Symptoms
Assume that you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 image in Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Virtual Machine gallery. Windows Update is configured to automatically install update in the image. After the installation, SQL Server cannot be set up to receive important and critical updates automatically.
Cause
The issue occurs because Windows Update does not do anything for applications that are not part of the Windows operating system in the SQL Server image.
Resolution
The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative update of SQL Server. After you apply this hotfix, Virtual Machine that is created from SQL Server IaaS images can receive important and critical updates for the SQL Server automatically.
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 /en-us/help/2976982
Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2014 /en-us/help/2967546
Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 /en-us/help/2954099
About cumulative updates for SQL Server
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
- Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP2
- Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014
- Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.