Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday is arriving under the shadow of a busy—and at times bumpy—patching cycle in May, a month marked by an uptick in out-of-band (OOB) patches and critical updates to address emerging issues and evolving threats. As security professionals, IT administrators, and...
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For decades, Windows users and IT administrators have navigated a sprawling patchwork of update mechanisms scattered across the operating system and third-party applications. This fragmentation has often led to critical software being left unpatched, update-related security holes, and a barrage...
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For years, Windows Update has stood as a central pillar of the Windows operating system experience, ensuring that critical patches, security improvements, and new features land on millions of PCs with consistency and reliability. Yet, despite this legacy, managing application updates—including...
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Microsoft is set to revolutionize the Windows update experience by introducing a unified platform that centralizes all application updates within the Windows Update system. This initiative aims to streamline the currently fragmented update process, enhancing efficiency for both consumers and IT...
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A revolution is quietly underway in the world of Windows updates—a change that, if successful, could fundamentally alter the way millions of users and countless IT teams maintain and manage their software environments. Microsoft, known for decades for its patch management through Windows Update...
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Introducing Unified Update Platform (UUP)
By Bill Karagounis / Director of Program Management, Windows Insider Program & OS Fundamentals
We’ve updated over 400 million devices running Windows 10 to date and release new builds to Windows Insiders nearly every week. That is pretty incredible...
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