What are Microsoft Preview Updates and how to stop them installing through N-able N-central

Last Modified

Mon Aug 19 15:30 GMT 2019

Description

  • What are Microsoft Preview Updates
  • How to stop them installing through N-able N-central

Environment

  • N-able N-central

Solution

  • Preview updates are not BETA updates, they are a preview containing the same non-security updates that will be included in the Cumulative Monthly Rollup Update
  • The preview updates are published under the Updates classification
    • NOTE: In contrast with the Monthly Rollups which are published as Critical Updates or Security Updates
  • If users are auto-approving the Update classification, they are choosing to approve all non-critical, non-security-related fixes
  • With the release of 12.1 of N-able N-central, this allows you to approve/decline patches via your Automatic Approval rules based upon a keyword/KB number, which you can use to help target the Preview Updates.
  • For more information describing the Monthly Rollup Preview updates, please go here