Patch Management - Salem73616C656D/reading-notes GitHub Wiki

Key Takeaways

Microsoft releases patches for Windows products on the second Tuesday of each month(NA). Aside from an enterprise environment, Win10 machines check for updates about once a day, and downloads them automatically by default. Enterprise administrators may choose to delay these updates to match a certain window for patching.

Microsoft will release patches immediately for critical security flaws so that they can be fixed as soon as possible. There are also patches pushed out every week, but these patches are for bug fixes and improvements that aren't a security flaw.

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Conclusion

Microsoft continuously releases patches throughout the month, but saves the majority of non-critical security patches for "patch Tuesday" every month for the convenience of system admins. Other updates will be sent out as-needed.