# of updates per month
Originally published on TechColumnist.
This report shows you the number of updates that were released each month for each product.
SELECT TOP (100) PERCENT CAST(DATEPART(YYYY, DateRevised0) AS CHAR(4)) + '/' + RIGHT(CAST(100 + DATEPART(MM, DateRevised0) AS CHAR(3)), 2) AS [Year/Month], Product0 AS Product, COUNT(*) AS Count FROM dbo.v_HS_PATCHSTATEEX WHERE (Severity0 > '5') GROUP BY CAST(DATEPART(YYYY, DateRevised0) AS CHAR(4)) + '/' + RIGHT(CAST(100 + DATEPART(MM, DateRevised0) AS CHAR(3)), 2), Type0, Product0 HAVING (Type0 = 'microsoft update') ORDER BY [Year/Month] DESC, Product