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Windows 10 Feature Updates Remotely
We are currently using SCCM using Windows 10 upgrade task sequences to mange our Microsoft Windows 10 feature updates. With 300 of staff going remote and SCCM upgrade task sequences not being an opti...
AriaUpdated
Microsoft
Microsoftzaclaramay there are a few different ways that you can manage updates for your remote workers.
1. You can deploy feature updates as a software update from Configuration Manager and allow clients to acquire the content for those directly from Windows Updates rather than from on premise DPs while still maintaining management of the updates from Configuration Manager so long as you configure correctly (see these blogs 1, 2).
2. To further reduce VPN traffic, you can utilize Windows Update for Business which is free whether through Group Policy or through moving your Windows update workload to co-management with Intune. Please see the docs on how to set this up here.
Please let me know if you want any more information on either of these approaches. 🙂
AriaUpdated thank you for your reply. I will look into the managing the updates via Windows Updates rather than from on premise DP. We will just have to do some testing as we deploy several scripts in our Upgrade Task Sequence to resolve bugs in the Windows feature upgrade process.
-Zachary
For the scripts you run in your IPU process currently via a Task Sequence, you might be able to leverage the Custom Action Scripts that run at various times during the Windows 10 Setup Engine process:
https://garytown.com/windows-10-upgrade-custom-action-scriptsYou might also be able to leverage scheduled tasks, and have the scripts look for specific conditions to know when to run.
