In March 2021, I published the blogpost “Configuring Windows Update for Business settings for your Microsoft Endpoint Manager managed Modern Workplace“, in that blogpost I described the Windows Update for Business (WUfB) configuration I used, based on the best practices defined by Microsoft defined in their paper titled: “Optimizing Windows 10 Update Adoption“, which is…
Category: Windows Update for Business
Gradual rollout options for upgrading to Windows 11 are now available in Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Microsoft has made available service release 2111 for Microsoft Endpoint Manager, this release contains a lot of updates which are described on the What’s new page, see: Week of November 15, 2021 (Service release 2111). Some of the updates are related to who we can gradually rollout to Windows 11, which is reflected in the…
With Windows Update for Business configured, will my devices automagically start updating to Windows 11?
Tomorrow, on October 5th Microsoft will make Windows 11 Generally Available. Many of my customers already asked if this will have any impact on their existing deployment rings. Here is what I know so far. Microsoft released the following documentation: Plan for Windows 11 and Prepare for Windows 11. On the page they mention the…
Configuring Windows Update for Business settings for your Microsoft Endpoint Manager managed Modern Workplace
Keeping Microsoft windows devices up-to-date has been a challenge I have been dealing with for a long time now. Within Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager/ConfigMgr getting grips on your updates was and is not an easy experience which you configure once and never have to touch again. If you in todays world are using Microsoft Endpoint…