Forum Discussion
MicrosoftNew Microsoft 365 apps update channel names, new IT Pro guidance and a new channel!
May I know what percentage of Enterprises(>50K users) adopted which channels?
We are struggling with semi-Annual Channel and planning to move to Monthly because of many product bugs.
MicrosoftFiroz1723 that's a great question. many enterprise customers are finding that the Semi-Annual channel is a too slow with product features, code improvements and bug fixes. They also found the current channel to be to fast with its potential for multiple updates in a calendar month. Therefor, we created and HIGHLY recommend that customers in your situation use the Monthly Enterprise Channel. This channel is specifically designed to give our customers those bug fixes and new features faster, while staying predictable in its update cadence - one update a month, on patch Tuesday.
Hopefully that answers your question. Let me know if you have any follow ups or would like to discuss channel changing further. Happy to help!
Eric
- Hi Eric, I tend to disagree here. Non-security updates (every month for all channels) provide fixes for known issues to provide stability/performance. You change the channel for users if you want the newest features as soon as they are ready.
- Eric_WayneHey bec064! One thing to keep in mind though, and one of the main reasons we created the Monthly Enterprise channel is while you are correct - some Non-security updates can go into every channel each month, we really don't make changes out of band if we can help it. For example, when we are made aware of a bug we will fix it, then release it into our faster channels first. It will then take the normal cycle to get to the Semi-Annual channel, which, depending on when the fix is released, could take that full 6 months. The same is true of things like performance boosts in Outlook for example. I always caution customers to think about those scenarios as well when planning their channel strategy as most customers tend to think of new feature cadence as the only decision when choosing their channels.
- Hi! Thanks for the super fast reply. That certainly is handy to know and something that - really - should be made more clear at the docs.
For both monthly and semi-annual for example.
”Non-security updates”
Once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-update-channels
