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• Changed type Karen HuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:19 AM
• Edited by Anthony_MannMicrosoft contingent staff, Owner Monday, June 01, 2015 9:12 PM Updated references

As patch tuesday is going to die, will there be any rhythm in the timing of security updates being released? Or is it going to be completely random? Where will releases be announced and what is the time frame I have as admin to prepare for their deployment then??

Also I wonder whether and how I will be able to manage exactly when security updates will be deployed in an enterprise scenario. Will they join the announced feature deployment timing "rings"? I don't believe that.

Yet my main concern is like kernel updates in the past very often had issues, so I usually delay them for about 2-4 weeks apart from the other security updates on a given patch tuesday.

I heard WSUS will still be available for software assurance customers. So will I have the same granular control over which security update is deployed at what time to which machines as I have today?

How can you mitigate my fears (and those of many other admins) that uncontrollable installations of faulty security updates are going to mess up our networks???

Looking forward to your answers!!!