Windows Auto Patch vs Intune Update Rings

cindyjimenez - This is a great question, Windows Autopatch provides an additional layer for you to mitigate issues when deploying Windows Updates. The Windows Autopatch deployment rings are segregated at the device level, meaning, during the Windows Autopatch device registration process, we assign devices to one of our 3 deployment rings: First, Fast or Broad. We then have different WUfB policies applied with different settings for each Windows Autopatch deployment ring. The Windows Updates ring is different than Windows Autopatch’s since it provides you with controls on when to start offering updates for devices and when these devices should start installing the updates. Again, the goal here is to combine both Windows Autopatch deployment rings at the device level and the Windows Updates rings to help you mitigate risk in your environment.

We also highly encourage you to have devices added into our test ring to start testing these updates before they make to our Broad ring.

Stay tuned for a doc update here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/operate/windows-autopatch-update-management, where I’ll make a clear distinction of all the deployment ring controls available and how its algorithm works during the device registration process in Windows Autopatch.