SharePoint 2013 Search CU Information
This list includes details of SharePoint Server 2013 Cumulative Updates, with a focus on fixes and features related to Search.
Releases are shown in reverse chronological order (i.e. the newest first, at the top of the list). SharePoint Server links only are shown, though there are corresponding descriptions for SharePoint Foundation.
All the following Cumulative Updates require SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1.
Release Name |
Build Number |
Description of Fixes or Features |
Cumulative Update KB Article |
February 2016 CU |
15.0.4797.1001 |
Several fixes in the search subsystem, including a content source crawl consuming high CPU, incorrect ranking calculations, and unexpected deletions when content processing limits are exceeded. |
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3114726 |
January 2016 CU |
15.0.4787.1000 |
Several fixes in the query interface and spelling suggestions, including one for Turkish letters. This update corrects a problem with outbound query federation to the SharePoint Online search index, introduced in a previous CU. |
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3114497 |
December 2015 CU |
15.0.4779.1000 |
Several fixes in People Picker, failed crawls, refiners based on taxonomy trees returning no results. This update will cause outbound query federation to the SharePoint Online search index to stop working. |
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3114345 |
November 2015 CU |
15.0.4771.1000 |
Fixes indexing of large (>100MB) files if SSA setting MaxDownloadSize is increased. This update will cause outbound query federation to the SharePoint Online search index to stop working. |
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October 2015 CU |
15.0.4763.1000 |
Cloud SSA (aka Cloud Hybrid Search) updated, plus security updates |
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September 2015 CU |
15.0.4753.1003 |
Fixes for several search issues, plus update of Cloud Hybrid Search functionality |
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August 2015 CU |
15.0.4745.1000 |
Initial release of Cloud Hybrid Search (aka Cloud SSA), plus numerous search fixes and security updates. |
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July 2015 CU |
15.0.4737.1000 |
Support long (4000 character) URLs in Analytics database and several other search fixes |
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June 2015 CU |
15.0.4727.1001 |
Fix for the Search Service Application (SSA) consuming a remote Managed Metadata Service along with other crawl and query result issues, plus other SharePoint fixes and updates. |
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May 2015 CU |
15.0.4719.1002 |
Fixes several language-related search result issues and a fileshare crawl bug, along with multiple security updates. |
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April 2015 CU |
15.0.4711.1000 |
Search issues including continuous crawl, refiner sliders and search analytics disk usage are resolved, along with an important security fix. |
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March 2015 CU |
15.0.4701.1001 |
Several search related fixes and critical security fixes for Office products. |
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February 2015 CU |
15.0.4693.1001 |
PDF filter and query rule fixes, plus numerous SharePoint functionality, stability and performance enhancements. |
The full SharePoint 2010 and 2013 products official release list is available on TechNet.