On Tuesday December 15, 2020 Microsoft has released its quarterly updates for Exchange server, specifically Exchange 2019 CU19 and Exchange 2019 CU8.

Nothing special, but a few remarks:

• In contrast to earlier communication from Microsoft, CU19 is not the last CU released by Microsoft. The final CU for Exchange 2016 will be released in March 2021.
• The issue with opening attachments in a shared mailbox using OWA (as explained in a previous blogpost https://jaapwesselius.com/2020/11/02/open-attachment-in-shared-mailbox-using-owa/) in fixed in these CUs.
• De December security updates for Exchange Server (https://jaapwesselius.com/2020/11/02/open-attachment-in-shared-mailbox-using-owa/) are also included in these CUs.
• When running a hybrid deployment or when using Exchange Online Archiving in combination with Exchange on-premises, make sure you run the latest CU or one version older (i.e. Exchange 2013 CU23, Exchange 2016 CU18/CU19 or Exchange 2019 CU7/CU8)
• No schema changes in these CUs but there are changes to AD, so make sure you run the Setup.exe /PrepareAD command
• And as always, test thoroughly in your lab environment, and when deploying make sure your servers are in maintenance mode (especially the DAG).

More information can be found on the Microsoft website: December 2020 Quarterly Exchange Updates – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/released-december-2020-quarterly-exchange-updates/ba-p/1976527