Microsoft Daily learning : Microsoft’s current scheme for updating windows 10

Windows 10 Patch update releases.

Microsoft’s current scheme for updating windows 10 looks like the below table.

Update Name: Security-only update for deployment

Scope: Monthly (contains security patches only).

Publish Timing: On "B week" to WSUS and the Windows Update Catalog; accessible via SCCM

Windows Update: No

Update Name: Security and quality update for deployment with no new features (a.k.a the “monthly rollup”)

Scope: Cumulative (Security plus non-security patches)

Publish Timing: On "B week" to WSUS and the Windows Update Catalog

Windows Update: Yes

Update Name: Preview of monthly quality update for testing, mostly for older windows systems (a.k.a the “preview rollup”)

Scope: Cumulative (non-security patches only)

Publish Timing: On "C week" to WSUS and the Windows Update Catalog

Windows Update: Yes

Update Name: Preview of monthly quality update for testing (a.k.a the “preview rollup”).

Scope: Cumulative (non-security patches only).

Publish Timing: On "D week" to WSUS and the Windows Update Catalog.

Windows Update: Yes

Update Name: "Out-of-band" update

Scope: Monthly or whenever needed

Publish Timing: Whenever needed

Windows Update: Probably

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