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Microsoft Autopath: speed up updates

Microsoft Autopath is uAnother example of Microsoft’s concern regarding its software updates, but also a clear demonstration that they are aware of the problem of automatic updates. And it is that, as the past has taught us, the immediate deployment of a faulty update can compromise the entire digital operation of a company, with how terribly costly and damaging this can be.

The problem is that, due to lack of time or a standardized policy of action against updates, in the end we find that, in many cases, it istas are postponed sine die. When we talk about updates that add new functions or improve existing ones, in the end it means a certain decrease in productivity, since perhaps those improvements would serve to speed up work, but the real problem is when we talk about security updates. We only have to look back to see the large number of successful cyberattacks based on the exploitation of an unpatched vulnerability.

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The ideal solution would, of course, be for administrators have the necessary time to submit each update to the necessary set of tests to determine that the update is safe and therefore can be deployed to the infrastructure. But of course, ideal rarely coincides with feasible in the real world, so that technology companies, such as Microsoft, must work hard to find solutions that reconcile the need to update with the lack of means and time of those responsible, and Microsoft Autopath Sounds like an excellent suggestion.

Presented by those from Redmond a few days ago, Microsoft Autopath proposes a managed solution of progressive deployment, testing through, of updates. To this end, it distributes all the systems in a circular area (hypothetical, just for the next step) and establishes concentric rings, which of course, as they get closer to the outside, comprise more devices.

Microsoft Autopath: speed up updates

Thus, the smallest ring will be made up of only a tiny number of systems, which will be the first to receive the update, and which will be used to assess its reliability. Thus, if the update has a problem, it can be quickly detected and reverted, without this affecting the operation of the rest of the systems. And yes, as you may have already imagined, the rest of the deployment, if the evaluation is positive, will still be carried out progressively, from ring to ring, with a reassessment at each of these steps.

With this new system, administrators can forget about updates, and still have the peace of mind that your systems are updated in a timely manner. In the absence of its arrival, which will take place at the hand of Windows Enterprise E3 in July this year, Microsoft Autopath seems to reconcile the security needs of companies with the limitations that those responsible for the same.

«This service will automatically keep Windows and Office software up to date on enrolled endpoints, at no additional cost.Lior Bela, Microsoft’s senior product marketing manager, said in a post last week. «The second Tuesday of every month will be ‘just another Tuesday‘” he added, in clear reference to Microsoft’s already classic monthly Patch Tuesday.

Windows Autopatch is designed to work with all supported versions of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 365 for business. However, the Windows Server operating system and Windows 365 for Business are not supported.

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