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Microsoft Updates

Microsoft has released nine Critical and thirty-four Important security updates for the month of May, 2017.

These updates will be installed over the next two weeks.  Reboots will be required.  This is a bulletin summary specifically for Towson University’s desktop computing environment.

Applicable updates will be made available for automatic installation via Configuration Manager.  Please see the OTS Security Updates webpage for details:

https://www.towson.edu/technology/facultystaff/hardwaresoftware/security.html

 

Affected Products

  • Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
  • NET Framework
  • Adobe Flash Player

 

Please note that Microsoft has changed how security updates are documented and categorized. For additional details on the updates that were released this month, please see:

Release Notes – https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/42b8fa28-9d09-e711-80d9-000d3a32fc99

Update Summary – https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary

Security Guidance – https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance