We don’t really have a dedicated SharePoint Administrator so we’re trying to figure out how often we should be applying SharePoint patches or cumulative updates to our farm.
In your opinion, is it better to:
- Apply them right away whenever they come out
- Wait until a couple come out and then apply them on a -2 schedule
- Wait until a service pack comes out and apply them all at once
- Only apply a patch if it fixes a specific issue that you are experiencing or a potential security threat
- If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – don’t do anything until you upgrade to SharePoint vNext
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I will typically go for answer #4, but all CUs/SPs have issues of one variant or another, so it behooves the SharePoint Administrator to keep track of known SharePoint issues that the community and Microsoft have identified.
I do not agree with #5 or generally #3. There are a lot of ‘over time’ improvements that you’ll miss out on if you just wait for a Service Pack or vNext (which is a tremendous undertaking).
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