SUS Blog
This is the Windows Server Update Services support team blog. We cover all things relating to WSUS and Windows Update.
The March 2014 Security Updates
This month we release five bulletins to address 23 unique CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Internet...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/11/2014
Advance Notification Service for the March 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today we provide advance notification for the release of five bulletins for March 2014, two rated...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 03/06/2014
Announcing the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 5.0 Technical Preview
I’m here at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, attending the annual RSA Conference...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/25/2014
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2934088
Today, we released Security Advisory 2934088 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer 9 and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/19/2014
February 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we published the February 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page. We...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/14/2014
Safer Internet Day 2014 and Our February 2014 Security Updates
In addition to today being the security update release, February 11 is officially Safer Internet Day...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/11/2014
Update (2/10) - Advance Notification Service for February 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Update as of February 10, 2014 We are adding two updates to the February release. There will be...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/10/2014
Advance Notification Service for February 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Advance notification for the release of five bulletins, two rated Critical and three rated...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 02/06/2014
Antimalware Support for Windows XP and the January 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast and Q&A
Today we’re publishing the January 2014 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/17/2014
A Look Into the Future and the January 2014 Bulletin Release
In January, there are those who like to make predictions about the upcoming year. I am not one of...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/14/2014
Advance Notification Service for the January 2014 Security Bulletin Release
Today we provide advance notification for the release of four bulletins for January 2014. All...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 01/09/2014
Predictions for 2014 and the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the December 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/16/2013
Omphaloskepsis and the December 2013 Security Update Release
There are times when we get too close to a topic. We familiarize ourselves with every aspect and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/10/2013
Security Advisory 2916652 released, Certificate Trust List updated
Microsoft is updating the Certificate Trust List (CTL) for all supported releases of Microsoft...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/09/2013
Advance Notification Service for December 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of 11 bulletins, five Critical and...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 12/05/2013
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2914486
Today we released Security Advisory 2914486 regarding a local elevation of privilege (EoP) issue...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/27/2013
Security and policy surrounding bring your own devices (BYOD)
As the proliferation of devices continues to capture the imagination of consumers, and has ignited...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/26/2013
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 coming to WSUS
This post was authored by Vivek Mishra on behalf of the .NET Framework team. Hi WSUS Admins, The...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 11/22/2013
MBSA 2.3 and the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the November 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/15/2013
Authenticity and the November 2013 Security Updates
If you haven't had a chance to see the movie Gravity, I highly recommend you take the time to check...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/12/2013
ActiveX Control issue being addressed in Update Tuesday
Late last Friday, November 8, 2013, a vulnerability, CVE-2013-3918, affecting an Internet Explorer...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/11/2013
Clarification on Security Advisory 2896666 and the ANS for the November 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today, we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, three Critical...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 11/07/2013
Introduction: Chris Betz, new head of MSRC
By way of introduction, I am Chris Betz, the leader of the Microsoft Security Response Center...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/25/2013
10 years of Update Tuesdays
On October 1, 2003, Microsoft announced it would move to a monthly security bulletin cadence. Today,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2013
October 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the October 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/14/2013
The October 2013 security updates
This month we release eight bulletins – four Critical and four Important - which address 26...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/08/2013
An update on the bounty programs
Back in June of this year, we announced three new bounty programs that will pay researchers for...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/08/2013
Enabling a more predictable Windows Update experience for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 (KB 2885694)
On computers running the RTM release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Windows Update no longer...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 10/08/2013
Advance Notification Service for October 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, four Critical...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 10/03/2013
Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2887505
Today we released Security Advisory 2887505 regarding an issue that affects Internet Explorer. There...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/16/2013
September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the September 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/13/2013
Lovely tokens and the September 2013 security updates
Helen Hunt Jackson famously wrote, “By all lovely tokens September is here, with...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/10/2013
Advance Notification Service for September 2013 Security Bulletin Release
In celebration of kids heading back to school, today we’re providing advance notification for...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 09/05/2013
August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the August 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/19/2013
WSUS no longer issues self-signed certificates
We've had some questions recently about why WSUS in Windows Server 2012 R2 no longer supports...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 08/15/2013
Leaving Las Vegas and the August 2013 security updates
Two weeks ago I, along with 7,500 of my closest friends, attended the Black Hat security conference...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/13/2013
Advance Notification Service for August 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, three Critical...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 08/08/2013
Are you prepared for the BlueHat Challenge?
Today we are kicking off a new challenge so you can showcase your security prowess and, if we can,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/31/2013
Announcing the 2013 MSRC Progress Report featuring MAPP expansions
Over the years, our customers have come to expect a certain regularity and transparency in both our...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/29/2013
July 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the July 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/12/2013
A new policy for store apps and the July 2013 security updates
There are those I’ve met who think my life is something akin to the classic comedy Groundhog...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/09/2013
Advance Notification Service for July 2103 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, six Critical...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/04/2013
Announcing the Microsoft Bounty Programs
Over the years, we've put a lot of work into helping secure the computing ecosystem and limiting the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/19/2013
June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
Today we’re publishing the June 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page....
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/14/2013
Improved cryptography infrastructure and the June 2013 bulletins
It was just over one year ago, May 28, 2012, to be exact, that I transitioned from running active...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/11/2013
Managing Updates with Deadlines in an era of Automatic Maintenance
Until Windows 8, Windows Update used to manage its own internal scheduling for checking for,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT] Date: 06/10/2013
Advanced Notification Service for the June 2013 Security Bulletin Release
Today we’re providing Advance Notification of five bulletins for release on Tuesday, June 11,...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/06/2013
May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast, Q&A, and Slide Deck
For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, today we’re publishing the May 2013...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/17/2013
Microsoft Customer Protections for May 2013
Today, we are releasing 10 bulletins, addressing 33 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Before we...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/13/2013