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Let's take a look at a new feature with Microsoft

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Server 2022 called Azure Automanage.

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This is designed to simplify the IT management inside of the cloud. You apply

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consistent best practices across the entire lifecycle of a virtual machine

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because you can use the Azure Security Center.

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This will enhance reliability,

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security, and management for all of your virtual machines,

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both on‑premises and in the cloud.

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This works for both Linux and for Windows.

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One of the key features of Automanage is Hotpatch.

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Hotpatch establishes a baseline for planned and unplanned releases.

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A planned release is with the regular cadence of your updates.

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An unplanned release is if something happens and you have a 0‑day

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update that you've got to get on your server right away.

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Hotpatch differentiates the reboot and non‑reboot patches and automatically

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applies critical and security updates in the off hours.

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The benefits of hotpatching, servers don't have to reboot as much

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and this is the main benefit of hotpatching.

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Since we differentiate between what patches require a reboot and

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what patches don't require a reboot, then we can identify the ones

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that aren't going to need a reboot,

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apply them automatically, and then the patches that require reboot are going

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to be less frequent. Let's say you have a cumulative update and that

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cumulative update has 15 updates that don't require a reboot and one that

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does. Well, let's apply the ones that don't require it and then every once in

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a while or let's just say less frequently,

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you're going to apply the ones that require a reboot.

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Since the patches are differentiated a lot better,

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they come in smaller packages, so much faster deployment.

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We also have better protection through scoping and health signals. With

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hotpatching, you know what updates are applied and what updates might have

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run into trouble when they're trying to be applied.

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So that is a look at Automanage with Microsoft Azure for Windows Server 2022 Data Center Azure Edition.