Installed update not showing in the history of the vm

Question

Hello everyone,

I have an azure virtual machine (Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition) for which I performed update installations using the Azure Update Manager service. The installations went smoothly, as this report shows:

However, when I connect to the machine and look at the update history (Settings > Update & Security > View update history ), it doesn't contain the latest security update.

Strangely enough, when I check for updates on the old control panel (Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Installed Updated), it does contain the update.

How can I explain this difference? How can I confirm that an update has actually been installed?

Thank you for your feedback

Answer 1

@Pierre

I understand that you are installing an update on your Windows Server VM with Azure Update Manager and wanting to know how to confirm if the update has been installed.

Azure Update Manager provides a comprehensive view of update compliance, and checking through the portal is the recommended approach. If the update is listed as successful in the History for Azure Update Manager, it should also reflect in the VM’s update history. So local verification would be unnecessary as this has already been performed by the service. As for "View update history" not showing all updates, it seems that this is expected behavior. You can view the answer here for more information.

"You can use command line to view the update history:

dism /online /get-packages"

You can also view detailed logs for Azure Update Manager on Windows if you have issues or need to troubleshoot.

C:\WindowsAzure\Logs\Plugins\Microsoft.CPlat.Core.WindowsPatchExtension\1.5.68

Hope this helps! Let me know if you still have questions or need further assistance.

---

If you still have questions, please let us know in the "comments" and we would be happy to help you. Comment is the fastest way of notifying the experts.

If the answer has been helpful, we appreciate hearing from you and would love to help others who may have the same question. Accepting answers helps increase visibility of this question for other members of the Microsoft Q&A community.

Thank you for helping to improve Microsoft Q&A!