Hotfix KB977020 and hotfix KB973136 are required on the Microsoft Exchange Client Access Server

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Topic Last Modified: 2010-06-25

The Microsoft® Exchange Best Practices Analyzer examines each Microsoft Exchange Client Access Server (CAS) to determine whether the following software updates are installed:

When the Microsoft Exchange Best Practices Analyzer determines that one or more of these updates are required, the tool generates one or more of the following error messages:

This computer requires the update described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 977020 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/977020). Please install the required update to proceed.

This computer requires the update described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 973136 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/973136). Please install the required update to proceed.

To address this issue, you must install the required software updates on every Exchange CAS server.