Windows 10: Difference between monthly rollup and cumulative update?

I always got confused between monthly rollup and cumulative update. Can someone explain these two terms in details? Thanks in advance.

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Windows 10 monthly rollup naming scheme?

Are the monthly windows 10 rollups now called "Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version ***" instead of "Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 10?"

I'm really confused about this. I thought all the OS's received one big rollup each month with "Security Monthly Quality Rollup" in the title, and was classified as a security update. But I'm looking at available patches and only see quality rollups available
for Windows 7/8 and the server OS's. For windows 10 all I can find is the cumulative updates and they are categorized as "updates."

In my origination we only approve security, critical, and definition patches, so this could be a big problem for us. I thought for sure in the past the Window's 10 monthly's used the same naming scheme and classification. Was this changed in the past few
months?

 

Have the monthly security update iso's been discontinued?

I'm afraid that's not what you said.

Cite:

• Monthly rollups for Win8.1 and Win7 beginning October 2016
  
  Monthly rollups for Win8.1 and Win7 beginning October 2016

Long story, short version:

• Most updates for Win10 are cumulative so you don't need an ISO, just make sure the most recent Cumulative Update for Win10 (e.g., KB3200970) is installed.
  
• The monthly security and quality rollups (AKA Security Monthly Quality Rollups) for Win8.1 & Win7 which began in October 2016 are also cumulative so you don't need an ISO - just make sure the most recent Security Monthly Quality Rollup (e.g., KB3197874;
  KB3197868) is installed.
  
• Ditto for the Security and Quality Rollups for various flavors of .NET Framework.
  
• Extended Support (and updates) for Vista SP2 ends on 11 April 2017 so (apparently) MS isn't bothering with Rollups for Vista (even though Vista-specific .NET Framework rollups will be offered).

Welcome to the brave new world of Windows as a Service!

 

Windows 10 monthly rollup naming scheme?

Clayton,

Since the Windows 10 model is "Windows as a service", these updates are basically necessary for it to function as that, so it is necessary. Each cumulative update does include quality and security updates which are crucial. The Windows 7/8/Server 2012 Security
Monthly Rollups are indeed their monthly rollups, these operating systems are however are past mainstream support so all they get are security updates now rather than quality fixes like Windows 10 does.