Evolving Microsoft's Advance Notification Service in 2015

Our Advance Notification Service ANS was created more than a decade ago as part of Update Tuesday to broadly communicate in advance, about the security updates being released for Microsoft products and services each month. Over the years, technology environments and customer needs have evolved,...

Advance Notification Service for the August 2014 Security Bulletin Release

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of nine Security Bulletins. Two of these are rated Critical, and the remaining seven are rated Important in severity. These Updates are for SQL Server, SharePoint, OneNote, .NET, Microsoft Windows, and Internet Explorer. As per our usual...

Clarification on Security Advisory 2896666 and the ANS for the November 2013 Security Bulletin Release

Today, we’re providing advance notification for the release of eight bulletins, three Critical and five Important, for November 2013. The Critical updates address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows, and the Important updates address issues in Windows and Office. While this...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its February release will contain 12 bulletins. Three of these bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. The remaining bulletins will have a severity...

Microsoft to Patch 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows, Office

Microsoft has announced plans to ship two security bulletins next week to fix a total of eight vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office products. Both bulletins are rated “important” because of the risk compromising the confidentiality, integrity or availability of user data. Microsoft is...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its January release cycle will contain one bulletin, which will have a severity rating of Critical. The notification states that this bulletin is for Microsoft Windows. Release of this bulletin is scheduled for Tuesday,...