a) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ b) yes, first token is release year, and the second is sequence number (overall, not in a sepcific category). c) They are released on a per month basis each month's second tuesday (so, in march it will be 13 march).My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

> So would for example MS12-014 be released before MS12-035 for example? Most likely it is the case. However MS usually publish about 5-15 bulletins each month. > And can you get 20 or so MS12's in one month? I.e. MS12-001 ..MS12-020 all in one monthly release? see ^^ > Also are they cumulative, say for example for whatever reason MS12-001 wasnt applied, would MS12-002 address both issues or do ALL need to be applied? only if bulletin explicitly supersedes previously published patch (will be shown in description). But normally they address different issues and are not cumulative.My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

> I went to the site you linked, is the 2/14/2012 the date it was released? yes. Released, or re-released. > can you define "token" just so I am clear? MS12-014. 12 is the first token (release year). 014 second token (sequence number).My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

> I went to the site you linked, is the 2/14/2012 the date it was released? yes. Released, or re-released. > can you define "token" just so I am clear? MS12-014. 12 is the first token (release year). 014 second token (sequence number). My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki So would for example MS12-014 be released before MS12-035 for example? And can you get 20 or so MS12's in one month? I.e. MS12-001 ..MS12-020 all in one monthly release? Also are they cumulative, say for example for whatever reason MS12-001 wasnt applied, would MS12-002 address both issues or do ALL need to be applied? And any idea on question d)?

> So would for example MS12-014 be released before MS12-035 for example? Most likely it is the case. However MS usually publish about 5-15 bulletins each month. > And can you get 20 or so MS12's in one month? I.e. MS12-001 ..MS12-020 all in one monthly release? see ^^ > Also are they cumulative, say for example for whatever reason MS12-001 wasnt applied, would MS12-002 address both issues or do ALL need to be applied? only if bulletin explicitly supersedes previously published patch (will be shown in description). But normally they address different issues and are not cumulative.My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

Any feedback on: d) If you can do a), how can you refer back to WSUS to see why a certain patch didnt get applied, can you do a summary? Say for example you see a security update from 2010 hasnt been applied can you refer back to WSUS and see why that was or is it difficult to trouble shoot?

afaik, WSUS has no information about why update installation is failed, this information is stored on the client. Probably, I'm not correct here.My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

a) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ b) yes, first token is release year, and the second is sequence number (overall, not in a sepcific category). c) They are released on a per month basis each month's second tuesday (so, in march it will be 13 march).My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki

a) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ b) yes, first token is release year, and the second is sequence number (overall, not in a sepcific category). c) They are released on a per month basis each month's second tuesday (so, in march it will be 13 march). My weblog: http://en-us.sysadmins.lv PowerShell PKI Module: http://pspki.codeplex.com Windows PKI reference: on TechNet wiki re a) >> an example below I went to the site you linked, is the 2/14/2012 the date it was released? 2/14/2012 Vulnerability in Indeo Codec Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2661637) : MS12-014 Important b) can you define "token" just so I am clear? Thanks

If you run MBSA against say a workstation and a server and it lists 25 missing security updates, each seem to have a MS ID, for example MS12-003. A few questions: a) Is there a site that says when the patch was released by Microsoft, i.e. a master archive of all patches they've ever released and date they released them b) Are they in chronological order, i.e. if you split MS 12 003 - could the 12 be year? And the 003 be the 3rd patch they released in that catgegory in that year? c) On average how many MS's do they release per month/year? Are they in a batch, i.e. could you get 30 MS ID patches in one release? Or do they do them individually? d) If you can do a), how can you refer back to WSUS to see why a certain patch didnt get applied, can you do a summary? Say for example you see a security update from 2010 hasnt been applied can you refer back to WSUS and see why that was or is it difficult to trouble shoot?