the release of Service Pack 2.
If you install the Project Server 2010 hotfixes, you also have to install the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix.

Installation instructions

Make sure you already installed and configured the Service Pack 2.
Create a SharePoint Farm Backup.
Download all SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server packages.
Extract the previously downloaded files with a double-click.
Click "Continue"
Define the path in which you would like to extract the installation binaries and click OK. Use the same destination path for the other files.
Run the extracted EXE file as administrator.
Accept the license terms and click "Continue".
Repeat the previous two steps for the other EXE files in this folder.
Apply the updates to each SharePoint server in the farm.
As soon as the installation of the cumulative update has finished on all servers, run the SharePoint Configuration Wizard successively on each SharePoint server in the farm.
Restart the User Profile Service on affected servers.