Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
A look at what Windows hotpatching is and how it works!
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▬▬▬▬▬▬ C H A P T E R S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Joy of patching
01:21 - Why we have to reboot
03:26 - Reboots are not popular
04:10 - Hot patching
05:50 - What hot patching works with
07:16 - Hotpatching over a quarter
10:15 - How does it work
12:33 - Forward and reverse attach
17:03 - Where can it be used
20:56 - Summary
22:26 - Close
▬▬▬▬▬▬ K E Y L I N K S 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
► Whiteboard:
🔗 github.com/johnthebrit/RandomStuff/raw/master/Whiteboards/Hotpatch.png
► Microsoft documentation:
🔗 learn.microsoft.com/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/manage/windows-autopatch-hotpatch-updates
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A look at what Windows hotpatching is and how it works!
🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there!
🤔 Due to the channel growth and number of people wanting help I no longer can answer or even read questions and they will just stay in the moderation queue never to be seen so please post questions to other sites like Reddit, Microsoft Community Hub etc.
▬▬▬▬▬▬ C H A P T E R S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Joy of patching
01:21 - Why we have to reboot
03:26 - Reboots are not popular
04:10 - Hot patching
05:50 - What hot patching works with
07:16 - Hotpatching over a quarter
10:15 - How does it work
12:33 - Forward and reverse attach
17:03 - Where can it be used
20:56 - Summary
22:26 - Close
▬▬▬▬▬▬ K E Y L I N K S 🔗 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
► Whiteboard:
🔗 github.com/johnthebrit/RandomStuff/raw/master/Whiteboards/Hotpatch.png
► Microsoft documentation:
🔗 learn.microsoft.com/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/manage/windows-autopatch-hotpatch-updates
▬▬▬▬▬▬ Want to learn more? 🚀 ▬▬▬▬▬▬
📖 Recommended Learning Path for Azure
🔗 learn.onboardtoazure.com
🥇 Certification Content Repository
🔗 github.com/johnthebrit/CertificationMaterials
📅 Weekly Azure Update
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nEv7jSfOVmQGRp9wAoAM0Ks
☁ Azure Master Class
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nGccbp8VSpAozu3w9xSQJoY
⚙ DevOps Master Class
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nFr8RzQ4GIxUEznpNR53ERq
💻 PowerShell Master Class
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nFq_hR7FcMYg32xsSAObuq8
🎓 Certification Cram Videos
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nHz2qfLvPsAz9CnnXofhmcA
🧠 Mentoring Content
🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlVtbbG169nGHxNkSWB0PjzZHwZ0BkXZZ
❔ Questions? Maybe I answered it in my FAQ
🔗 savilltech.com/faq
👕 Cure Childhood Cancer Charity T-Shirt Channel Store
🔗 johns-t-shirts-store.creator-spring.com
👂 Enable the subtitles and from there you can translate to your native language via the auto-translate feature in settings! youtu.be/v5b53-PgEmI for a demo of using this feature.
SUBSCRIBE ✅ youtube.com/channel/UCpIn7ox7j7bH_OFj7tYouOQ?sub_confirmation=1
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