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How to apply optional updates on Windows 2016?
I have a Windows 2016 1607 virtual machine, domain-joined, no WSUS, running SQL 2016. From running a PowerShell script, I know that there are two optional updates available for SQL 2016 (one cumu...
Have you opted in to let WU detect patches besides Windows?
If GUI, start, settings, Updates and security, advanced options
"Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update windows"
Yes, that's checked.
I've never seen optional updates offered under 10/2016. Part of the problem is that 10/2016 do not allow selecting which updates to install. If optional updates were offered, I'd also need a way to deselect. E.g. I don't want Silverlight on all my machines.
Another problem is that you can't apply all pending driver updates at once.
Pretty much the same issue I wrote up two years ago:
https://www.mcbsys.com/blog/2016/08/windows-10-does-not-show-or-install-optional-updates/