April 11, 2023—KB5025287 (Monthly Rollup)

Summary

Learn more about this security-only update, including improvements, any known issues, and how to get the update.

Notes

• Verify that you have installed the required updates listed in the How to get this update section before installing this update.

• For information about the various types of Windows updates, such as critical, security, driver, service packs, and so on, please see the following article. To view other notes and messages, see the Windows Server 2012 update history home page.

Improvements

This cumulative security update contains improvements that are part of update KB5023756 (released March 14, 2023). This update also makes improvements for the following issues:

• By the March 1, 2023, order of the Arab Republic of Egypt, daylight savings time (DST) will resume on April 28, 2023, and end on October 27, 2023. This update applies to Egypt Standard Time - (UTC+02:00) Cairo.

• Known compatibility issues exist with certain printer models which feature GDI printer drivers that do not completely adhere to GDI specifications.

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Deployments | Security Update Guide and the April 2023 Security Updates.

Known issues in this update

We are currently not aware of any issues with this update.

How to get this update

Before installing this update

We strongly recommend that you install the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system before installing the latest Rollup. SSUs improve the reliability of the update process to mitigate potential issues while installing the Rollup and applying Microsoft security fixes. For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions.

If you use Windows Update, the latest SSU (KB5023791) will be offered to you automatically. To get the standalone package for the latest SSU, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog.

Language packs

If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update.

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File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update KB5025287.

References

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