{"id":6184,"date":"2018-07-13T06:33:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T04:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=6184"},"modified":"2018-07-19T09:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T07:08:58","slug":"microsoft-desktop-optimization-pack-mdop-july-2018-service-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2018\/07\/13\/microsoft-desktop-optimization-pack-mdop-july-2018-service-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) July 2018 Service Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/winb.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" align=\"left\" \/>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/13\/microsoft-desktop-optimization-pack-mdop-juli-2018-service-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>]Short notice for administrators in the Windows environment who have a Software Assurance contract available. Microsoft released the MDOP July 2018 Service Release for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) on July 11, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What is Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)?<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/de-de\/microsoft-desktop-optimization-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes<\/a>: The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a portfolio of technologies available as a subscription for Software Assurance customers. MDOP helps to improve compatibility and management, reduce support costs, improve asset management, and improve policy control.<\/p>\n<p>The MDOP Information Experience provides product documentation, videos, blogs, and other resources to help users implement and optimize their experience with the MDOP technologies. The linked website contains further details.<\/p>\n<h2>MDOP Service Release July 2018<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter user WZor, previous known for his hints on Windows 8\/8.1 Beta leaks posted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WZorNET\/status\/1017301978752475137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this tweet<\/a> mentiones the service release:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"de\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Download Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MDOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MDOP<\/a>) July 2018 Servicing Release fixes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KB4340040?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KB4340040<\/a> -&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3BUiPRUpEE\">https:\/\/t.co\/3BUiPRUpEE<\/a><br \/>\nthx <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinObs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WinObs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTJvaEd0eF\">pic.twitter.com\/vTJvaEd0eF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WZor (@WZorNET) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WZorNET\/status\/1017301978752475137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">12. Juli 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"preserve191c17080f7c4e59877c889fd48a3749\" class=\"wlWriterPreserve\"><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The download is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=57157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Microsoft page<\/a>. The download consists of the following files:<\/p>\n<p>MBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4340040.exe<br \/>\nMBAM2.5_Client_x64_KB4340040.msp<br \/>\nMBAM2.5_Client_x86_KB4340040.exe<br \/>\nMBAM2.5_Client_x86_KB4340040.msp<br \/>\nMBAM2.5_X64_Server_KB4340040.exe<br \/>\nMBAM2.5_X64_Server_KB4340040.msp<\/p>\n<p>Installation package for the 32- and 64-bit versions of the Windows clients and a 64-bit package for the servers are offered. Each package is available as an .exe file or an .msp file.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My hint: Download and use the\u00a0 .msp file (Microsoft Windows Installer Patch file) instead of the .exe files. The reason: The .exe variants just unpacks the .msp file into a temporary directory and then start the installer for the patch. This is not optimal for security reasons (see my German blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/microsoft-und-die-office-20xx-sicherheitslcke-in-ose-exe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft und die Office 20xx-Sicherheitsl\u00fccke in ose.exe<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>MDOP supports Windows 10, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2.<\/p>\n<h3>What else has to be considered<\/h3>\n<p>From Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) and Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) are included in the package. These components are maintained via the monthly Windows 10 update.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft's reference to KB4340040 given within the download page is currently useless. 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