SharePoint (Foundation, Project, Server) 2010 SP1 & June CU 2011

Hello all, busy day in SharePoint land today. First the June 2011 CU came out yesterday, then last evening SP1 was released. From all the different Twitter conversation on how best to deploy SP1, between Todd Klindt and Spence Harbar and others, deploying the Foundation SP1/CU prior to the Server SP1/CU was the winner. I have outlined my steps below.

Tonight on my UAT environment I followed the below steps to update my environment so I can start testing out the new functionality.

First install all SP1’s before installing the June 2011 CU’s. From what I gather, all CU’s starting with August 2011 will require SP1, so get it in now.

First download all the bits and save them to a location accessible by your SharePoint server(s). (Links next to each product below, note, I have Office Web Applications 2010 & Project Server 2010 integrated into my farm and that info on the patches is included below, if you are not using OWA or Project Server 2010 just skip that step).

Microsoft Resources: Complete list of all SP1 downloads: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2532120 Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products (CU’s): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx

Microsoft SharePoint SP1 (Foundation, Server, OWA & Project) (install order)

1. SharePoint Foundation 2010 (KB2460058) http://SP2010FoundationSP1
2. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2460045) http://SP2010ServerSP1
3. Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 (KB2460073) http://OfficeWebAppSP1
4. Microsoft Project Server 2010 (KB2460047) http://ProjectServer2010SP1

As usual, Run Through PowerShell: Run: PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait –force

Patching with SP1 went very smoothly, Farm is up and “Check product and patch installation status” shows “Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed (14.0.6029.1000). Now on to deploying the June 2011 CU’s.

June 2011 CU (install order)

1. SharePoint Foundation 2010, June 2011 CU: http://SP2010FoundationJune2011CU
2. SharePoint Server 2010 June 2011 CU: http://SP2010ServerJune2011CU
3. Project Server 2010 June 2011 CU: http://ProjectServer2010June2011CU

After installing the CU packages, you may be prompted for a reboot of your Server! Please don’t forget to run the PSConfig Wizard anyway, even after reboot so that all updates are applied completely and successful!

As usual, Run Through PowerShell:   PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force

During the PSConfig, applying the June CU’s showed that Task 3 of 4 completed 100% but Failed to start the “ProfileSyncronizationServiceInstance”.. Message stated to “Start it manually”.. Big gulp here, as Profile service has been so friendly in the past..

So after going to Services on server and selecting start (fill out password again) and selecting ok, I quickly jump to Server Manager and watched the Services.. One at a time the Forefront services stopped and…started back up.. WOW, in a very timely manor the Profile services were back online!

 

Now that my Farm is up, let’s go to CA and “Check product and patch installation status” shows “Hotfix for Microsoft Office Server (KB2536599) is installed (14.0.6105.5000).

In less than 2 hours I am all patched up and ready to go.

Good luck and thanks to all that provide exceptional guidance in the SharePoint community.

Happy patching!