Post-patch verification smoke tests

Overview

Patches close vulnerabilities only if services still run—automate smoke checks.

Examples

HTTP 200 on public portal, LDAP bind test account, database SELECT 1, print spooler test job.

Timing

Start tests 15 minutes post-reboot sequence completion; duration <5 minutes typical.

Failure

Auto-open Sev2; page on-call if ERP smokes fail.

Library

Central script repo versioned—no one-off test.ps1 on desktops mysteriously.