Microsoft's patchy patchwork extends to Virtual Machine Manager

Redmond's patchwork mess has extended to Virtual Machine manager, after a recent patch spoiled when exposed to the sun. Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager emerged in early February, promising security, reliability and networking improvements, plus support for SUSE Linux Enterprise …

[Nathan Brathahn]

you forgot Data Protection Manager

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/6e8bbabc-089f-42f1-8af1-8715df4a33a8/problem-with-dpm-2012-r2-console-after-install-ru5?forum=dataprotectionmanager

All repeat: 'never patch on a patchday'

[Anonymous Coward]

We had hypervisor because Windows is a nightmare to patch

Now, from the same people that created the Windows patching nightmare, here comes the hypervisor patching nightmare?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: We had hypervisor because Windows is a nightmare to patch

"here comes the hypervisor patching nightmare?"

An order of magnitude fewer holes in Hyper-V Server than say ESX or KVM though.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: We had hypervisor because Windows is a nightmare to patch

Got proof for your bilgewater?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: We had hypervisor because Windows is a nightmare to patch

"An order of magnitude fewer holes in Hyper-V Server than say ESX or KVM though."

Who cares when it's not open to the world and easier to patch in the first place? And those other two options don't discriminate on the platform I'm using to manage them from which is another big plus.