
#All windows 8.1 critical updates install
Users of the Monthly Rollup will not need to install the separate IE update.
#All windows 8.1 critical updates update
The Monthly Rollup includes updates for IE as a single additive update that provides all security and reliability fixes since the beginning of the new servicing model in October 2016. Again, this affects WSUS users only, as Security-only Updates are not offered on Windows Update. NOTE This affects WSUS users only, as Security-only Updates are not offered on Windows Update.Īs of February 2017, the Security-only Update does not include updates for Internet Explorer (IE) the IE update is available as a separate update. For example, if a PC attempts to install the February 2017 Security-only Update and the February 2017 or later Monthly or Preview Rollup is already installed, the Windows Update client will report the Security-only Update as not applicable.

It is released on the third Tuesday of every month.Īs of December 2016, a Security-only Quality Update is not offered on a PC where a Monthly or Preview Rollup from the same month or later is already installed. Contains a preview of any new, non-security fixes that will be included in the next Monthly Rollup plus all security and non-security fixes from all previous Monthly Rollups.
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Includes all new security fixes for the month and will only be published to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the Windows Update Catalog. There are three core rollups released monthly:

The goal is for these monthly rollups to become fully cumulative, which will happen as Microsoft adds previously released patches, so that users need only to install the latest single rollup. Each monthly rollup supersedes the previous month's rollup. A rollup is simply multiple patches combined into a single update. They have moved to a rollup model for Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 updates. Since October 2016, Microsoft has changed the way patches are released. Best practices for Patch Management Overview of Microsoft Patching
