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It is once again that time of the update cycle for Microsoft to give us a heads up on what we can expect next week for this months Patch Tuesday security related updates.

According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2012 there will six bulletins released with updates for Microsoft Windows, Office and other technologies.  One of the updates applies to all currently released versions of Internet Explorer.

Here is the entire list of software that is being updated with these bulletins:

Internet Explorer

  • IE6
  • IE7
  • IE8
  • IE9

Windows Software

  • Windows XP (SP3; x64 with SP2)
  • Windows Vista (SP2; x64 with SP2)
  • Windows 7 (RTM; SP1, x64 with SP1)
  • Windows Server 2003 (SP2; x64 with SP2; Itanium with SP2)
  • Windows Server 2008 (SP2; x64 with SP2; Itanium with SP2)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64 RTM; x64 with SP1; RTM Itanium; Itanium with SP1)

Office Software

  • Office 2003 with SP3
  • Office 2007 with SP2 and SP3
  • Office 2010 RTM
  • Office 2010 with SP1
  • Office 2003 Web Components with SP3
  • Works 9

Server Software

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for 32-bit Systems SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for Itanium-based Systems SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for x64-based Systems SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP3
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP3
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP3
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
  • Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 SP1
  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 SP4
  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 SP2
  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2009
  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 R2

Developer Tools and Software

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2
  • Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime