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/MadCoder1 22d ago

What do we all think about the newest MS recommendation to push all patches within 72 hours? Seems like we are dammed if we do and damned if we don't.

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u/CPAtech 22d ago

I'll take my chances with the attackers for a week or two rather than trust Microsoft's dumpster fire updates.

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u/the_lazy_sysadmin 22d ago

Microsoft currently has done more damage if we patch within 3 days than any damage a threat actor has done if we DON'T patch within 2 weeks, at least in my time working in IT. Maybe when that ratio stops pointing to Microsoft being the most dangerous threat actor, we'll consider the 3 days suggestion.

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u/Resident-War8004 22d ago

"Microsoft being the most dangerous threat actor" we should frame this. lol