Quote:Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows and other company products on December 11, 2018.

Our monthly update provides you with detailed information on updates that Microsoft released, known issues, release notes, and links to support pages and downloads.

Check out the overview of last month's update releases here.

Note: We recommend that you create backups of the system before you install updates, especially feature updates.

Microsoft Windows Security Updates December 2018

You can download an Excel spreadsheet that lists all security updates and information about the updates for all supported versions of Windows -- client and server -- and other Microsoft products from our site. Just click on the following link to download the spreadsheet to your device: windows-december-2018-security-updates.zip

Executive Summary

• Windows 10 version 1809 may be distributed to Windows 10 devices when users activate a manual "check for updates".
  
  
• Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of Windows.
  
  
• No critical updates for Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
  
  
• Security updates are available for other company products such as Microsoft Office, the .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Exchange Server.
  
  
• The Update Catalog lists 194 updates.