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How can we stop Windows updates from automatically downloading and installing SQL Server updates? When I manually deployed a Windows update on my database server (EC2 instance, Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition), I discovered that several SQL server updates were also installed, which resulted in the restart of SQL services.
How can we prevent this from happening again? I only want the OS patch to be installed when Windows is updated, not the SQL server updates.
Hi @Jasim KP
I only want the OS patch to be installed when Windows is updated, not the SQL server updates.
Go to Settings --> Windows Update --> Advanced options and turn off the option Receive updates for other Microsoft products.
Best regards,
Cosmog
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I've already disabled this feature, however when I run Windows updates, I still get SQL Server updates.
I agree with Cosmog, that is the setting. But it could be that AWS is overriding it somehow, so maybe you should ask in an AWS forum.
Apart from that - in the end you want your SQL Server instances to be up to date, I hope. However, for some reason Microsoft may release a GDR on Tuesday and a new CU on Thursday two days later, so you may want to apply the patches until Thursday. (Although there is not a new CU every month for any of the current in-market version right now.)