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Exclude SQL server updates from Windows Update

Anonymous
2025-01-18T19:51:20+00:00

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 upgrades 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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-20T02:20:22+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

    Based on the description, I understand your question is related to the SQL Server.

    Since there are no engineers dedicated to SQL Server in this forum. in order to be able to get a quick and effective handling of your issue, I recommend that you repost your question in the Q&A forum, where there will be a dedicated engineer to give you a professional and effective reply.

    Here is the link for Q&A forum.

    Questions - Microsoft Q&A

    Click the "Ask a Question" button in the upper right corner to post your question and select "SQL Server" tag.

    Thank you for your understanding and support. If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

    Have a nice day.

    Best Regards,

    Molly

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