Years ago I started with just one Win 2000 server. I felt that the "right thing" to do before patching a server was to:<BR><BR>1) Backup the C: partition with Ghost or NTBackup [involves a ...

<p>eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...

Enterprise Linux users face growing risks from software vulnerabilities, especially given their widespread reliance on open-source code in Linux applications and commercial software. Live kernel ...

I am new to the company where I work and responsible for the patch management process, before I started here there was none. Now I have implemented a patch management process, but we have a server ...

Windows Server 2016 patching likely won't differ too much from the monthly cumulative update model laid out by Microsoft for other Windows products, but there are some nuances. In late October, ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

A dangerous combination of a massive increase in Web server attacks and poor patching practices is a major cause of concern for experts, according to a report issued today by several security ...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1 ...

In my first post in this series, I showed you a few blocks of PowerShell code that were provided by Microsoft for the purposes of patching Nano Server. Although this code gets the job done, it isn't ...

Windows 10 after two years: Was the upgrade worth it? A problem with the way that Microsoft released some of this week's Patch Tuesday updates caused some users' PCs and servers to blue screen, hang ...