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 _This file holds "in progress" release notes for the current release under development and is intended for consumption by the Chef Documentation team. Please see <https://docs.chef.io/release_notes.html> for the official Chef release notes._
 
-# Chef Client Release Notes 12.17:
+# Chef Client Release Notes 12.18:
 
 ## Highlighted enhancements for this release:
 
-- Added msu_package resource and provider which supports the installation of Microsoft Update(MSU) packages on Windows. Example:
+- You can now enable chef-client to run as a scheduled task directly from the client MSI on Windows hosts.
 
-  ```ruby
-  msu_package 'Install Windows 2012R2 Update KB2959977' do
-    source 'C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\Windows8.1-KB2959977-x64.msu'
-    action :install
-  end
+## New deprecations introduced in this release:
 
-  msu_package 'Remove Windows 2012R2 Update KB2959977' do
-    source 'C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\Windows8.1-KB2959977-x64.msu'
-    action :remove
-  end
+### Chef Platform Methods
 
-  # Using URL in source
-  msu_package 'Install Windows 2012R2 Update KB2959977' do
-    source 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/my_bucket/Windows8.1-KB2959977-x64.msu'
-    action :install
-  end
-
-  msu_package 'Remove Windows 2012R2 Update KB2959977' do
-    source 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/my_bucket/Windows8.1-KB2959977-x64.msu'
-    action :remove
-  end
-  ```
-
-- Alias `unmount` to `umount` for mount resource
-Example:
-
-  ```ruby
-  mount '/mount/tmp' do
-    action :unmount
-  end
-  ```
-
-- You can now pass multiple nodes/clients to knife node delete or knife client delete operations.
-
-  ```bash
-  knife client delete client1,client2,client3
-  ```
-
-## Highlighted bug fixes for this release:
+- **Deprecation ID**: 13
+- **Remediation Docs**: <https://docs.chef.io/chef_platform_methods.html>
+- **Expected Removal**: Chef 13 (April 2017)