Azure Update Manager
An Azure service to centrally manages updates and compliance at scale.
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Microsoft.Maintenance/maintenanceConfigurations/visibility
Hello, I'm involved on setting up Microsoft Update Manager in an Enterprise Azure Landing Zone. I would like to understand the difference between setting the visibility setting in the maintenance Windows for Azure Update Manager from Public to Custom.…
asked 2025-03-10T08:34:04.9766667+00:00
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LVB
0
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commented 2025-03-13T06:40:04.7633333+00:00
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Vinod Pittala
810
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers
Azure Update Manager & WSUS (patching 3rd party apps on Arc-enabled servers)
Hi, I'd like to get this clarified - to patch 3rd party apps on Arc-enabled servers with AUM I need local instance of WSUS so I have 2 questions: Does WSUS have to be standalone, or it can be WSUS managed by Configuration Manager (SUP role)? If…
asked 2025-01-29T07:18:23.24+00:00
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Bojan Zivkovic
551
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edited a comment 2025-03-12T21:13:19.7033333+00:00
Beancurd
6
Reputation points
3 answers
Azure Patch Manager Error Code (100) - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
While testing the capability's of Azure Arc for on-prem servers using 24.04 LTS I'm receiving the below. The machine show connected inside azure arc -> machine name. However when attempting to use the updates -> Check for updates the error below is…
asked 2024-09-27T21:37:31.0266667+00:00
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Rob T
30
Reputation points
commented 2025-03-12T15:12:53.9133333+00:00
Antony Freer
0
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure Update Manger - Cannot edit maintenance configurations that were created with Powershell
Use the command 'New-AzMaintenanceConfiguration' to create a maintenance configuration. Then, attempt to manually add or remove a KB to 'exclusions' in the Updates part of the schedule using the normal Azure Portal Web interface. The issues is - I'm…
asked 2024-01-13T12:52:44.0833333+00:00
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Eccup Reservoir
66
Reputation points
commented 2025-03-11T20:48:15.3133333+00:00
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ZZ LN Adm
0
Reputation points
3 answers
Error while accessing Update Settings in my VM
I'm trying to set up automatic VM guest patching, but whenever I go to the "Update Settings" on my VM, I keep getting "Error occured while fetching the data for the selected machine(s), please try again." - has anyone else had this…
asked 2022-12-14T14:01:29.983+00:00
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Nathan Collins
1
Reputation point
answered 2025-03-10T00:28:46.7166667+00:00
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RUSHABHKUMAR B SHAH
0
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure Update Manager - Dynamic Scope - Automatically add newly created subscriptions
When creating Maintenance Configuration (Dynamic Scope) in Azure Update Manager there is option to select "All Subscriptions". If I choose that, what will happen with newly created subscriptions ? (ones which will be created after configuration…
asked 2025-03-04T11:12:25.1733333+00:00
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Vedran Banjeglav
41
Reputation points
commented 2025-03-05T09:31:28.41+00:00
Vedran Banjeglav
41
Reputation points
0 answers
Identifying OS Patches and Updates by Severity in Azure
Hello, How can I identify operating system patches or available OS updates on both Linux and Windows Azure VMs based on severity within the Azure Portal, Azure Update Manager, or Microsoft Defender for Cloud ? In Azure Update Manager, updates are…
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Errors reported - A system shutdown is in progress
Hi, I see deployment overall status for number of Azure VMs (Windows Server 2022 DC Azure Edition-based custom image), manual update, as Failed, where updates installed is 4 out of 4. The problem is, that VMs are being restarted during the update and…
asked 2025-02-21T14:40:48.7233333+00:00
Michał Smereczyński
20
Reputation points MVP
commented 2025-03-04T14:04:36.76+00:00
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Madugula Jahnavi
10
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
Is it possible to remove/uninstall update centrally from Azure Update Manager ?
Is it possible to remove/uninstall update centrally from Azure Update Manager if it's already installed on VM ? I know for exclusions, but e.g. we install update and it's causing troubles, is it possible to remove it not by connecting to a VM itself and…
asked 2025-03-03T10:24:33.0433333+00:00
Vedran Banjeglav
41
Reputation points
commented 2025-03-04T11:01:57.9633333+00:00
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Ashok Gandhi Kotnana
4,310
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers
Resource type cant be null
I executed following 2 commands: 1. $mc=Get-AZMaintenanceConfiguration -ResourceGroupName Ue2PrD01ResourceGroup -Name Dr01MainteanceConfig 2. New-AzConfigurationAssignment -ConfigurationAssignmentName $mc.Name -MaintenanceConfigurationId $mc.Id…
asked 2023-11-24T07:16:21.7966667+00:00
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sns
9,241
Reputation points
answered 2025-03-04T10:28:49.4966667+00:00
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Ronny Eriksson
0
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0 answers
Not able to delete maintenance configurations from azure
Hi! I've deployed multiple maintenance configurations with dynamic scopes that target subscriptions and looks for a specific tag on VMs. When i try to delete these maintenance configurations i simply get this error: If i try to instead remove it by…
asked 2025-03-02T11:33:22.33+00:00
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Anton Bergman
0
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commented 2025-03-03T11:57:23.4033333+00:00
Anton Bergman
0
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Update Manager on Rocky Linux - publisher 'resf'
Hi, I've to schedule patching activities on a bunch of Rocky Linux 9 VMs on Azure. According to this document, the publisher "erockyenterprisesoftwarefoundationinc1653071250513" has two images supported by Azure Update Manager. According…
asked 2025-02-26T11:23:06.68+00:00
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Lorenzo Dalla Pozza
20
Reputation points
commented 2025-03-03T08:18:49.86+00:00
Vinod Pittala
810
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
KQL query for fetching vm resources in a maintenance configurations
For configuring Azure update manager, I have created maintenance configuration for patching schedules where to evaluate vm resources for each configuration i was using tags to filter VMs on a scope of subscriptions i have (around 50) using Dynamic scope…
asked 2025-02-19T11:08:50.9066667+00:00
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Garg,Srishti
20
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-28T08:35:05.1233333+00:00
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Nagarjuna Reddy Yanna
260
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
I am having trouble while migrating the Automation Account to Azure Update manager
I am currently working on migrating our Azure Automation Account to Azure Update Manager using the provided PowerShell script. However, I am encountering an issue related to an invalid API version. When executing the script, I receive the following…
asked 2025-02-24T11:43:29.6+00:00
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Adnan Mohsin
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-28T02:14:48.6733333+00:00
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Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,490
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
got this mail Migrate to Azure Update Manager. Need help to find those services
Got this mail Migrate to Azure Update Manager by 28 February 2025 . But not sure if we are using any of the services which will get affected .Need help to understand how to find those services and migrate them.
asked 2025-02-27T07:29:14.2133333+00:00
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Gubba Ajith Sai
20
Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-27T18:33:50.2466667+00:00
Gubba Ajith Sai
20
Reputation points
2 answers
How to get the SQL server cumulative update version installed for Azure Arc Enabled Servers ?
How to get the SQL server cumulative update version installed for Azure Arc Enabled Servers ? I would like to write a query to get which CU is installed on my sql servers managed with Azure Arc. I don't find the exact product version. For instance,…
asked 2025-02-17T19:00:55.1133333+00:00
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Jean-Marie Roger
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-27T01:12:19.36+00:00
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Rahul Podila
2,000
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
Azure Update Manager: Pre and Post events using webhook in Azure Automation, public network access being disabled
Hello, As I want to implement the process as described in this document https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/update-manager/tutorial-webhooks-using-runbooks, events are dropped. My first guess is that it is likely due to the fact that Automation…
asked 2025-02-25T07:47:07.0333333+00:00
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BP
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T12:28:07.89+00:00
Alex Burlachenko
1,755
Reputation points
1 answer
cannot remove vm from maintenance schedule
I have a VM in a maintenance schedule that cannot be removed. When I try and do this, I get an error saying that the resource cannot be located. This VM was moved from one resource group to another; the error is trying to find the VM in its original…
asked 2025-02-21T13:09:53.3566667+00:00
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Chris Welford
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T14:46:22.47+00:00
Pranay Reddy Madireddy
2,490
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
How to azure esu delete pending updates?
How can I hide or delete the updates of each VM that I do not consider suitable for the VM itself? The updates are among the pending updates.
asked 2024-12-23T08:42:25.4066667+00:00
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Piergiorgio Carnevali
0
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-24T14:21:49.6466667+00:00
Vedran Banjeglav
41
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Type of log to identify failed Windows Defender update?
Hi everyone, I am trying to set up Log Analytic Workspace that will capture any critical and security updates in the Windows VMs which I believe will also include the failed Windows Defender update logs. Now I would like to have an action taken whenever…
asked 2025-01-23T06:18:56.3833333+00:00
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Handinata Tanudjaja
170
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-24T08:51:47.7133333+00:00
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Naveena Patlolla
975
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff