Installing Microsoft Exchange Updates can be a challenging task, as it may lead to various issues in the process, such as compatibility problems, data loss, service disruptions, security vulnerabilities, update failures, dependency conflicts, or backup and recovery challenges.
There are several things that can go wrong when installing Cumulative Updates (CU) or Security Updates on your Exchange Server. You may encounter issues during and after installation or even the installation of updates may fail or stop.
The installation of updates could be hindered due to underlying issues with the operating system, damaged hardware, incorrect network configuration, conflict with third-party applications, corrupted updates, or human errors. In this article, we will be going through the things that you can do to prevent issues when installing updates and how to resolve issues (if occur) as fast as possible and with no data loss.
Prerequisites before Installation
To avoid any issues during updates installation, you need to first identify the currently installed version of the Cumulative Updates on your server. For this, you can use the Get-ExchangeServer command as given below.
Get-ExchangeServer | Format-List Name, Edition, AdminDisplayVersion
This will give information about the version of the Exchange Server installed, along with the build number. On the Exchange Server updates download page, you can check the version you are downloading and confirm the installation matrix compatibility. Sometimes, you need to hop ..
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