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William Golden
Copper Contributor
May 07, 2018
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1803 (Targeted)?

1803 build 17134 is now available   Did it release as Semi-annual (Targeted) or Semi-annual? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows-10/release-information   will it be the approximately 4...
  • Darrell Gorter's avatar
    Darrell Gorter
    Jun 05, 2018

    Microsoft updated the docs to make it clear, that when Telemetry is set to Zero, the deferral policies do not take affect and you make get the feature updates.

    Here are the links to the updated Docs

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-overview

    Important Devices on the Semi-Annual Channel (formerly called Current Branch for Business) must have their diagnostic data set to 1 (Basic) or higher, in order to ensure that the service is performing at the expected quality. If diagnostic data is set to 0, the device will be treated as if it were in the Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)(formerly called Current Branch or CB) branch. For instructions to set the diagnostic data level, see Configure the operating system diagnostic data level.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-configure-wufb

    Note Users will not be able to change this setting if it was configured by policy. Important Devices on the Semi-Annual Channel (formerly called Current Branch for Business) must have their diagnostic data set to 1 (Basic) or higher, in order to ensure that the service is performing at the expected quality. If diagnostic data is set to 0, the device will be treated as if it were in the Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)(formerly called Current Branch or CB) branch. For instructions to set the diagnostic data level, see Configure the operating system diagnostic data level.

     

    Thanks

    Darrell Gorter

SusanBradleyGeek's avatar
SusanBradleyGeek
MVP
May 29, 2018

You don't want to set telemetry to 0 as that ignores the Windows update for business settings.  If you use the don't use dual scan setting - and are behind WSUS you should be fine.

Mark Berry's avatar
Mark Berry
Copper Contributor
May 29, 2018
SusanBradleyGeek wrote:

You don't want to set telemetry to 0 as that ignores the Windows update for business settings.  If you use the don't use dual scan setting - and are behind WSUS you should be fine.

Agreed that AllowTelemetry should be at least 1, but according to the docs (see screen shots in my post above), all editions except Enterprise/EDU/IoT/server treat 0 as 1. In other words, with Pro, it's not possible to block telemetry. You would think that also means it is not possible to ignore Windows Update for Business settings.