Microsoft Patching

Historically, updates to fix security are called patches because back in the day when we used punch cards to program stuff, if we did something wrong, we would affix paper patches over the holes in the punch cards. True story!

Microsoft announced this week at its Ignite event that with the new Windows 10 operating system, individual security updates would be released as soon as they were available, instead of the monthly patch Tuesday.

Patch Tuesday has been a standard part of IT’s agenda for the past 12 years.