For those of you who’ve been waiting to apply Microsoft’s October patches, the coast looks reasonably clear. We have a few outstanding problems with bugs in the latest round of patches — Office 365 Click-to-Run customers need to take special note — but by and large, the October updates are now ready for prime time.
The patching landscape now is quite different from how it appeared last month, thanks to the patchocalypse – Microsoft’s way of combining patches into indivisible groups. If you’re not yet familiar with the approach, take a look at my overview of the new approach.
