- After installing the .NET SDK update, build and run representative applications and confirm existing projects compile and execute normally.
- For SQL Server, install the GDR update onto the matching baseline or cumulative-update branch, then restart the service and run standard transactions.
- Verify a backup and restore, confirm Always On availability groups stay healthy, and test patch install and removal on each servicing branch.
The Readiness team suggests that this month’s testing lead with Remote Desktop. The client is both the most-patched component and the sole High Risk item, so give it a focused regression pass centered on printer redirection, then broaden to general connectivity, RemoteApp, clipboard and device redirection, gateway access, and licensing.
The NTLM authentication updates are the second priority: validate domain and standalone logon, file-share access, and application sign-in. Everything else is a no-functional-change security update, so cover networking, Hyper-V, storage, and graphics with routine regression. Office is MSI-only, with Click-to-Run untouched, and the .NET and SQL Server updates round out the developer and database estate.
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