KB2961559 - FIX: Incorrect folder when deploying SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 PowerPivot solutions by using SharePoint 2013 Central Admin

Applies To

SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Standard SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use)

Symptoms

Assume that you have configured Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 by using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 Configuration Tool. When you retract and redeploy PowerPivotFarmSolution.wsp from SharePoint 2013 Central Admin, the solution is deployed to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\14" folder instead of the "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\15" folder.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server.

Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/2984923

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/2976982

Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 /en-us/help/2954099

About cumulative updates for SQL Server

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Workaround

To work around this issue, redeploy the farm solution by using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 Configuration Tool.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.