I'm running Exchange Server 2013. Ran the updates last night. All seemed to go well until some users reported the OWA issue but renewing the certificate resolved that.
When I run the HealthChecker it tells me:
Security Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-34470 See: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-34470 for more information.
So did some digging and found the bit about have to also to the PrepareSchema.
When I try to run Setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms (per the instructions in the article) I get the following error messages:
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23 Unattended Setup
Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check
Prerequisite Analysis FAILED
The Active Directory schema isn't up-to-date, and this user account isn't a member of the 'Schema Admins' and/or 'Enterprise Admins' groups.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.SchemaUpdateRequired.aspx
I have tried doing it as the domain admin at an elevated command prompt.
Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory:
The Active Directory schema version (15317) is higher than Setup's version (15312). Therefore, PrepareSchema can't be executed. See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx
Does that mean I'm patched because the schema version is higher than necessary? We have two Server 2016 domain controllers and two Server 2012 R2 domain controllers
The forest functional level of the current Active Directory forest is not Windows Server 2003 native or later. To install Exchange Server 2013, the forest functional level must be at least Windows Server 2003 native.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.ForestLevelNotWin2003Native.aspx
Triple checked this. Domain functional level is at: Windows Server 2012 R2 and Forest functional level is at Windows Server 2008 R2
Either Active Directory doesn't exist, or it can't be contacted.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.CannotAccessAD.aspx
It exists, and I would guess it can be contact otherwise why would I be getting the error message about the schema being to high already?