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June Patch Tuesday Testing Guidance
June 12, 2025
Each month, the Readiness team analyzes Microsoft’s latest updates and provides technically sound, actionable testing plans. While June’s release includes no stated functional changes, many…

Microsoft Desktop Analytics: What’s next?
August 3, 2022Microsoft's Desktop Analytics was one of the core pillars of Microsoft migration "facilitation" effort where tools and tool-kits where employed to reduce the cost, complexity…
App Wednesday – July 27th
July 28, 2022This monthly blog entry is aimed at mid-month Microsoft updates that includes: patches, application updates, lifecycle changes and application related events. We will cover security…
What is the hardest part of application packaging? It’s not what you think
July 25, 2022The application packaging process is what can be best described as a series of concurrent technical IT processes required to deliver applications in a controlled,…
Microsoft Managed Desktops: The road to success?
July 20, 2022One of the patterns emerging from Microsoft today is what appears to be a strategic shift in thinking about their service offerings. Microsoft has worked…
With a light July Patch Tuesday, it’s time to invest in your IT processes
July 15, 2022Though this month's Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft deals with more than 86 reported vulnerabilities, the testing and deployment profile for July should be easy…
Patch Tuesday: Testing Guide for July 2022
July 13, 2022This month's testing guidelines for the July Patch Tuesday update releases from Microsoft
We are in: Microsoft ISV for Success Program
July 8, 2022We are delighted to be selected for the preview of the Microsoft ISV Success program.
The Capability Model and Readiness: Part 1
July 6, 2022This posting from Greg Lambert details the history of automation in desktop application packaging and the current state of the industry. Viewing that the recent…
Readiness Assurance v3 Released: Thank you Microsoft
July 3, 2022Readiness has just released Version 3.0 of their application lifecycle platform. Thank you Microsoft! Thank you Microsoft for Startups.