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Guidance on Security-only Updates and Extended Security Updates, potentially save costs on ESU
Motivation Today I would like to post about questions I get frequently asked by customers. This guide explains the benefits using "Cumulative Updates" which have a different name in down-level O...
Thank you for your additions! Yes there are no ESU for 2012 / 2012 R2 yet but they are already documented in docs, so we can expect they will come.
I hope that VAMT will be made "fit" for the products you noted very soon, they have to touch 7 maintain the product anyway for a different issue (database), and Windows Server 2022 reports as Windows Server 2021. Some glitches here and there.
Of course they stopped to update the product list when you use ADBA it only states Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, so without reading docs or trying who should have known that ADBA works also for later OS and Office 2013 and newer if it is not noted there. But that's cosmetic.
I hope that VAMT will be made "fit" for the products you noted very soon, they have to touch 7 maintain the product anyway for a different issue (database), and Windows Server 2022 reports as Windows Server 2021. Some glitches here and there.
Of course they stopped to update the product list when you use ADBA it only states Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, so without reading docs or trying who should have known that ADBA works also for later OS and Office 2013 and newer if it is not noted there. But that's cosmetic.
Can ESU be used on shared hardware with an MSP or cloud host if the servers are licensed through SPLA?
