May 2014 Cumulative has been Released for SharePoint 2013

Microsoft has recently announced the May 2014 Cumulative Package for SharePoint 2013 Foundation | Server under the Build No of 15.0.4605.1004 (Version No).

Download the Packages here – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/jj891062.aspx

Notes:

  1. Before you apply the Cumulative in Production Environments, test the same in a Staging Environment thoroughly.
  2. Consider to apply this only if you are getting the mentioned issues below because it doesn’t deliver any extra benefits for you except the mentioned fixes. 

Prerequisites:

It is compulsory to have March 2013 Public Update Installed Prior to this Installation. Your farm Should have been updated with the same. Download March 2013 CU here – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2767999 

List of Issues Fixed by this package are as below:

  1. When SharePoint Server 2013 claims the provider returns no matches, the people picker still displays a suggestion from the user information list.
  2. When you create a site by using a custom site template, the composed looks list is empty.
  3. When you view the slides in picture library, pictures may not display if the file name contains complex characters such as multibyte characters.
  4. When you create a site from a saved template that contains an AlternateCSSUrl property, the AlternateHeaderUrl value is set to the AlternateCSSUrl value incorrectly.
  5. When you add a link to the reusable HTML field in a reusable content item, the link does not work as expected.
  6. You cannot send alerts to a security group instead of a user.
  7. When you try to upload a file that exists and is checked out to a SharePoint Server 2013 document library, you receive an error message that displays the logon name instead of the display name.
  8. When you use some reusable content in a variations context, the reusable content is displayed incorrectly if the labels are in certain languages.
  9. When you change the fallback language on a SharePoint Server 2013 server, you experience high CPU usage on the server.
  10. When you configure Forms-Based Authentication (FBA) with active directory as back end for a SharePoint Server farm, the "Everyone" view on the Newsfeed page displays an error.
  11. When you view a non-published page anonymously, you receive an unexpected error.
  12. When you try to import user properties from business data connectivity (BDC) and activity directory (AD) at the same time, the time zone is not updated.
  13. When you experience an error during ping checks in the health check of Office Web App Server (WAC), all future checks fail until you restart the process.
  14. When you select a Web Part on a publishing page, the ribbon context is changed incorrectly.
  15. Assume that you create a list workflow on list A that creates an item on list B. Then, you create another list workflow on list B. When you create an item on list A and start the workflow for the list, list B is not triggered as expected.
  16. When you use SharePoint Designer 2013 to deploy a workflow that contains an activity that adds an item to the workflow history, the workflow fails.
  17. When you reply to a discussion board item that is created by an anonymous user, you encounter an error if you are an anonymous user.
  18. When SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows contain one or more local variables and there is a disconnected stage, you cannot load the workflows.
  19. When you load a contact list that contains many users in SharePoint Designer 2013, it takes longer than expected.
  20. When you try to create SharePoint Server 2013 workflows in SharePoint Designer 2013, you receive the following error message:

    Retrying last request. Next attempt scheduled in less than one minute.

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