Patching your reference build
Patch your reference build on a regular interval. The recipe in this chapter that describes building reference machines stresses the need to have a fully automated process if possible. A fully automated process allows you to quickly run a build and capture to update the reference build. There is a new feature in CM12 that may allow you to increase the interval between running a build and capture process called Schedule Updates. This feature allows you to apply Windows updates to an offline image. In CM07, you could perform these steps manually using DISM commands. CM12 allows you initiate the steps from the console, and schedule them at a time that is convenient.
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Offline updates are not supported on Windows Server ...
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