Do all updates have to take place in Adobe Application Manager?

Upon opening some Adobe apps, lets pick Acrobat as an example, I get prompted to update to the latest version by a pop-up window with a click-to-download link. Do I do this or should I wait until the AAM tells me there is an update?
Will it cause issues to update from outside of the AAM?

Hi Ankertw,
It shouldn't matter whether you go to Help>Updates in the programs themselves or through the Adobe Application Manager, the result should be the same.
-Dave

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