About this tag
The advance notification tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's Advance Notification Service (ANS), a monthly communication that provides early notice of upcoming security updates for Microsoft products. Historically, ANS was part of the Update Tuesday process, offering details about the number and severity of security bulletins scheduled for release. Discussions include the evolution of the service, such as the introduction of tailored bulletin reports and changes to the Exploitability Index. Threads from 2013 to 2015 highlight specific monthly notifications for bulletins affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, and Exchange, with ratings of Critical or Important. The tag is relevant for IT professionals and system administrators who rely on advance notice to plan patch deployments.
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    Evolving Microsoft's Advance Notification Service in 2015

    Our Advance Notification Service (ANS) was created more than a decade ago as part of Update Tuesday to broadly communicate in advance, about the security updates being released for Microsoft products and services each month. Over the years, technology environments and customer needs have...
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    Advance Notification Service for the December 2014 Security Bulletin Release

    Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange. As per our monthly process, we’ve...
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    Advance Notification for January 2013 - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: Advance Notification published. Summary: This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 8, 2013. More...
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    Advance Notification Service for November 2012 Security Bulletin Release

    Today, we’re providing advance notification for six bulletins to help protect customers against 19 CVEs. The four Critical-rated updates will address 13 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and the .NET Framework. One bulletin rated Important will address four...
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    Advance Notification Service for July 2012 Security Bulletin Release

    Hello -- As per our usual cadence, today we’re releasing our advance notification for this month’s security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10. The July release includes nine bulletins addressing 16 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office...
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    Advance Notification Service for June 2012 Security Bulletin Release

    Hello -- Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the June security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 12. This month’s release includes 7 bulletins addressing 28 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Visual Basic for Applications...
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    Advance Notification Service for April 2012 security bulletin release

    Hello, Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the April security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10. This month’s release includes 6 bulletins addressing 11 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Forefront UAG...
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    Advance Notification for February 2012 - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: Advance Notification published. Summary: This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on February 14, 2012. More...
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    January 2012 ANS is released

    Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the January security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10. This month’s release includes seven bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Developer Tools And Software...
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    June Advance Notification Service and 10 Immutable Laws Revisited

    Before we get into this month’s release, we wanted to alert you to updates to a document that’s been central to much of how Microsoft thinks about security. Ten years ago, Microsoft penned the “Ten Immutable Laws of Security,” which debuted on TechNet. It was written...
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    Exploitability Index Improvements & Advance Notification Service for May 2011 Bulletin Release

    Hello everyone, Today we are announcing changes to Microsoft’s Link Removed Since October 2008, we have used the Exploitability Index to provide customers with valuable exploitability analysis for our security bulletins, and starting Tuesday this information will become even more...