Matt

Windows Autopatch Hotpatch I am sure all of you guys are about to get busy for Thanksgiving! this is a short blog about Hotpatch. This morning, while I was checking for updates regarding my tenants and looking for the new hardware inventory setting, I was pleased to see that the new setting “ Hotpatch for Windows ” had appeared in my tenant. Before we discuss it, let’s first go over the details. We are all familiar with quality updates and the security patches released on the second Tuesday of each month. Microsoft has created a hotpatch for Windows 11 24H2 that allows these updates to be applied without requiring a restart. Typically, after monthly updates, the device must restart to install all security patches and to update the build number (the last four digits of Windows). According to Microsoft, there will be two types of updates each quarter. The first update will occur in January, April, July, and October and will include a full security patch and new features, requiring the de...