Microsoft announced this week that update processes will change in the month of December 2020 for its Windows operating system.
December is a month in which development slows down in many tech companies due to many employees being away for the holidays.
Microsoft is one of these companies, and that means that update releases and other processes will slow down in December 2020.
The change does not affect security updates, as these will be released on the second Tuesday of December 2020 on the last Patch Day of the year. The change does affect so-called preview updates that Microsoft releases for its operating systems, as these won't be released in December 2020.
If you check the November 10 Patch Day support pages right now, you are informed at the top that preview updates won't be released. See KB4586781 as an example.
IMPORTANT Because of minimal operations during the holidays and the upcoming Western new year, there won’t be any preview releases for the month of December 2020. Monthly servicing will resume with the January 2021 security releases.
The next preview updates will be released in January 2021 again.
There is a similar situation for driver releases. Microsoft partners have until December 3, 2020 to submit new drivers in order for them to be rolled out in December 2020. The following explains the entire process:
Administrators who only install the security patches in a given month won't notice any changes to the update schedule as these are still provided by Microsoft. Those who install the preview updates on the other hand, will not be able to do so in December 2020 as none will get released.
Now You: do you install preview updates? (via Deskmodder)
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It’s better to update less and to update better. :]