Difference between create a new farm and join an existing farm

Difference between create a new farm and join an existing farm

I am writing this topic because, many of the administrators who entered into the SharePoint recently will get this query, what makes difference between them? We see this option after the installation of SharePoint and while running the Products and Technologies wizard.

create a new farm: This option is used to create a new SharePoint installation .(This can be a standalone installation having all the roles (Web front end(WFE), Application server and database server on the same machine). This is where the new configuration DB will be created in SQL

join an existing farm: This option is used to add a new role to an existing SharePoint installation(In farm scenario, we can add an application server or WFE by joining the machine to an existing farm). This is where the server will be connected to already created configuration DB.

 


I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

Office WebApp 2013 build details

Build Details

Build Number	Build Name	Information Link	Download Link
15.0.4420.1007	RTM		Download
	March 2013 PU whoops	KB2760486
15.0.4481.1005	March 2013 PU	KB2760445	Download
15.0.4481.1508	April 2013 CU	KB2810007	Download
15.0.4505.1001	April 2013 Hotfix	KB2799821	Download
15.0.4517.1003	June 2013 CU	KB2817350	Download
15.0.4535.1000	August 2013 CU	KB2817521	Download
15.0.4551.1003	October 2013 CU	KB2825686	Download
15.0.4551.1508	December 2013 CU	KB2850013	Download
​15.0.4551.1515	​MS14-001 Security Update	​KB2863879	​Download
​15.0.4569.1000	​Service Pack 1	​KB2817431	​Download
​15.0.4569.1000	​Service Pack 1 - Mark 2	​KB2880558	​Download
​15.0.4605.1001	​April 2014 CU	​KB2863899	​Download
​15.0.4615.1001	​MS14-022	​KB2952166	​Links in KB
​15.0.4623.1001	​June 2014 CU	​KB2881051	​Download
​15.0.4631.1000	​July 2014 CU	​KB2883003	​Download
​15.0.4641.1001	​August 2014 CU	​KB2883093	​Download
​15.0.4659.1001	​October 2014 CU	​KB2889898	​Download
​	​November 2014 CU	​None	​None
​15.0.4673.1000	​December 2014 CU	​KB2899574	​Download
​	​January 2015 CU	​None	​None
​15.0.4693.1001	​February 2015 CU	​KB2956101	​Download
​15.0.4701.1001	​March 2015 CU	​KB2956158	​Download
​15.0.4711.1000	​April 2015 CU	​​KB2965306	​Download
​15.0.4719.1002	​May 2015 CU	​KB3039748	​Download
​15.0.4727.1001	​June 2015 CU	​KB3054863	​Download
​15.0.4737.1001	​July 2015 CU	​KB3054930	Download

I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

SharePoint 2010 support will end on October 2015

SharePoint 2010 support will end on October 2015

In case if  your still have SharePoint environments running on SharePoint 2010:

Mainstream support for SharePoint 2010 will end on October 13th, 2015:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?p1=14944

 

After this date only security fixes will be provided for SharePoint 2010. That means if you are running into an issue after October 13th which is caused by a problem in SharePoint 2010 and which has not already been addressed before you will no longer be able to request a hot fix.
Not the best situation if you are using SharePoint 2010 as a business critical application.

 

I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 is available

 July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 is available

The product group released the July 2015 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2013 product family.

For July 2015 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint.

Previous releases of the SharePoint Server 2013 cumulative update included both the executable and the .CAB file in the same self-extracting executable download. Because of the file size, the SharePoint Server 2013 package has been divided into several separate downloads. One contains the executable file, while the others contain the CAB file. All are necessary and must be placed in the same folder to successfully install the update. All are available by clicking the same Hot fix Download Available link in the KB article for the release.

This CU includes all SharePoint 2013 fixes (including all security fixes) released since SP1. The CU does not include SP1. You need to install SP1 before installing this CU.

The KB articles for July CU are available at the following locations:

• KB 3054931 - SharePoint Foundation 2013 July 2015 CU
• KB 3054937 - SharePoint Server 2013 July 2015 CU
• KB 3054933 - SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server July 2015 CU
• KB 3054930 - Office Web Apps Server 2013 July 2015 CU

The Full Server Packages for July 2015 CU are available through the following links:

• Download SharePoint Foundation 2013 July 2015 CU
• Download SharePoint Server 2013 July 2015 CU
• Download Project Server 2013 July 2015 CU
• Download Office Web Apps Server 2013 July 2015 CU

Note:

1.   After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2013 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

2.   Be aware that the SharePoint Server 2013 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU. And the SharePoint Server 2013 with Project Server CU contains Project Server CU, SharePoint Server CU and SharePoint Foundation CU.

3.   Be aware that all Updates for SharePoint 2013 require SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 OR March 2013 PU for SharePoint 2013 to be installed first.

4.   This CU includes all SharePoint 2013 fixes released since RTM. The CU does not include SP1. You can install SP1 before or after installing this CU.

Build Nimber : 15.0.4737.1000

I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2010 is Released

July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2010 is available for download 

The product group released the July 2015 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2010 product family.

For July 2015 CU we have full server packages (also known as Uber packages). No other CU is required to fully patch SharePoint.

This CU includes all SharePoint 2010 fixes released since SP2. The CU does not include SP2.

The KB articles for July CU should be available at the following locations in a couple of hours:

• KB 3054983 - SharePoint Foundation 2010
• KB 3054975 - SharePoint Server 2010
• KB 3054972 - Project Server 2010

The Full Server Packages for July 2015 CU are already available through the following links:

• Download SharePoint Foundation 2010 July 2015 CU
• Download SharePoint Server 2010 July 2015 CU
• Download Project Server 2010 July 2015 CU

Note:

1.   After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm.

2.   Be aware that the SharePoint Server 2010 CU contains the SharePoint Foundation CU. That means only one package has to be installed for the SharePoint 2010 product family.

3.   Be aware that the July Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 is a Post-SP2 hot fix. It is required to have SP2 installed before installing the July CU.

4.   This CU includes all SharePoint 2010 fixes released since SP2. The CU does not include SP2.

5.   Attention: this CU no longer supports SP1! It is required to have SP2 installed for the base product and all installed language packs to install July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2010.

6. It is required to have SP2 installed for the base product and all installed language packs to install July 2015 CU for SharePoint 2010.

 


I hope the above information will help you to resolve the issue, in case of any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.