what is a windows build

Question

I work for a company that does SCADA systems.

we are planning to deploy windows server for these systems. We will need to come up with a way to send windows patches to an FTP site so that their IT department can install the patches on the offline servers.
My question is, what is a windows build? for example, I have two test servers here that are on Windows server 2019
one has build 17763.2061 and the other has 17763.1158.
If I were to manually download patches for each of these servers, would they both be able to take the same updates being that they are different builds?
I'm just trying to determine if windows updates can work on the same server versions even if they have dirrerent build numbers.

Answer 1

The highest build number means it is more recent, you will see list of Windows Server builds on:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info
In regards to the updates, using FTP is not a good way for deployment and it would be complex and confusing.
I advise you to deploy WSUS instead, take a look at:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/get-started/windows-server-update-services-wsus

Answer 2

Hello there,

In short yes windows updates can work on the same server versions even if they have different build.

A build number represents a compilation of the operating system code at a particular point in time.
Version is the number of releases made according to the addition of the requirement.

You can get the Update history here
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/windows-server-release-info
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information

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