Add advanced scheduling to support patch Tuesday
We typically apply patches the weekend after Patch Tuesday but it's not always the second weekend of the month so we can't schedule it with the options available.

We are working on the next iteration of Update Management which is set to provide the capability for users to set a recurring ‘day’ for their schedule
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Eivind A commented
This is extremely valuable in the days of 0 days and such that are critical to patch.
We run with every third saturday, but that sometimes means 10 days behind Patch TuesdaysIt's important that the Azure team that reads this understands that the arguments that we need supported is "run X days after patch tuesday" or have a release cycle like you do with Windows 10.
I'd like to have the patches every Friday after Patch Tuesday, for example.
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Vickesh Patel commented
any ETA when this will be released? long overdue,
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Anonymous commented
Hi Stefan Hirsch,
I have the same issue, can you guide how did you solve the issue using automation job
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James Mercer commented
RE: We are working on the next iteration of Update Management which is set to provide the capability for users to set a recurring ‘day’ for their schedule
>> Can you please clarify, is that recurring 'day' an offset relative to patch Tuesday ?
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Stefan Hirsch commented
@Claude, I think they are moving towards this instead Now in preview
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/automatic-vm-guest-patching -
Claude Monroe commented
This request has been 'in the pipe' for 3 years with no update from an Admin in over a year, while we in the business are having to jury-rig solutions for our enterprise customers. This is a common sense capability that should have been baked into the initial product, not something we have to beg for.
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Anonymous commented
This is long overdue. Any eta on adding extended options for the patch scedule?
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Øyvind Nilsen commented
Any news on this?
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Anonymous commented
any updates on if this is actually being considered for release
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Vickesh Patel commented
Any updates on if this is being developed?
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Anonymous commented
need this feature, hard to schedule basked on current options
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James Mercer commented
We need this too.
Test /Dev = PatchTuesday + 4 days
Prod = PatchTuesday + 9 daysAs Joe mentioned it never always falls on a 3rd or 4th week of the month. We need to be able to schedule 'relative to' patch tuesday.
Thanks
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Kevin Winegardner commented
Backup schedule that allows for timing based on patch Tuesday
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Tommi Wiren commented
I support this request.
"Clock" always starts from Patch Tue and not from calendar week. -
Justen Hansen commented
I support this request as well as having an offset so that I can patch 4 days after Patch Tuesday; effective the Saturday after Patch Tuesday.
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Tommy commented
It is very important feature to have the offset value that can be set from the "patch tuesday". Now it is missing and make the scheduling not possible
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Anonymous commented
or if not explicit "patch tuesday" support, a patch on release day + N or weekend +N from the release day.
We like to patch test and UAT on the day or so after release, then production a week or two later at the weekend. Impossible to achieve under the current mechanism
This allows for any post-patch tuesday fixed to be picked up and attended to in a timely and safe (i.e. non production first) manner
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Stefan Hirsch commented
Hi,
Any update?
When is next release planned?
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Anonymous commented
When you're planning the next release ?
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Stefan Hirsch commented
Hello,
Any update regarding this topic?