

Some older packages may not yet have been evaluated or may not have met the criteria for expiration. Once a large enough quantity of candidates have been found, an expiration will take place.


Our published packages are evaluated for expiration on a regular basis. Here are answers to common questions we receive about our Windows update expiration policy. That means, when older packages expire, you still receive the updates contained in those packages by installing the cumulative update.īy expiring older, redundant packages, you get better performance, shorter scan times, a faster user experience, and reduced risk of deploying older updates which have been superseded with newer, more secure ones. Many of these updates, however, are cumulative and include all earlier updates that have been published for that platform. This results in a backlog of updates and potentially increases the size of update packages. Microsoft produces two to three updates per supported Windows platform monthly.
