Hotpatching for Windows first reared its head as a realized idea back in February 2024, when it appeared as an experimental feature in a Windows 11 Insider Preview Build.

Hotpatching works by first establishing a baseline with a Windows Update Latest Cumulative Update." Benefits of using hotpatching to keep your Windows Server 2022 Azure VMs up to date and secure ...

Hotpatching has been studied by hackers since its addition to Windows. At Black Hat 2006, Alex Sotirov did a talk on the risk of hotpatching and Alex Ionescu followed that up with a talk in 2013 ...

Microsoft has introduced a new update method for Windows 11 Enterprise users called "hotpatching," which, as reported by Windows Latest, hopes to reduce the number of required system reboots.

Microsoft already released the hotpatching function for Windows 11 desktops at the beginning of April. Microsoft now appears to have sufficient experience with it to justify its continued use.

Hotpatching was removed in Windows 8 and later versions, because it was rarely used. During the 12 years support life of Windows Server 2003, only 10 patches used this technique.

Hotpatching is a process in which Windows components are updated while still in use by a running process. As you can imagine, this handy feature eliminates the need to reboot, maximizing system ...

Hotpatching was removed in Windows 8 and later versions, because it was rarely used. During the 12 years support life of Windows Server 2003, only 10 patches used this technique.

Hotpatching was removed in Windows 8 and later versions, because it was rarely used. During the 12 years support life of Windows Server 2003, only 10 patches used this technique.