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The July 2022 Patch Tuesday is upon us and has brought fixes for 84 CVEs in various Microsoft products, including an actively exploited zero-day: CVE-2022-22047, an elevation of privilege bug in Windows' Client/Server Runtime Subsystem. "An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges," Microsoft noted, but the attacker must first gain access to the system, usually by exploiting a separate code execution bug.
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5015814 cumulative update with security updates, improvements, and the new Search Highlights feature. KB5015814 is a mandatory cumulative update containing the July 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates for vulnerabilities discovered in previous months.
Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5015814 cumulative update with security updates, improvements, and the new Search Highlights feature. KB5015814 is a mandatory cumulative update containing the July 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates for vulnerabilities discovered in previous months.
Microsoft reminded customers today that Windows Server, version 20H2 will be reaching its End of Service next month, on August 9. This comes after a May 2022 reminder that Windows Server 20H2 will reach the mainstream support end date for Standard Core and Datacenter Core users.
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5015807 and KB5015811 cumulative updates for versions 21H2, version 21H1, version 20H2, and 1809 to fix security vulnerabilities and resolve bugs and performance issues. This update is unavailable for Windows 10 1909 or Windows 10 2004, which reached the end of service.
Microsoft has warned users clinging to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that the end really is nigh. Windows 7 went out of support in 2020, but Microsoft recognized that many enterprises were quite happy where they were.
Microsoft's promised service to enable automatic patching of Windows has gone live. The software giant on Monday announced Windows Autopatch is up and running.
Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of a feature called Autopatch that automatically keeps Windows and Office software up-to-date on enrolled endpoints. The launch, which comes a day before Microsoft is expected to release its monthly round of security patches, is available for customers with Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 licenses.
Microsoft says that Windows Autopatch, an enterprise service that automatically keeps Windows and Microsoft 365 software up to date, is generally available starting today.Windows Autopatch was first announced in April when Microsoft said it would be available for free to Microsoft customers with a Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 license or greater starting July 2022.
Microsoft is investigating an issue causing Outlook search not to display recent emails in desktop apps running on Windows 11 systems. "When searching in Outlook Desktop on Windows 11 you might not see the most recent emails in the search results," Microsoft explains.