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 only ask because that would determine whether you can attempt to be on the bleeding edge of patching or whether you have to wait for others to find the flaws. #4 is a safe bet. Sometimes patches include improvements in addition to bug fixes, so I think you should consider #2 (not -2 necessarily, but keep an eye on releases at least.)
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