FIX: BizTalk 2016 Cumulative Update fails as CU requires SQL Server 2012 Native Client to be installed in the server

You have Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 installed with MQSeries adapter MQSAgent in IBM WebSphere MQ server. You try to upgrade BizTalk on the MQ server (if the MQSeries Agent is the Only Component that is installed on the machine) with the latest BizTalk Server 2016 Cumulative Update (CU). In this situation, it will fail with an error as the CU requires SQL Server 2012 Native Client to be installed, even though it is never used in this scenario.

This problem is fixed in the following cumulative update for BizTalk Server:

• Cumulative Update 6 for BizTalk Server 2016

For information about the service packs and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2555976 Service Pack and cumulative update list for BizTalk Server

For more information about BizTalk Server hotfixes, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2003907 Information about BizTalk hotfixes and Cumulative Update support