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you have to Prepare AD and Prepare Schema for Exchange 2013 CU8<br />
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<a href="http://enterpriseit.co/microsoft-exchange/2013/prepare-ad-prepare-schema/" rel="ugc">http://enterpriseit.co/microsoft-exchange/2013/prepare-ad-prepare-schema/</a>
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you have to Prepare AD and Prepare Schema for Exchange 2013 CU8

http://enterpriseit.co/microsoft-exchange/2013/prepare-ad-prepare-schema/ [http://enterpriseit.co/microsoft-exchange/2013/prepare-ad-prepare-schema/]

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@joensw - while that is true, in a single server, single domain environment, completely unnecessary. The setup application will do all of the prep for you. <br />
There is no need for most users of Exchange to run prep manually.<br />
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Simon.
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@joensw - while that is true, in a single server, single domain environment, completely unnecessary. The setup application will do all of the prep for you.
There is no need for most users of Exchange to run prep manually.

Simon.

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At the moment we are on Microsoft Exchange 2013 CU2. I would like to upgrade this to Service Pack 1. Do I need to install the Cumulative Updates one by one until I get to SP1 or can I go straight up to SP1 from CU2? Are there any pre-requisites I need to check?
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At the moment we are on Microsoft Exchange 2013 CU2. I would like to upgrade this to Service Pack 1. Do I need to install the Cumulative Updates one by one until I get to SP1 or can I go straight up to SP1 from CU2? Are there any pre-requisites I need to check?

Exchange 2013 Updates

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