
IMPORTANT Customers who have purchased the Extended Security Update (ESU) for on-premises versions of this OS must follow the procedures in KB4522133 to continue receiving security updates because extended support ended on January 14, 2020.įor more information on ESU and which editions are supported, see KB4497181. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.Īfter installing this update on domain controllers (DCs), affected versions of Windows Server might restart unexpectedly. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege. For information on activation, please see this blog post. For information on the prerequisites, see the "How to get this update" section of this article.Ĭertain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. If you have purchased an ESU key and have encountered this issue, please verify you have applied all prerequisites and that your key is activated. If you do not have an ESU MAK add-on key installed and activated. For a complete list of which editions are supported, see KB4497181. If you are installing this update on a device that is running an edition that is not supported for ESU. This is expected in the following circumstances: Do not turn off your computer”, and the update might show as Failed in Update History. Known issues in this updateĪfter installing this update and restarting your device, you might receive the error, “Failure to configure Windows updates.

No specific issues are documented for this release.įor more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the new Security Update Guide website and the January 2022 Security Updates.

This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. This security update includes quality improvements. WSUS scan cab files will continue to be available for Windows Server 2008 SP2. If you have a subset of devices running this operating system without ESU, they might show as non-compliant in your patch management and compliance toolsets. Verify that you have installed the required updates listed in the How to get this update section before installing this update. Operating systems in extended support have only cumulative monthly security updates (known as the "B" or Update Tuesday release). IMPORTANT Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) has reached the end of mainstream support and are now in extended support. Starting in July 2020, there will no longer be optional, non-security releases (known as "C" releases) for this operating system.
