I read the article below which gave some good detail in regards to new servicing model that MS is introducing next month.
* http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2016/08/31/lookout-configmgr-admins-windows-monthly-updates-are-gonna-get-huge/ MS TechNet article * https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/08/15/further-simplifying-servicing-model-for-windows-7-and-windows-8-1/ Below is my quick summary/understanding of both articles. Was looking for input to make sure I got it right. Basically they are going to stop releasing individual patches and release: 1. Monthly Rollup a. Addresses both security issues and reliability issues in a single update. 2. Monthly Security-only updates a. This update collects all of the security patches for that month into a single update. Unlike the Monthly Rollup, the Security-only update will only include new security patches that are released for that month 3. NET Framework Monthly Rollup a. The monthly .NET Framework Monthly Rollup will deliver both security and reliability updates to all versions of the .NET Framework as a single monthly release 4. Monthly NET Framework security-only update a. NET Framework team will also release a security-only update on Microsoft Update Catalog and Windows Server Update Services every month. Here is some reasons I'm not a fan of this: 1. Historically If there was one bad patch during the month you could exclude rolling that one patch out. In the new model you will have to hold off the whole month of patches for one bad patch. I'm not sure how MS thinks this will make things more secure. 2. Machine needs 3 patches as below that are all 50MB currently the client would download 150MB of data. In the new model they will end up downloading the monthly security only updates. If each monthly security only updates is 500MB and it needs 3 patches as below the same client will now download 1.5TB of data. a. 1 patch from October b. 1 patch from November c. 1 patch from December I'm assuming SCCM will have the option to download the Monthly Security-only updates or the Monthly Rollup (which would be larger) using manual download or ADR ? All input/feedback is welcome. Rob
