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Modernized updating for your Surface Dock

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John_Kaiser
Former Employee
Sep 20, 2019

The latest firmware for Surface Dock now runs automatically in the background and simplifies the process of keeping your Surface Dock up to date. For full details, refer to Microsoft Surface Dock Firmware Update. 

 

The tool comes packaged as a separate .MSI file in Surface Tools for IT. Simply download and install the tool on your Surface device to automatically update your Surface dock.  And of course, the Windows Installer .MSI file can be deployed remotetly across multiple Surface devices.

 

It supersedes the earlier Surface Dock Updater tool, which has been retired, is no longer available for download, and should not be used. 

 

Surface Dock includes two high-definition video ports, a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB 3.0 ports, and an audio output, enabling users to transform their Surface device into a desktop PC. 

 

 

Updated Sep 20, 2019
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24 Comments

  • "Requires Windows 10 Pro RS4 (version 1803) or later" PRO? You ship Surface Pro 6 (consumer) with Home, not to mention Surface Laptops, Go, etc. 

     

    Why would you do this?

  • jamesstein's avatar
    jamesstein
    Copper Contributor

    So lets so I update a dock with this and then move my surface to another dock. How can to verify that the new dock has the current firmware?

     

    Will HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WUDF\Services\SurfaceDockFwUpdate\Parameters change when I plug into a new dock?

     

  • It's currently only available via MSI. The intent is to make it available via Windows Update at some point but no details have been announced. Commercial customers who deploy updates across the corp environment would always need to use the latest version of this tool. 

  • Mendioroz's avatar
    Mendioroz
    Former Employee
    Hi John, Is this coming through Windows Updates as well? Or only via MSI?