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What is the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle?
Learn more about the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and how it helps establish security and privacy throughout the Microsoft development process.
Get the out-of-band security update for Internet Explorer
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The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 replaces version 2.0 and is available as a free download.

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