i'm currently working on a product that is build on microsoft stacks such as sql server, entity framework, wcf, c# and biztalk server.

so recently we're running into weird issues on our production servers and now we're troubleshooting this issue.

we're kind of lost.

so we're looking into anti virus exclusion and cumulatives updates for biztalk server.

but my question now is what's the best way to keep track of all the hot fixes?

do we just check for them, i.e. google it up only when we have issues?

i've googled online and found that there's a microsoft baseline analyzer tool.

and the other thing is microsoft blog which is updated on a weekly basis which contains all the recent hot fixes.

are there a better way or best way?

thanks for my ignorant question.