1803.17

Note: Windows Server v1803 is out of mainstream support. This is the last release of Pivotal Stemcells for Windows, v1803.x.

Release Notes:

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday November 12th, 2019
• Added retry behavior for the file rename operation in the compilation VM to reduce risk of compilation failure due to custom antivirus installations in the base image

2019.12

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday October 8th, 2019
• Added a flag to stembuild package to allow user to specify patch version for the stemcell .tgz output
• Fixed a bug where stembuild construct was failing to execute with a DISM error
• Aligned Internet Explorer-based policies in stemcells built using stembuild with Microsoft Baseline Security Standard

1803.16

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday October 8th, 2019
• Added a flag to stembuild package to allow user to specify patch version for the stemcell .tgz output

2019.11

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday September 10th, 2019
• Enabled the Hyper-V Windows feature for enabling Windows 2019 stemcells built using stembuild
• Improved security hardening of Windows Stemcells by aligning Internet Explorer-based policies with the Microsoft Baseline Security Standard
• Fixed a bug that left user directories on the target machines after a user had terminated a BOSH ssh connection into that machine
  • Deleted: .ssh directory and all normal files in the home directory that may have been created during the ssh session
  • Not Deleted: .dat files loaded as part of the registry hive when a user logs in. Files will exist with file locks until the next VM reboot

1803.15

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday September 2019
• Fixed a bug that left user directories on the target machines after a user had terminated a BOSH ssh connection into that machine
  • Deleted: .ssh directory and all normal files in the home directory that may have been created during the ssh session
  • Not Deleted: .dat files loaded as part of the registry hive when a user logs in. Files will exist with file locks until the next VM reboot.

1200.38

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday September 2019
• Fixed a bug that left user directories on the target machines after a user had terminated a BOSH ssh connection into that machine
  • Deleted: .ssh directory and all normal files in the home directory that may have been created during the ssh session
  • Not Deleted: .dat files loaded as part of the registry hive when a user logs in. Files will exist with file locks until the next VM reboot.

2019.9

Features

• Works with Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday August 2019
• Aligned a set of audit policies on the stemcells based on Microsoft Baseline Security Standard

1803.14

Features

• Includes Microsoft Security Updates Patch Tuesday August 2019
• Introduced a new feature in stembuild construct command to validate/invalidate the OS based on stembuild version.

1200.37

Mob commit. Changed provisioner tests to use shared_examples pattern

Used to test different OS Version and IaaS combinations.

Co-authored-by: Daniel Basner <dbasner@pivotal.io>
Co-authored-by: George Gelashvili <ggelashvili+cf@pivotal.io>

1200.36

Features

• Intended to work with July 2019 Microsoft Security Updates