Expanding invitations to move to Windows 11 to more people

We use 3rd party patch management, and have a GPO preventing any automated patches to our machine fleet. So how EXACTLY does Microsoft know I am using 3rd party patch management to avoid being classified as an un-managed device???

"Note: Managed devices are those that you manage via Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows Autopatch, or other third-party management tools. Other devices are considered non-managed."

Please clarify. This can´t be true. This will cause mind-boggling chaos!

Does this mean that even though we have an on-prem Windows Update for Business GPO to set the "Target Feature Update Version" to Windows 10, that users will still be prompted to upgrade to Windows 11?

Why should regular users be asked to answer such an impacting question? Shouldn't elevated permissions be required to make such a change to a system?

is this a April fool joke????

@VictoriaWang AriaUpdated

"Note: Managed devices are those that you manage via Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows Autopatch, Windows Update for Business, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), or select other third-party management tools. Other devices are considered non-managed."

Please clarify which "select other third-party management tools" you are referring to and provide more details on how you will detect whether a device is being managed by one of those tools.

Please also clarify if it will be possible to use a GPO to block Windows 11 from being offered to users if an organization is using a third-party management tool other than the "select other third-party management tools" that you referenced.

Hi all, just to be clear - this change will not impact any of you who manage Windows updates for your devices. This is true whether you are configuring any Windows Update policy via CSP or GP, using WSUS, leveraging the Graph API with Autopatch, etc. 

aka - the only users who will see this are the users who are already being offered Windows 11. If you are already managing whether or not Windows 11 is offered to your devices, then there is no change to you. However, I would recommend you start planning your Win 11 deployment ASAP. 🙂 

Hey Microsoft,

Please keep the marketing idiots away from technical blogs. If they're unable to liaise with developers/admins to provide the salient technical details then they're dead weight and should be sacked. Seems like management haven't culled the right people of late.

VictoriaWang michaeltriche are you listening?  Please stop this.

Recently installed a new unmanaged device with Windows 11 23H2. The original computer had Windows 10 22H2. The ability to restore settings from the Windows 10 &device from MSA cloud backup worked well an even transfered start screen from Windows 10 to 11. So for cloud and MSA adapted users it's a breeze. 

But how about "unmanaged" Windows 11 business devices:

• Will the IPU retain the start screen and other OS settings
• Will the IPU enable all security settings like Core Isolation, Application and Browser :Control, SMART screen and other Edge Security settings, Storage Sense, Delivery Optimization etc?
• Will Microsoft Terminal become the default console? 
• How about managing winget? 
• Do you have a GPO transitioning guide?
• When will be the best time to transition the Windows 10 22H2 central store admx policies to Windows 11 23H2?
• How can admins manage a fleet of Windows 10 and 11 due to the fact of having only one version in central store?

What the hell?

Two questions:

1) Since when domain joined devices are not managed? What about GPO policies which we use specifically to control when and how to upgrade?

2) What is the control mechanism to disable the new "offering"?

Allowing users themselves to upgrade Windows en-masse is a terrible, terrible idea.