Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically
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@scottalanmiller Why would you want your server automatically installing updates? Besides the obvious "because I never want to have to sit through windows updates".
This seems like a bigger risk, in that an update could break your server.
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@DustinB3403 said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@scottalanmiller Why would you want your server automatically installing updates?
Whenever security is a top priority. Because having humans in the process is the biggest security risk.
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Can it set it to reboot only between say 10 PM and 4 AM?
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@DustinB3403 said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
This seems like a bigger risk, in that an update could break your server.
That's a "headline news" risk. In the real world, this is a risk, but a tiny one. In two ways. First, it is very unlikely to happen - when it does happen people make a big stink about it and it makes the news. So it sounds way more common than it is (like shark attacks.)
The second is impact. The impact of a bad patch is traditionally trivial. Just application compatibility normally. That has typically a tiny financial impact on a company.
The counter risk is ransomware or malware. These items are both far more likely to happen (if you aren't patching quickly) and the impact is dramatically more - data stolen, prolonged outages, data loss, etc.
So it is a double whammy... bigger damage, more often. The rule is... patch fast, patch often, don't let a human get in the way of security unless you really, really need to.
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@Dashrender said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
Can it set it to reboot only between say 10 PM and 4 AM?
Yes, you control that.
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@scottalanmiller said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@Dashrender said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
Can it set it to reboot only between say 10 PM and 4 AM?
Yes, you control that.
And Snapshot at 9:50 PM (assuming this is a VM).
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@jmoore said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@dafyre Yes the Windows 1803 patch broke our database and caused EdExpress to go wonky for quite a while until I disabled updates. As soon as Windows went to 1809 it all started working again. So just an fyi for you @dafyre if you had any troubles with this too.
EdExpress is one of two pieces of software I'm glad I don't have to deal with anymore... (EdConnect is the other, lol).
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@dafyre Ugghh lol and of course they are used in tandom. I support these and I hate it lol
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@jmoore said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@dafyre Yes the Windows 1803 patch broke our database and caused EdExpress to go wonky for quite a while until I disabled updates. As soon as Windows went to 1809 it all started working again. So just an fyi for you @dafyre if you had any troubles with this too.
did you roll back to 1709? then roll up to 1809 when it came out?
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@jmoore said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@dafyre Ugghh lol and of course they are used in tandom. I support these and I hate it lol
I no longer have to do anything but snicker anytime somebody mentions them now, ha ha... so.... *snicker, snicker.
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@Dashrender Yes. I may have the version wrong but I did have to do that and then I disabled updates until 1809 tested well at my workstation.
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@dafyre lol and I can't wait for that same day
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@jmoore said in Making Windows Server 2016 Update Automatically:
@dafyre Yes the Windows 1803 patch broke our database and caused EdExpress to go wonky for quite a while until I disabled updates. As soon as Windows went to 1809 it all started working again. So just an fyi for you @dafyre if you had any troubles with this too.
1803 is not a patch. That's a new OS version. While it is handled through Windows Updates, it's not the same as a patch.
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Has anyone tried this with 2019?
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Not yet.
