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Hi,<br />
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Mostly there are no problems with these updates and hotfixes.<br />
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Can I suggest that you take an off-line backup of the system databases, as well as making sure you have functional backups of all databases. And make sure that the server itself is backed up.<br />
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HTH<br />
&nbsp; David
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Hi,

Mostly there are no problems with these updates and hotfixes.

Can I suggest that you take an off-line backup of the system databases, as well as making sure you have functional backups of all databases. And make sure that the server itself is backed up.

HTH
  David

arnold

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Read the release notes. Some updates require that additional steps be taken to properly implement the update.
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Read the release notes. Some updates require that additional steps be taken to properly implement the update.

Sr. Developer

Ron Malmstead

Programmer

litmic

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I'm new to SQL Server. Running Microsoft SQL Server 2017 v14.0.1000.169 on windows 2016 server, now want to apply security update/ hot fix on it, how to download and install the patches? Any precaution should be taken for the patch installation?
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I'm new to SQL Server. Running Microsoft SQL Server 2017 v14.0.1000.169 on windows 2016 server, now want to apply security update/ hot fix on it, how to download and install the patches? Any precaution should be taken for the patch installation?

Ms SQL security update/ hot fix deployment

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