A full list of all CU 3 fixes can be found here. Microsoft's announcement offered a peculiar caveat about applying CU3 for Exchange Server 2013 for organizations using 'Backup and Recovery mechanisms to protect Exchange data.' IT pros should take care to back up their data before applying CU3 in those cases, per Microsoft's Knowledge Base article 2888315. Microsoft did not indicate when SP1 for Exchange Server 2013 would be released but it might be expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2014. Microsoft's next cumulative update for Exchange Server 2013, CU4, will be included in a future Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 release.

Microsoft improved the 'admin audit log experience' and smoothed the process in the Exchange Administration Console for adding 'new and existing groups'.

Organizations no longer have to use the 'light version' of Outlook Web App with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11.Microsoft's cloud-based Rights Management Service now will work with Exchange Server 2013.038) includes customer-requested fixes since CU2 was released, along with some usability improvements, such as: 'Customers in hybrid deployments where Exchange is deployed in-house and in the cloud, or who are using Exchange Online Archiving with their in-house Exchange deployment are required to maintain currency on Cumulative Update releases,' according to Microsoft's CU3 announcement.ĬU3 for Exchange Server 2013 (build. The idea is to better assure that the hosted and server versions of Exchange are running the same code, but it's actually more than just a recommendation, per Microsoft. Microsoft recommends testing and applying the cumulative updates particularly for organizations that run 'hybrid' Exchange configurations - that is, organizations with computing environments that combine Exchange Online with premises-based Exchange Server installations.

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