**Note it is highly recommended to test all updates in test environment before deploying to your production network**
**Note Ensure you plan downtime for each update the longer between updates you wait the longer your downtime: SP2 took roughly 20-25 mins followed by restart**
- Determine current Version and build with following SharePoint 2010 Management Shell command:
- (Get-SPFarm).buildversion
- Review what updates need to be applied via following link:
- Download update (s) for your version of SharePoint 2010
- Move file to location accessible from SharePoint Server
- Login to SharePoint Server to be updated
- Browse to location of downloaded file
- Double-Click to start installation
- Read and Accept MS Software Licence Terms > Continue
- Sit back and wait for installation
- Review output
- Some updates fail to start ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance and will need to be manually restarted.
- Restart if needed
- Run following SharePoint 2010 Management Shell command as Farm Admin Account:
- Start > All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products > SharePoint 2010 Management Shell
- Press Shift and Right Click > Select Run as different user
- Enter Farm Admin credentials
- psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait
- wait for it to complete then restart
- Review output
- If account not correctly permissioned ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance will fail to start and will need to be manually restarted.
- Verify update by repeating step 1.
Steps to Start ProfileSynchronizationServiceInstance
- Access Central Administration
- System Settings > Services on Server
- User Profile Synchronization Service > Start
- Select User Profile Application: [User Profile Service]
- Enter password for Service Account: [We save them in KeePass]
- Click Okay
That is all there is. Biggest thing is to remember to plan for downtime and alert your users when the system will be down.
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