You must patch 120 Arc-enabled Windows Server machines monthly on the second Saturday. Requirements: a 120-minute maintenance window, reboot if required, exclude optional/preview updates, and produce compliance reports showing missing updates and installation results. What should you configure?
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Correct answer: In Update Management Center, create a recurring schedule targeting a dynamic group of Arc-enabled machines, set a 120-minute maintenance window, select Security and Critical classifications, disable optional updates, and set reboot to If required..
Why this is the answer
The Update Management Center (UMC) is the native Azure solution for managing updates across Azure, on-premises, and Arc-enabled servers. It directly supports all requirements: scheduling recurring updates, defining maintenance windows, specifying update classifications (Security and Critical fulfill the exclusion of optional/preview updates), and handling reboots. UMC also provides built-in compliance reporting. Legacy Azure Automation Update Management is an older solution being deprecated in favor of UMC and relies on the Log Analytics agent (MMA), which is not the primary agent for Arc-enabled servers. WSUS via Group Policy is an on-premises solution that doesn't integrate natively with Azure for centralized management and reporting of Arc-enabled servers. Azure Policy with a Deny effect prevents certain actions but doesn't manage the update deployment process itself; Windows Update for Business also lacks the centralized control and reporting needed for Arc-enabled servers in this scenario.
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