About microsoft update catalog classification. For cumulative updates for Windows Server 2016 Standard.

knt1N 286 Reputation points
2022-03-08T00:37:13.217+00:00

Here's when I want to get the cumulative updates for Windows Server 2016 Standard.

In the Microsoft Update Catalog, there is a column called Classification, and there are two types of cumulative updates: "Security Issue Hotfix" and "Update".
What's the difference?

For example, "KB5008207", released on December 14, 2021, was a "Security Issue Fix."
However, the modified version "KB5010195" published as out of band was "update".

If it is a cumulative update, Whether it was a "security issue fix" or a "update" that was published at that time, I think it includes both a "security issue fix" and a "update" in the past, but is it correct?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-10T04:17:03.313+00:00

    Cumulative update and monthly rollup are synonymous and they also contain the security-only updates.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-08T15:09:23.22+00:00

    The standard terminology is detailed here.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/deployment/standard-terminology-software-updates

    the out-of-band are almost always emergency releases to fix some bug found in the recent security-only or monthly rollup

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