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Exchange 2010 SP1: Apply RU6 or upgrade to SP2?

Answered Exchange 2010 SP1: Apply RU6 or upgrade to SP2?

  • Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:28 AM
     
     
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    Those of you running Exchange 2010 SP1, will you be applying RU6 or upgrading to SP2?

    Exchange 2010 SP2 contains all of the fixes from the SP1 RU6 update and some additional features:

    • Hybrid Configuration Wizard
    • Address Book Policies
    • Cross-Site Silent Redirection for Outlook Web App
    • Mini Version of Outlook Web App
    • Mailbox Replication Service
    • Mailbox Auto-Mapping
    • Multi-Valued Custom Attributes
    • Litigation Hold

    We will of course be applying it in our test environment before going ahead but I, myself, am a little reluctant to upgrade to SP2 right out of the gate as it is a service pack. I think I would feel a little more comfortable holding off (apply RU6 instead) for a few more months in case any issues crop up.

     

    Have any folks here already upgraded to SP2 in production and if so, did you experience any issues or not? Appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks.


    • Edited by Barkley Bees Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:42 AM
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  • Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:37 AM
     
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    Hi Barkley,

    Just from my perspective, if you havn't come across any issue that only SP2 can help you to resolve, you can keep RU6 for a while.

    Exchange 2010 sp2 might trigger some issues as it is a new patch.

    Hope it helps.

    Rowen

    TechNet Community Support

    • Marked As Answer by Rowen-Xu Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:41 AM
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  • Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:43 AM
     
     
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    Also, there are third party apps that might not be certified to run with SP2 as of yet, I know BES is one if you have any Blackberry infrastructure, but also consider your antivirus software, backup software, archiving solutions, etc...
     
  • Friday, December 23, 2011 10:20 PM
     
     
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    EMC Networker isn't certified for RU6 neither...
    Regards, Konrad Sagala, MCT, MCSE+M, MCITP: Exchange 2007/2010
     
  • Thursday, December 29, 2011 5:20 AM
     
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    Stay away from SP2 for awhile, i am suffering through EWS being broken after SP2 Upgrade, have logged a PSS with MS and they have no fix for my issue at the moment meaning severly limited Lync 2010 functionality and no OOF and MAC users not connecting, senior engineer let slip there quite a few issues at the moment with SP2
    • Marked As Answer by Rowen-Xu Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:41 AM
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