Implementing Windows 11 - updates not showing through configmgr

New admin here - our old admin left unexpectedly and I hopped in his place, so i apologize for the questions i'm about to ask as they might be simple. 

I originally asked on Reddit and they suggested I look here.

I'm in the middle of piloting windows 11 with myself only (getting the basic TS working, DISM removing software, etc). I was waiting until this update cycle before i handed it out to a few IT folks to test their apps with, but this is when i discovered software updates were not showing as required nor installed on any of the 4 devices I installed this on. 

• Device list
  • 3 VMWare VM's 
  • 1 Dell 7080
• ConfigMgr Version 2211
  • we've been using config manager here since the very early SMS days 
  • currently have about 1400 windows 10 clients fully functional
• VLSC Windows 11 22H2 22621.2134 

Went through the guide on Prajwal Desai ( https://www.prajwaldesai.com/deploy-windows-11-using-sccm-configmgr/ ) 

Imaging went off mainly without a hitch

• I've been pushing apps
• automatic mandatory apps have been installing
• we use patch my PC which is updating W11 clients as well without any issues. 

The software Update problem. 

No windows 11 clients are showing any required, nor installed updates on either the VM's OR the Dell desktop. 

• WUAHandler is showing that it has successfully scanned the device (it's identical to the W10 boxes) 
• Summary is showing every 6 hours 
• client settings show updates every 4 hours
• the image i've been using is 22621.2134
  • the cumulative update should be catching this
    • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-14-2023-kb5032190-os-builds-22621-2715-and-22631-2715-f9e3e13c-5e98-42c2-add8-f075841ca812 
  • if not the superseded update should be catching these at least.
    • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/august-8-2023-kb5029263-os-build-22621-2134-f8d4d3de-47c1-40e1-a2e6-97c2770ee2e8 

Like i mentioned above, applications are installing, patch my PC is installing software, so SCCM is functional to these devices, it's just not scanning W11 devices correctly (W10 is working just fine) 

unsure where to start looking... thanks all!