Microsoft Updates
Microsoft has released seven Critical and sixty Important security updates for the month of December, 2021.
These updates will be installed over the next two weeks. Reboots will be required. Applicable updates will be made available for automatic installation via System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
Please refer to the OTS Security Updates webpage for details.
Affected Products
• Windows Media
• Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
• Microsoft Defender for IoT
• Internet Storage Name Service
• Microsoft Local Security Authority Server (lsasrv)
• Windows Encrypting File System (EFS)
• Windows DirectX
• Microsoft Message Queuing
• Windows Remote Access Connection Manager
• Windows Common Log File System Driver
• Azure Bot Framework SDK
• Windows Storage Spaces Controller
• Windows SymCrypt
• Windows NTFS
• Windows Event Tracing
• Remote Desktop Client
• Role: Windows Fax Service
• Windows Storage
• Windows Update Stack
• Windows Kernel
• Windows Digital TV Tuner
• Role: Windows Hyper-V
• Windows TCP/IP
• Office Developer Platform
• Microsoft Office
• ASP.NET Core & Visual Studio
• Visual Studio Code
• Microsoft Devices
• Windows Print Spooler Components
• Windows Mobile Device Management
• Windows Installer
• Microsoft PowerShell
For additional information about the updates released this month, please see:
Release Notes – December 2021 Security Updates
Microsoft Security Update Guide
