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:
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Before you apply the Cumulative in Production Environments, test the same in a Staging Environment thoroughly.
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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:
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When SharePoint Server 2013 claims the provider returns no matches, the people picker still displays a suggestion from the user information list.
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When you create a site by using a custom site template, the composed looks list is empty.
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When you view the slides in picture library, pictures may not display if the file name contains complex characters such as multibyte characters.
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When you create a site from a saved template that contains an AlternateCSSUrl property, the AlternateHeaderUrl value is set to the AlternateCSSUrl value incorrectly.
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When you add a link to the reusable HTML field in a reusable content item, the link does not work as expected.
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You cannot send alerts to a security group instead of a user.
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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.
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When you use some reusable content in a variations context, the reusable content is displayed incorrectly if the labels are in certain languages.
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When you change the fallback language on a SharePoint Server 2013 server, you experience high CPU usage on the server.
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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.
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When you view a non-published page anonymously, you receive an unexpected error.
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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.
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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.
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When you select a Web Part on a publishing page, the ribbon context is changed incorrectly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When SharePoint Designer 2013 workflows contain one or more local variables and there is a disconnected stage, you cannot load the workflows.
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When you load a contact list that contains many users in SharePoint Designer 2013, it takes longer than expected.
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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.