All ITS-managed Windows servers that are joined to the AD.SYR.EDU domain, and ITS Linux servers which have an update group membership, will be restarted to apply system patches on Sunday, July 19, 2026 or Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Windows servers will patch between 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET, while Linux servers will patch between 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET, as determined by update group membership. Services on each Windows server will be unavailable for roughly 10-20 minutes. If installed updates require a Linux server to reboot, services will experience a short outage, typically less than 5 minutes.
This month's release from Microsoft includes a significantly higher number of security fixes than a typical patch cycle. Our team will be closely monitoring for any unexpected issues following the update window.
Posted Jul 15, 2026 - 13:05 EDT
This scheduled maintenance affects: General IT Services.