Windows Patch Management

["Rose, Ryan" <Ryan.Rose () UNCO EDU>]

Greetings,
 
I'm curious how other institutions are conducting Windows Server Patch
Management.  Currently we are testing the patches in our test
environment for the week following the release date.  We then roll-out
the updates to all productions servers over the following weekend within
our maintenance windows.  This takes an amazing amount of time, we
believe it is best to stick to a monthly schedule but our sys admins are
going crazy.  Any suggestions or thoughts around this issue.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Ryan