Windows updates, bugs, and insights
June 03, 2020
The latest Windows 10 upgrade, released this week, won't immediately show up for everyone; Microsoft is taking its usual gradual approach to rolling out the upgrade. Read more â¶
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It was quite a month, with an undocumented drive-by patch, five (six?) zero-days, and voluminous reports of bugs that, with two exceptions, donât appear to have any common cause. Nowâs a good time to get Windows and Office patched.
The rest of the year is likely to be busy for Microsoft, which plans to retire four different versions of Windows 10, re-release a fifth this fall and put the finishing touches on next year's big refresh.
May brought us an undocumented drive-by patch that rebooted most exposed machines. In addition to the usual problems with random patching bugs, five (!) zero-days were announced by malware sleuths ZDI. By and large, the patching scene has settled down now.
A combination of factors is driving more companies to digital transformations within cloud-based platforms such as Microsoft Office 365.
The pandemic has given the latest version of Microsoftâs desktop-as-a-service offering unstoppable momentum.
Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for Insider Preview Build 19635 for the Fast ring, released on May 28, 2020.
