Let's take a look at a new feature with Microsoft
Server 2022 called Azure Automanage.
This is designed to simplify the IT management inside of the cloud. You apply
consistent best practices across the entire lifecycle of a virtual machine
because you can use the Azure Security Center.
This will enhance reliability,
security, and management for all of your virtual machines,
both on‑premises and in the cloud.
This works for both Linux and for Windows.
One of the key features of Automanage is Hotpatch.
Hotpatch establishes a baseline for planned and unplanned releases.
A planned release is with the regular cadence of your updates.
An unplanned release is if something happens and you have a 0‑day
update that you've got to get on your server right away.
Hotpatch differentiates the reboot and non‑reboot patches and automatically
applies critical and security updates in the off hours.
The benefits of hotpatching, servers don't have to reboot as much
and this is the main benefit of hotpatching.
Since we differentiate between what patches require a reboot and
what patches don't require a reboot, then we can identify the ones
that aren't going to need a reboot,
apply them automatically, and then the patches that require reboot are going
to be less frequent. Let's say you have a cumulative update and that
cumulative update has 15 updates that don't require a reboot and one that
does. Well, let's apply the ones that don't require it and then every once in
a while or let's just say less frequently,
you're going to apply the ones that require a reboot.
Since the patches are differentiated a lot better,
they come in smaller packages, so much faster deployment.
We also have better protection through scoping and health signals. With
hotpatching, you know what updates are applied and what updates might have
run into trouble when they're trying to be applied.
So that is a look at Automanage with Microsoft Azure for Windows Server 2022 Data Center Azure Edition.