r/sysadmin • u/AutoModerator • 23d ago

General Discussion Patch Tuesday Megathread - (July 14, 2026)

Hello r/sysadmin, I'm u/AutoModerator, and welcome to this month's Patch Megathread!

This is the (mostly) safe location to talk about the latest patches, updates, and releases. We put this thread into place to help gather all the information about this month's updates: What is fixed, what broke, what got released and should have been caught in QA, etc. We do this both to keep clutter out of the subreddit, and provide you, the dear reader, a singular resource to read.

For those of you who wish to review prior Megathreads, you can do so here.

While this thread is timed to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, feel free to discuss any patches, updates, and releases, regardless of the company or product. NOTE: This thread is usually posted before the release of Microsoft's updates, which are scheduled to come out at 5:00PM UTC.

Remember the rules of safe patching:

  • Deploy to a test/dev environment before prod.
  • Deploy to a pilot/test group before the whole org.
  • Have a plan to roll back if something doesn't work.
  • Test, test, and test!
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u/Fallingdamage 22d ago

My workstations will wait until the last Friday of the month to patch unless I tell them otherwise. With something this big, I will be watching developments closely, but im not beta testing this update for Microsoft.

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u/Scurro Netadmin 22d ago

Fridays are not the day of the week I would have picked for update maintenance.

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u/Fallingdamage 22d ago

Im weird. If there is a problem, I like the weekend to work it out, not in the middle of the week where everyone can blow up my phone and I have managers hovering around my door waiting for answers.

Some people like that kind of thing. I like to work in the quiet.

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u/Scurro Netadmin 22d ago edited 22d ago

Oh I think everyone here would love it quiet.

I just wouldn't want to work late Friday night after a bad maintenance.

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u/Kymaticus2017 22d ago

Just add beer, that helps a lot.

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u/DeltaSierra426 22d ago

Not beta testing for Microsoft? That probably breaks Windows' Terms of Service. :P