Exploring the Azure Update Management Center

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Prerequesites:

  • An Azure account with an active subscription.
  • Your role must be either an Owner or Contributor for Azure VM and resource administrator for Arc enabled servers.
  • One or more Azure virtual machines, physical or virtual machines managed by Arc-enabled servers.
  • Ensure that the target machines meet the specific operating system requirements of the Windows Server and Linux. For more information, see Overview.
  • Azure Windows / Linux VM agent installed


Enable this setting to automatically check for updates every 24 hours.


References:

Maintenance Configurations for Azure virtual machines using the Azure portal - Azure Virtual Machines
Learn how to control when maintenance is applied to your Azure VMs using Maintenance Configurations and the Azure portal.
Overview of Maintenance Configurations for Azure virtual machines - Azure Virtual Machines
Learn how to control when maintenance is applied to your Azure VMs using Maintenance Control.
Quickstart - deploy updates in using update management center in the Azure portal
This quickstart helps you to deploy updates immediately and view results for supported machines in update management center (preview) using the Azure portal.
Azure Update Management Center - CHARBEL NEMNOM - MVP | MCT | CCSP | CISM - Cloud & CyberSecurity
In this article, we will show you how to centrally manage and update your virtual machines using the new Azure Update Management Center (UMC).
Azure Maintenance Configurations