Microsoft has, once again, confirmed that all new Windows 10 updates will be cumulative in order to ensure that all users are always kept up to date on the new operating system.
The company’s new strategy has been in place for a few months now.
As the various updates released for the OS confirm.
All part of the Windows as a Service concept.
But a TechNet article titled ‘
Introduction to Windows 10 Servicing’ reveals more details about this faster cadence of delivery of patches, confirming that all releases for the operating system will be cumulative, meaning whenever a user installs the latest one, their computer is instantly brought up to date.
As explained:
“New feature upgrades and servicing updates will contain the payloads of all previous releases (in an optimized form to reduce storage and networking requirements), and installing the release on a device will bring it completely up to date.
Also, unlike earlier versions of Windows, you cannot install a subset of the contents of a Windows10 servicing update. For example, if a servicing update contains fixes for three security vulnerabilities and one reliability issue, deploying the update will result in the installation of all four fixes.”
So far, so good.
But the only issue with these cumulative updates is that they are shipped without any changelog or documentation that reveals what they bring. This approach has drawn criticism from some circles, as users find it hard to tell what exactly does a new update bring to the table.
Microsoft, for their part, is sticking to this policy, saying that they will release changelogs only when major updates are involved.
source:windows10update
