Microsoft Download Center still offering Windows update downloads

The October 2016 patch day was the first month in which only update packages were made available.

Without rehashing what is considered already, this meant the next things:

1.Windows users can either use Windows Update to set up one massive update package, called monthly rollup, including security and non-security patches.

2.A security-only update is provided via visio 2016 professional Update Catalog and WSUS. Including just the security patches released for the month.

Microsoft noted the security-only update package would simply be made available via WSUS or the company's Update Catalog. The former is just available to organizations, the latter only if you utilize Internet Explorer as it requires ActiveX. There is a workaround for that though.

While Microsoft was adamant concerning the availability of update packages -- it explicitly stated that security-only updates would only be made available via WSUS and Microsoft Update Catalog -- it turns out that downloads continue to be available on Microsoft's Download Center site too.

If you check out one of the security bulletins, MS16-124 for example on buy office 2010 professional website, you will observe links to KB download pages right on that page.

This means that users can download the security-only updates from Microsoft's Download Center site too.