No it is optional. However personally I would apply it in almost any circumstance as the list of fixes it addresses is numerous as well as PowerShell improvements.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2938441/en-gb From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hun boy Sent: Tuesday, 29 April 2014 3:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Has anyone upgraded to SCCM 2012 R2 Yet? Is CU1 is mandatory for sccm 2012 R2? Sent from iPhone....sorry for typos On 29-Apr-2014, at 5:29 am, "Sherry Kissinger" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, no issues, 3 primaries with a CAS (of course). And already R2 cu1, with about 90% of clients on cu1 with the convenience of scup. I wasn't sure if you meant r2 (which is months old) or going from r2 (no cu) to r2 cu1 (which is about a month old) On April 28, 2014 5:45:00 PM CDT, Jacob Alifrangis <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If so, What problems or pitfalls have you experienced with the deployment and installation? Also, how large is your environment (We have a cas, three primary and two secondary, with ~100 dps, 2 domains) is there anything special I should be aware of in this environment [Description: LNELogov3] Jacob Alifrangis| IT Services Systems Administrator •:: (310) 360-3073 – cell (323) 337-3843 •:: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> •:: 7060 Hollywood Blvd Ste 2200 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 90028 www.LiveNation.com<http://www.livenation.com/> Live Nation Help Desk - 1–877-598-6948 -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information in this transmission may be confidential and/or protected by legal professional privilege, and is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you are not such a person, you are warned that any disclosure, copying or dissemination of the information is unauthorised. If you have received the transmission in error, please immediately contact this office by telephone, fax or email, to inform us of the error and to enable arrangements to be made for the destruction of the transmission, or its return at our cost. No liability is accepted for any unauthorised use of the information contained in this transmission.

