From InfoWorld: It's raining patches. This week we've seen a barrage of updates to Windows 10 (pick your flavor), nine security bulletins, 28 security patches for Office, and a killer patch for Windows Journal on Win10. Combined that with last week's 40-odd Office non-security patches, which won't be available on WSUS until Aug. 16, the same date that the Anniversary Update, version 1607, rolls out on WSUS. There should be a big black mark on every admin's calendar for Aug. 16. It's a good day to plan to be out sick.
I figure we have enough patching fodder this month for two thick novels. I also think Microsoft's in cahoots with the U.S. Labor Department, trying to pump up system admin employment figures for the August jobs report.
Buried in this mountain of 63 individual patches and voluminous Click-to-Run changes is one very good development for Excel users.
Last month's buggy Excel patches, KB 3115322 (Security update for Excel 2010) and KB 3115262 (Security update for Excel 2013), have been fixed, at least in part. Since I wrote about them last month, I've received confirmation that the bug also affects Excel 2016 and both Office 365 for 2016 and Office 365 for 2013. It's a grand slam for all versions of Excel released since the turn of the decade. Every one of them was broken by the patches last month.
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