Windows Autopatch network configuration
Observed content change
8 removed passages (about 50 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
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Short quotes of Microsoft's changed wording from Microsoft source, © Microsoft Corporation. Read the page for the full text.
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Sections to inspect
- Configure your network
- Feedback
- Additional resources
Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.
Why this was flagged
The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: prerequisites. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.
Observation details · observed 18 Oct 23:34 UTC
- Observed by ChangeIntel
- 18 Oct 23:34 UTC
- Source update metadata
- 4 Jun 2025 22:40 UTC
- First observed on this installation
- 6 Oct 16:41 UTC
- Last successful check
- 18 Oct 23:34 UTC
- Next check due
- today 23:34 UTC
Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.
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Timeline
From the capture of 18 Oct 23:34 UTC- 3 undated sections
Requirements, exceptions and scope
The proxy or firewall must support TLS 1.2. Otherwise, you might have to disable protocol detection.…
There are URLs from several Microsoft products that must…
Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.
Observed history and review priority
Captured 18 Oct 23:34 UTC; extracted 18 Oct 23:34 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.
Review priority. Extracted assertions require review
0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 0 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 24 hours.
Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.
Retained observations · 2
Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.
- 18 Oct 23:34 UTC · 14 candidates
- 6 Oct 16:41 UTC · 12 candidates
Related public evidence
No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.
Retained observations
- 18 Oct 23:34 UTC · shown above
- 6 Oct 16:41 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.
What changed
First observed 18 Oct 2026- 18 Oct 2026 SummaryGuidance extraction is incomplete. Legacy capture: table structure or oversized sections are unavailable for extraction Earlier recorded facts remain historical evidence; omitted statements have unknown status. → Microsoft's guidance publishes no dates; 3 sections of requirements, exceptions or scope.
The most recent 100 field changes are listed. Complete recorded revisions are kept separately.
Cite this recorded revision to keep the same title, summary, facts and links when the page changes.
A day selects the latest observation by the end of that UTC day; today's selection can change until midnight. History starts when this installation records it.