What does the Windows Update Offline data support?
Overview
Windows Update Offline data is a dataset provided by the MDES SDK and is represented through several files within the Analog package. For example:
In the
serverfolder, Windows Update Offline data is included in thepatch_system_aggregationfile.In the
clientfolder, the Windows Update Offline data is represented by thewuo.datfile.
This dataset allows customers to flexibly query available Microsoft KBs in both the Internet and non-Internet environment, helping endpoints determine which Microsoft updates are required for patching.
Currently, Windows Update Offline data focuses on supporting Windows operating systems newer than Windows 7 and a set of modern, widely-used applications, as outlined in the following sections.
Supported Classification
Classification | Supported |
|---|---|
Critical Updates | ❌ |
Definition Updates | ❌ |
Driver Sets | ❌ |
Drivers | ❌ |
Feature Packs | ❌ |
Security Updates | ✅ |
Service Packs | ✅ |
Tools | ❌ |
Update Rollups | ✅ |
Updates | ❌ |
Upgrades | ❌ |
Supported Operating Systems & Applications
Operating System/Application | Supported | Microsoft EOS |
|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2025 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2022 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2019 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2016 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2012 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows Server 2008 | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows 11 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows 10 LTSB | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows 10 | ✅ | ❌ |
Windows 8.1 | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows 8 | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows 7 | ✅ | ✅ |
.NET 6.0 | ✅ | ✅ |
.NET 7.0 | ✅ | ✅ |
.NET 8.0 | ✅ | ❌ |
.NET 9.0 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2019 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2017 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2016 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI) | ✅ | ❌ |
Microsoft Office 2013 (MSI) | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Office 2010 (MSI) | ✅ | ✅ |
Microsoft Office 2007 (MSI) | ✅ | ✅ |
Silverlight | ✅ | ✅ |