Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses.

This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for July 2023:

Windows Server 2016

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2016:

KB5028169 July 11, 2023

The July 11, 2023, update for Windows Server 2016 (KB5028169), updating the OS build number to 14393.6085, is a monthly cumulative update and includes one Identity-related improvement. This update addresses an issue that affects all the registry settings under the Policies paths. They might be deleted. This occurs when you do not rename the local temporary user policy file during Group Policy processing.

Windows Server 2019

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2019:

KB5028168 July 11, 2023

The July 11, 2023, update for Windows Server 2019 (KB5028168), updating the OS build number to 17763.4645, is a monthly cumulative update and includes two Identity-related improvements:

• This update addresses an issue that affects all the registry settings under the Policies paths. They might be deleted. This occurs when you do not rename the local temporary user policy file during Group Policy processing.
• This update addresses an issue that affects the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snap-in (dsa.msc). It stops responding. This occurs when you use TaskPad view to enable or disable many objects at the same time.

Windows Server 2022

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2022:

KB5018171 July 11, 2023

The July 11, 2023, update for Windows Server 2022 (KB5028171), updating the OS build number to 20348.1850, is a monthly cumulative update and includes two Identity-related improvements:

• This update addresses an issue that affects all the registry settings under the Policies paths. They might be deleted. This occurs when you do not rename the local temporary user policy file during Group Policy processing.
• This update addresses an issue that affects the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snap-in (dsa.msc). It stops responding. This occurs when you use TaskPad view to enable or disable many objects at the same time.