CMS Hybrid Cloud Weekly change newsletter 3/12/2026
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Weekly change newsletter 3/12/2026




Each week, the CMS Hybrid Cloud program provides a list of upcoming changes, maintenance windows, and updates to help customers build awareness and plan effectively and summarizes changes from the previous week.

This newsletter includes:


Completed change summary for the week of 3/5/2026

  • 3/8/2026 - Marketplace SSM Patching - Prod 

To learn details about previous changes please go to the News and Updates section on cloud.cms.gov. (Secure Access required)

For Patching and Gold Image release schedule please view: Patching and Gold Image Release Calendar - 2026



3/18/2026 - Non-Marketplace SSM Patching - DEV/TEST/IMPL

Summary:

As part of our normal patching, the CMS Hybrid Cloud team will apply the latest Windows and Linux patches on Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET.  The week's patches will impact the DEV/TEST/IMPL environment for the affected Non-Marketplace applications noted below.

Actions we are taking:

  • Non-Marketplace DEV/TEST/IMPL
  • SSM Linux & Windows Vulnerability Patching

When is this happening?

Start Time: Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET

End Time:  Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 11:00 p.m. ET

Who will be impacted?

CEDAR, Million Hearts, FFSDCS, RASS, OC Base- eLDAP, SC CLIA, NTP LMS, Spott MACBIS, MDP, OC Base- WNMG, NEIL/HRES, OC Base- EWST, MacFin, eAPD Hi-C, OC Base- CMS Cloud Legacy, OC Base- DevSecOps SecDevOps, iServ, MDP, PECOS2.0, SEI, OC Base- PWSS, TRA, CMS ARTS, MCIM, RAD Analysis Tools, MCIM, Perm,  CMS Cloud - CRE, CMS Cloud - Enterprise Agile Tools, CMS Cloud tamer, CMS Cloud - CARD, CMS Cloud - ECS Fargate, CMS Cloud - Direct Connect, CMS Cloud - Jfrog SonarCube, CMS Cloud - DNS Prod, CMS Cloud - SRE, CMS Cloud - Governance 2.0, MEOWx, CMS Cloud - CloudBees Jenkins, CMS Cloud - CET, CMS Cloud - DevSecOps, CMS Cloud - Utilities, CMS Cloud - Testrail, CMS Cloud - CircleCI, CMS Cloud - Sam GSS Security GovCloud, SWIFT, AWS HEIDI, MDX, MSPSC, QMAC, ESS-TOOLS

MEPBS, EACMS, MacPro, PS&R, RDS, OC Base- APIM GEO, 1115 PMDA, CMS Cloud - Governance 2.0, CMS Cloud - QuickDNS, CMS Cloud - CMSNet, CMS Cloud - CCG Web Content, CMS Cloud - Network Arch, CMS Cloud - VPC Automation, CMS Cloud - Security Team, CMS Cloud - CCG Web Content, CMS Cloud Temporal, CMS Cloud - Splunk, CMS Cloud - CET, AWS GSS Security GC, occonfluence, ocjira, miniorange, ocsonarqube, MTF-PM,  NDW, MacFin, MTF-DM, PECOS-OM

What is the impact? 

Patches will be applied to the affected areas and reboots where tags are applied 


3/18/2026 - Marketplace SSM Patching - DEV/TEST

Summary:

As part of our normal patching, the CMS Hybrid Cloud team will apply the latest Windows and Linux patches on Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET.  The week's patches will impact the DEV/TEST environment for the affected Marketplace applications noted below.

Actions we are taking:

  • Marketplace DEV/TEST
  • SSM Linux & Windows Vulnerability Patching

When is this happening?

Start Time: Wednesday, 3/18/2026  at 6:00 p.m. ET

End Time:  Wednesday, 3/18/2026  at 11:00 p.m. ET

Who will be impacted?

FFM_Opera, FFM_QAO XES - CyberArk, VAMS, TWS, XES - XOC Tools, SERVIS, FFM_Shared_Services, FFM MLMS, XES - MSI Tech Lab, FFM_FM, FFM_TWS, XES - Service Virtualization, CMS Cloud - Advanced Monitoring

DSRS, FFM, FFM DSH, FFM EDI, FFM EFT, FFM ESDCU, MCR, FLH, OC Base- FLH, OC Base PET, FFM_MNPS

What is the impact? 

Patches will be applied to the affected areas, reboots may take places where tags are applied


3/18/2026 - Azure Update Manager Patching - DEV/TEST/IMPL 

Summary:

As part of our normal patching, the CMS Hybrid Cloud team will apply the latest Windows and Linux patches on Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET.  The week's patches will impact the DEV/TEST/IMPL environment for the affected MAG applications noted below.

Actions we are taking:

  • MAG DEV/TEST/IMPL
  • MAG Linux & Windows Vulnerability Patching

When is this happening?

Start Time: Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET

End Time:  Wednesday, 3/18/2026 at 11:00 p.m. ET

Who will be impacted?

Subscription:
CMS.VDC-CCS.IUSG.SharedServices.001.AG
ScopeInfoTech-CM-HEDIS PLD-005


Resource Group with Reboot:
RG-SS-LDAP-PROXY-DEV
RG-SS-LDAP-PROXY-VAL


Resource Group with No Reboot:
RG-AZE-HEDISPLD-DEV
RG-AZE-HEDISPLD-VAL

What is the impact? 

Patches will be transmitted to the affected areas. For some customers, reboots may occur depending upon the tags applied.



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