Microsoft Patch Tuesday Has Changed And Now All Patches Are Delivered At Once

Authored by Debra Littlejohn Shinder

Your monthly sysadmin routine will change with the introduction of a different Microsoft Patch Tuesday, shifting to a single Monthly Rollup patch model, where all patches are delivered at once, in a single package.

Many IT admins who manage Windows-based environments have been following the same routine on the first Tuesday of each month for many years. On that day, Microsoft releases a batch of security updates (patches) for their operating systems and other software products. Each of these patches contains fixes for one or more vulnerabilities that have been identified by numbers assigned via the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system, maintained by the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).