Windows 10: Microsoft integrates Servicing Stack Updates in Windows 10 cumulative updates

Currently, when you are installing updates manually on a Windows 10 system or are using update management solutions such as WSUS or Configuration Manager, you may run into update installation issues if an update depends on a particular Servicing Stack update that is not installed. Windows will quit the installation of the update with the error "update isn't applicable" and it is up to the system administrator to figure out why it cannot be installed on the device.

Starting in September 2020, and only for Windows 10 version 2004 and Servicing Stack update September 2020, or later, this behavior is a thing of the past. Cumulative updates for Windows 10 will include the Servicing Stack update that the cumulative update requires so that the error should not be thrown anymore.

Our goal is for all IT administrators, whether managing devices on-premises or from the cloud, to experience the simplicity of having a single cumulative monthly update to deploy that includes the month’s cumulative fixes and the appropriate servicing stack updates for that month, if applicable.
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Separate Servicing Stack updates will no longer be offered for operating system versions that support the new bundled cumulative update packages.

Microsoft will apply the change to updates on Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and the company's Microsoft Update Catalog website.



Microsoft believes that the new process will make life easier for administrators, as it is no longer required to pay attention to Servicing Stack update requirements. Administrators don't need to search for Servicing Stack updates and cumulative updates Knowledgebase articles anymore, as all information "will be in a single KB article". It is no longer necessary to check if a cumulative update has a specific Servicing Stack update dependency.

Microsoft has no plans to backport the system to previous versions of Windows 10. Administrators who administrate devices running older versions of the Windows operating system need to research dependencies just like before as nothing changes in that regard.

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Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Microsoft quietly rolled out SP2 for Windows Server 2003 today as part of its critical updates list. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is a cumulative service pack that includes the latest updates and provides enhancements to security and stability. In addition, it adds new features and updates to existing Windows Server 2003 features and utilities. The SP2 update can be applied to all Windows Server 2003/Windows XP Professional x64 Edition products.

Source: Microsoft

 

servicing stack updates

Hi Neville,

Servicing stack updates are not listed in the Update History. A workaround is to install the newest cumulative update, which requires your device to have the latest servicing stack update Installed. If it says the update is not applicable provided it is for
your version and architecture, it probably would mean you do not have the latest SSU.

Hope that helps.