List of Publicly Available Updates for Various Microsoft Products and Technologies
For most of Microsoft products and technologies there's somewhere a list of all (or most recent) updates (patches or hotfixes) that were made publicly available for customers. Usually such a list is published as article in Microsoft Support Knowledge Base or TechNet Library. Those “official” Microsoft web properties have lengthy publishing curve, so those lists sometimes become out of date. That is why often there are also “unofficial” versions of those lists maintained by the community and published in blogs or TechNet Wiki.
This article is aimed to serve as a central place to accumulate the “list of lists”. Use it as a starting point to look for the list of updates for a particular given Microsoft product or technology you're currently interested in.
| Product or technology | Version | Official list | Community list |
| SQL Server | all supported | KB957826: Where to find information about the latest SQL Server builds | n/a |
| SQL Server | 2008 | For SPs — KB968382: How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008 For SP0 — KB956909: The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released For SP3 — KB2629969: SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 SP3 was released |
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| SQL Server | 2008 R2 | For SPs — KB2527041: How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2 For SP0 — KB981356: The SQL Server 2008 R2 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 R2 was released (Note that the final build is SP3—and there are no Cumulative Updates planned for it.) |
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| SQL Server | 2012 | For SPs — KB2755533: How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2012 For SP0 — KB2692828: The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 was released |
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| SQL Server | 2014 | For SPs — KB2958069: How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2014 For SP0 and SP1 — KB2936603: SQL Server 2014 build versions |
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| Hyper-V | Windows Server 2008 R2 | Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2 (migrated to the Wiki on August 2011. See the link on the right) | Option 1: [[articles:Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2]] Option 2: Comments (aka Annotations) below the Official table (see the link on the left). |
| Hyper-V | Windows Server 2012 | n/a | [[articles:Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012]] |
| Hyper-V | Windows Server 2012 R2 | [[articles:Hyper-V: Update List for Windows Server 2012 R2]] | |
| Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV) | Windows Server 2012 R2 | KB2974503: Recommended hotfixes, updates, and known solutions for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV) environments |
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| Office (including Server products) | All recent versions | Option 1: KB953878: Cumulative updates are available from the Microsoft Office team to fix reported problems Option 2: Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products |
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| Access | All recent versions | Options 1 and 2: contained in Office update lists (see above) Option 3: KB2692648: How to install the latest applicable updates for Microsoft Access |
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| Outlook | All recent versions | Options 1 and 2: contained in Office update lists (see above) Option 3: KB2625547: How to install the latest applicable updates for Microsoft Outlook (US English only) |
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| Windows Internet Explorer (IE) | All versions | KB969393: Information about Internet Explorer versions (Includes not updates but major versions only) | n/a |
| File Services | Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 | KB2473205: List of currently available hotfixes for the File Services technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 | n/a |
| File Services | Windows Server 2012 and in Windows Server 2012 R2 | KB2899011: List of currently available hotfixes for the File Services technologies in Windows Server 2012 and in Windows Server 2012 R2 | n/a |
| DFS-R and DFS-N | Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 | KB968429: List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2008 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 | n/a |
| DFS-R and DFS-N | Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 | KB2951262: List of currently available hotfixes for Distributed File System (DFS) technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 | n/a |
| Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) | Windows Server 2008 R2 | KB2591403: Suggested hotfixes for WMI related issue on Windows platforms | Option 1: [[List of WMI-Related Hotfixes for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2]] Option 2: Suggested hotfixes for WMI related issue on Windows platforms |
| Failover Cluster | Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | KB2545685: Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Failover Clusters | [[List of Cluster hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2]] |
| Failover Cluster | Windows Server 2012 | KB2784261: Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based Failover Clusters | [[List of Failover Cluster Hotfixes for Windows Server 2012]] |
| Failover Cluster | Windows Server 2012 R2 | KB2920151: Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters | List of Failover Cluster related hotfixes post RTM for Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM |
| Exchange Server | All recent versions | Exchange Server Build Numbers and Release Dates | [[Exchange Server and Update Rollups Builds Numbers]] |
| Forefront Identity Manager | All versions | n/a | Microsoft's Identity Software: Public Release Build Versions |
| Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) | 2010 | n/a | [[List of Build Numbers for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)]] |
| Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) | 2010 | n/a | Types of Updates Available for UAG |
| System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) | 2007 SP2 | n/a | [[List of Public KB Articles and Hotfixes for Configuration Manager 2007 SP 2]] |
| System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) | 2012 | n/a | [[List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base (KB) Articles for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012)]] |
| System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) | All recent versions | n/a | [[List of Build Numbers for System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)]] |
| System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) | 2007 R2 | KB2453149: List of all cumulative update releases for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 | n/a |
| System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) | System Center 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1 | KB2906925: Update rollup packages for System Center 2012 Operations Manager | n/a |
| System Center Service Manager | All recent versions | n/a | [[List of Build Numbers for System Center Service Manager]] |
| System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) | 2008 R2 | KB2397711: Recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 | [[List of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Updates]] Note: for an updating list of all VMM-related KB articles (not only hotfixes) you can watch for the System Center Virtual Machine Manager team blog |
| System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) | 2012 | KB2724596: Recommended hotfixes for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager | For SP0 — [[VMM 2012: List of Public Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles]] For SP1 — [[System Center 2012 VMM SP 1: List of Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles]] For R2 — [[System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2: List of Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles]] |
| System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) | All recent versions | KB2627355: How to determine the version of Virtual Machine Manager | [[List of Build Numbers for System Center Virtual Machine Manager]] |
| System Center App Controller | 2012 | n/a | List of Build Numbers for System Center App Controller |
| Group Policy | Windows XP and above | KB2590914: Recommended Updates for Group Policy in Windows Client and Server Products | n/a |
| Remote Desktop Services (RDS) | Windows Server 2008 R2 | KB2601888: Available Updates for Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) in Windows Server 2008 R2 | n/a |
| HTTP protocol stack | Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 | KB2624534: List of currently available hotfixes for Http.sys in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7, and in Windows Server 2008 R2 | n/a |
| Windows Installer | 4.5 and 5.0 | KB2625845: List of currently available hotfixes for Windows Installer 4.5 and Windows Installer 5.0 | n/a |
| Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) | 4.5 and 4.6 | KB2585266: Current list of App-V 4.5 and 4.6 file versions | n/a |
| Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) | 5.0 | KB2900621: Current list of App-V 5.0 file versions | n/a |