Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 and SCCM 2012 SP2 is now available. This post is a complete step-by-step SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 CU2 Installation guide. If you’re looking for a complete SCCM 2012 installation guide, see our blog series which covers it all. Installing SCCM cumulative updates is very important to your infrastructure. It fix lots of issues, which some of them are important. Microsoft recommends installing Cumulative Updates if you are affected by a resolved issues. If you are not on SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 or SCCM 2012 SP2, the latest CU is Cumulative Update 5. As this is a cumulative update, you don’t have to install prior CU(1) before installing CU2. CU2 contains all the fixes included in previous CU. Improvements/Fixes There’s no new major functionality in CU2. This update contains fixes for issues in various areas including software distribution and content management; operating system deployment; site systems and mobile device management. … Read More
SCCM 2012 R2 CU2 Released
Microsoft has just released SCCM 2012 R2 CU2. ****Updated : Full installation guide here**** Follow the link for a full list of issues fixed by CU2 : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2970177/ As per my previous post, the Start-CMPackageDeployment is now fixed 🙂 Client Version has been updated : SCCM ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU2 Client Version:- 5.00.7958.1203 SCCM ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU2 Endpoint Protection Client Version:- 4.5.0216.0 Reminder about Cumulative Update : From Technet : Each CU is considered a large hotfix. Therefore, the general guidance is to install it if you are encountering, or believe you may encounter, one of the issues fixed by current CU (or a prior one). However, a CU also represents a new servicing baseline; In the event we release a critical on-demand hotfix for Configuration Manager it will require the latest released CU be installed first. This doesn’t happen often, but may affect your test and deployment strategy. Cumulative … Read More