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Sure, for home versions but updating a server version without explicit direction to do so is really bad for business.

In this case, based on comments there, new server is not licensed anymore and not activated after the upgrade. Making this problem much worse, as options are either purchasing new licenses or reinstalling everything.

Edit: it's not clear to me how much responsibility lies with 3rd party update management tool and how much with Microsoft. This update doesn't seem to automatically run by itself, but it might be misclassified so that these tools think it's a security update and just deploy like any other patch.

Some of the Windows 10 upgrades were unlicensed and not activated, too. They worked for 30 days or so, then asked for activation and a serial key. Some worked longer than that and then deactivated themselves. It was chaos for the end users, but Microsoft spent money on buying new serial keys and licenses.

For your business. Not for Microsoft's

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