Windows Server · 2016 · Release · Out-of-band update
December 3, 2018—KB4478877 (OS Build 14393.2641)
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- KB4478877 — Microsoft's article, opens in a new tab
Windows Server 2016: Extended support
Microsoft's known issues — KB4478877
- Issue Known issue After you install the August Preview of Quality Rollup or September 11, 2018 .NET Framework update , instantiation of SqlConnection can throw an exception. For more information about this issue, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 4470809 SqlConnection instantiation exception on .NET 4.6 and later after August-September 2018 .NET Framework updates. Workaround: This issue is resolved in KB4480977 .
- Issue Known issue After installing this update, users may not be able to use the Seek Bar in Windows Media Player when playing specific files. This issue does not affect normal playback. Workaround: This issue is resolved in KB4471321 .
- Issue Known issue When features related to end-user-defined characters (EUDC) are used, the entire system may become unresponsive. Workaround: This issue is resolved in KB4471321 .
- Issue Known issue After installing this update on Windows Server 2016, instant search in Microsoft Outlook clients fail with the error, "Outlook cannot perform the search". Workaround: This issue is resolved in KB4487026 .
- Issue Known issue After installing KB4467684, the cluster service may fail to start with the error “2245 (NERR_PasswordTooShort)” if the Group Policy “Minimum Password Length” is configured with greater than 14 characters. Workaround: Set the domain default "Minimum Password Length" policy to less than or equal to 14 characters. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
- Issue Known issue For hosts managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), SCVMM cannot enumerate and manage logical switches deployed on the host after installing the update. Additionally, if you do not follow the best practices , a stop error may occur in vfpext.sys on the hosts. Workaround: This issue is resolved in KB4507459 .
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