Comment QA process for MS patches (Score 1) 543
I'm a Windows Sysadmin at a public university. I like to patch & reboot my servers the same day that critical updates are released, but I often run into resistance from my customers. I believe we're all on the same page as to what "critical update" means, but they'd like assurance that these patches have been fully tested before installing them on the production servers. I've always told them that Microsoft does way more QA testing of their patches before releasing them than I could ever hope to do, but I don't really know this to be true.
Could you give us some info about your QA process? What does your security team do, specifically, to test your patches before releasing them to the public? Do you test them on systems that have different 3rd party apps installed, such as antivirus & backup software? Do you have any lists of applications that you always test for compatibility with the new patches?
Could you give us some info about your QA process? What does your security team do, specifically, to test your patches before releasing them to the public? Do you test them on systems that have different 3rd party apps installed, such as antivirus & backup software? Do you have any lists of applications that you always test for compatibility with the new patches?
