The previous one is shown here for documentation reasons only. Since Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio v18.7.1 (Build 8.0) Microsoft seems to have changed the registry key to '18.0IsoShell' and the previous '14.0' key can be removed.
The previous one is shown here for documentation reasons only. The value True (Default) enables and False disables the update notification. Since Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio v18.7.1 (Build 8.0) Microsoft seems to have changed the registry key to '18.0_IsoShell' and the previous '14.0' key can be removed. The value True (Default) enables and False disables the update notification. Software is only deployed by idiots per user. Software is deployed per machine and not per user. Microsoft has for unknown reasons moved this setting into HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
But your users do not have permission to install updates and you maintain updates via WSUS. SQL Server Management Studio 17.x is available via WSUS. You may have seen that SQL Server Management Studio 2017 automatically bubbles and asks for updates.
