Windows Server Update Services live to patch another day

Microsoft is extending support for a product scheduled for deprecation. Sadly for some, it's not Windows 10.

Support for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) was due to end on April 18. However, Microsoft has since announced: "Based on your valuable feedback, we'll continue supporting driver update synchronization to Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers. This decision postpones previous plans to end this support in April 2025."

Microsoft made the call two weeks before support was due to be pulled, which is not ideal for planning, but handy for customers who would not be able to meet the original deadline.

Disconnected device scenarios appear to be the leading cause of the rethink. It seems that Microsoft's alternatives, such as the cloud-based Intune and Windows Autopatch, can't currently fulfill that need. Microsoft's original plan was to have drivers available on the Microsoft Update Catalog but stop them ...