I installed a demo version of Windows Server 2016 over the weekend, and I was going through my usual drill of setting things up. I believe I was in the midst of installing Anaconda, a Python distribution for Windows, when I decided to grab a snack. Perhaps 5 minutes later I come back, and "uh-oh...what's this? 30%, don't turn off my computer???" Windows had decided to reboot all on its own to apply updates. Right in the middle of a software installation I was performing.
Apparently Server 2016 is going to be just as moronic by default as Windows 10. I just can't see how in the world that Microsoft thinks letting a restart happen automatically after updates is a good thing on a server operating system. A bit of research and sure, it all seems tweakable, but in a very non-sane way. Some options are in the settings menu, some options you can tweak via group policy, other options you need to download a tool from Microsoft. Can the options not all be in one place? Argh! Can they at least have some sane defaults???
Or maybe I'm missing something regarding updates making them intuitive and easy to deal with, but it sure doesn't seem so. At this point it just boggles my mind how much of a nightmare it all is.
And yes, I am aware of WSUS, but that sure seems like overkill for a standalone server such as the one I'm currently experimenting with.
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