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Monthly rollups for Win8.1 and Win7 beginning October 2016

Anonymous
2016-08-15T21:34:58+00:00

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Monthly Rollups

From October 2016 onwards, Windows will release a single Monthly Rollup that addresses both security issues and reliability issues in a single update. The Monthly Rollup will be published to Windows Update (WU), WSUS, SCCM, and the Microsoft Update Catalog. Each month’s rollup will supersede the previous month’s rollup, so there will always be only one update required for your Windows PCs to get current. i.e. a Monthly Rollup in October 2016 will include all updates for October, while November 2016 will include October and November updates, and so on. Devices that have this rollup installed from Windows Update or WSUS will utilize express packages, keeping the monthly download size small.

Over time, Windows will also proactively add patches to the Monthly Rollup that have been released in the past. Our goal is eventually to include all of the patches we have shipped in the past since the last baseline, so that the Monthly Rollup becomes fully cumulative and you need only to install the latest single rollup to be up to date...

Security-only updates

Also from October 2016 onwards, Windows will release a single Security-only update. This update collects all of the security patches for that month into a single update. Unlike the Monthly Rollup, the Security-only update will only include new security patches that are released for that month. Individual patches will no longer be available. The Security-only update will be available to download and deploy from WSUS, SCCM, and the Microsoft Update Catalog [but will NOT be offered via Windows Update]...

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Source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/08/15/further-simplifying-servicing-model-for-windows-7-and-windows-8-1/  [all emphasis mine]


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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-01T22:08:21+00:00

    That's great, except that there are thousands--probably tens of thousands--of users whose Windows 7 computers simply cannot find updates.  They just sit and spin, looking for updates that they apparently never find.  So it doesn't really matter whether the monthly updates are unique or cumulative.  Our computers will not find, download, and install them, until Microsoft finds the big update fix.  Since there are threads on "Windows stuck checking for updates forever..." dating back to 2011, I doubt that this cumulative monthly update scheme will really matter.

    I have clients who are extremely frustrated, as well as others who are frankly unaware that they have computers that haven't updated in months or years (even though I've tried to tell them.)  Their next computer replacements (as well as mine, for that matter) will determine whether a lot of us partners renew our memberships or just bail with our clients and become Mac converts.  I just hope that doesn't mean we'll have to become Democrats, too.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-14T22:32:54+00:00

    Thanks for your very kind words. Made my day!

    PS: Don't look now but PCR's still around! => https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/profile/b3869c6e-f4d9-4196-88d8-ece8b7ed8a00#user-profile-tab-profile

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-07T21:58:59+00:00

    More on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 servicing changes (07 October 2016)

    https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/10/07/more-on-windows=-7-and-windows-8-1-servicing-changes/

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    The security-only and monthly rollups will contain fixes for [Internet Explorer 11 only but will not upgrade IE8, IE9 or IE10 on a Win7 computer to IE11]...

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-02T21:08:24+00:00

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    Beginning in October 2016 onwards, don’t expect to see individual KB’s but instead expect to see the following in the monthly patch release cycle:

    1. Security-Only Update
      1. Collects all of the security patches for that month into a single update
    2. Monthly Rollup
      1. Security updates from previous bullet point
      2. All updates, rollups, patches, and security updates for that month
      3. Proactive addition of previously shipped patches (within 6-8 months the monthly rollup will include all patches back to the last baseline and will be fully cumulative)
    3. .NET Framework Security-Only Update
      1. Contains only security updates
    4. .NET Framework Rollup [see below]
      1. .NET Framework Security Updates from Previous Bullet Point
      2. Reliability updates

    This change brings up a key question:

    “With the new Windows as a Service: Service Model, can we back out a single patch (KB) if it causes issues since they are all rolled up?”

    The short answer is “No”, you can’t control which KB’s can be applied, so the complete roll up would need to be backed out...

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    Source (and more confusion): A Bit About the Windows Servicing Model (30 Aug-16)

    
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Beginning October 2016, you will be able to install a new update release called the .NET Framework Monthly Rollup. The rollup will update the .NET Framework with the latest security and quality improvements.

The .NET Framework Monthly Rollup is a single install that updates each supported .NET Framework version on a machine to its latest respective update level. Each Monthly Rollup supersedes the last one, so if you’ve missed the last few months of updates,
 you only need to install the latest rollup to update to the latest update level. The Monthly rollup will not install a new version of the .NET Framework, only security and reliability updates.

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Source & more:  **[Introducing the .NET Framework Monthly Rollup](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/08/15/introducing-the-net-framework-monthly-rollup/)** (18 Aug-16)
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  5. Anonymous
    2016-09-02T00:47:04+00:00

    YMMV.  I've been running Win7 here for several years and have never had a problem installing updates (which does NOT mean that none of the updates I've installed caused a problem).

    If you can't install updates now, chances are none of the rollups will successfully install either.

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    See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3200747 and/or http://wu.krelay.de/en/

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