Upcoming change to release schedule for non-security Office updates

[Brink]

We want to let you know about an important change coming to the release schedule for Office updates so that you can plan accordingly. Until now, both security and non-security updates have been released on the second Tuesday of each month. Starting in April, the non-security updates will be released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month, which is April 5 in this case. This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification. Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on second Tuesday as usual.

Source: Upcoming change to the release schedule for non-security updates | Office Updates

 

[Sky Ranch]

I wonder if that will decrease the excessive time Windows searches for updates on Patch Tuesdays as some users have experienced with W7 lately. Guess we'll find out...

 

[ThrashZone]

I'm sure the update system can't get much worse
Many people having issues
Sticking with Windows 7? The forecast calls for pain | ZDNet

 

[DavidE]

I just checked WU and i have 4 important Office 2010 updates available that were published yesterday (2016-05-05).
I don't know how long it took WU to check for these, i didn't manually check WU to see what is available for me.

 

[Swizz]

Thanks for the heads up, Brink.