Microsoft Patch Tuesday offset -1 day in Update manager

Question

Hello! I came across an interesting blog post about Azure Update Manager and how it can be integrated with Microsoft Patch Tuesday. You can find the post here: https://kaidojarvemets.com/navigating-the-transition-from-configuration-manager-to-azure-update-manager/.

One thing I noticed in the post is that the author has configured the Microsoft Patch Tuesday offset to -1, which means that the patches are installed on Monday instead of the actual Patch Tuesday. Do you have any idea why the author might have done this, since the patches are usually available on Tuesday?

Answer 1

Hi,

From what I see in the article there are multiple schedules with different offsets: -1, 1, 2. I cannot speak what was the intent of the author but if you want to patch on the next day after Tuesday set second Tuesday of the month with offset 1.

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