The expected version of the product was not found on the system during install a cumulative update in SharePoint 2013

When I was trying to install a cumulative update in SharePoint 2013  I’ve got the following error message:

The expected version of the product was not found on the system

To avoid this follow the mentioned steps below :

• Open SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator.
• Navigate to CU folder using Tab then add the following attribute after CU file name:

PACKAGE.BYPASS.DETECTION.CHECK=1

Now the CU Window should be shown.

Enjoy

Como obtener la versión de SharePoint 2010 y SQL Server

Un tema necesario para comprobar​ que todos los entornos tienen el mismo nivel de parches (por lo tanto la misma versión de SharePoint) se puede realzar desde PowerShell utilizando el siguiente comando:

get-spfarm | select BuildVersion

También podemos chequear la versión de SQL Server con la siguiente query:

SELECT @@VERSION AS 'SQL Server Version'