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cingram91
Copper Contributor
Oct 13, 2022

Are There Options For Autopatch To Update Windows During Autopilot

Hello,

 

One thing I'd love to know about that I haven't seen is the possibility of Autopatch to run during the Autopilot sequence. 

 

I'll give an example scenario. Hypothetically our devices are all unrolled into Autopatch and they're all either on the most up to date Windows versions, or in the last rings with the plans for them to get patches soon. We then report this to the relevant parties that we're running version xyz, with xyz being the version for the last rings in the Autopatch patching sequence.

 

Then hypothetically we have a device sent from a resellers warehouse that is a version behind xyz and two versions behind the latest Windows versions. After being shipped to the end user, it running through Autopilot, it's then running 2 versions behind.

 

Are there any Autopilot/Autopatch settings that give us customisability around this? It'd be great to have something so that the two talk to each other, so if the device running through Autopilot is 2 versions behind, it would then make a decision to either go to old version being used in the business (version xyz) or the latest version (the ones in the first Autopatch rings)?

 

As I'm sure is the same with everyone, we want our devices to have all of the Endpoint hardening settings to be completed via the Autopilot sequence, whether that be configuration policies, latest versions of Windows/Apps etc. 

 

Thanks 🙂

2 Replies

  • RichardLian's avatar
    RichardLian
    Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
    Nov 02, 2022

    Hi cingram91,

     

    Thank you for sharing your question and thoughts. It would be great if you could add your feedback to the Windows Autopatch · Community (microsoft.com)  This is where the Windows Autopatch Product team track the features or capabilities you need from Windows Autopatch, and allows community members to share and upvote ideas.

     

    Regards,

    Richard 

  • Ugur_Koc's avatar
    Ugur_Koc
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 26, 2022
    Hi cingram91,

    this is something I wish for every Ignite. What we saw is that, while Devices are in the Autopilot process, only critical, security updates for Windows are installed. That means that there is a step where the device goes and searches for updates. What we did not see yet is which update is being installed. Sometimes devices don´t even install new updates and just finish Autopilot.

    Autopatch then runs, depending on the rollout groups (First, Fast and Broad) and updates the devices after the user logs in and after Autopilot finishes.

    I would really like an option to install all desired updates in the Autopilot process.

    Best Regards,
    Ugur

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