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How does this setting...
...Work in conjunction with this setting? Does the QU ring setting have to be enabled for this FU setting to work? Since the FU ring setting is based on Win10 --> Win11, does it function at all if the QU ring setting is No.
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David_GuyerMicrosoft
The setting in Update Rings policies is there for those customers who do not want to use feature update policies for any reason. They are not intended to be used together. We recommend using the feature update polices because they offer benefits like gradual rollouts, starting on a specified date, specifying the version, and reporting... not to mention the new feature that will also ensure devices not eligible for Windows 11 are update to the latest Windows 10 22H2 release (something the Update Ring setting does not do). So, when using the Feature update policies, leave the Upgrade Windows 10 devices to Latest Windows 11 release setting to No, so that the feature update policy can do it's magic. Hope that helps.- Hey David, this helps. We've often found that the Update Ring policies affect update policies in other scenarios, such as feature updates, driver updates, etc. So, thank you for clarifying. Can you please confirm one last thing? So, if the Update Ring policy "Upgrade Windows 10 devices to Latest Windows 11 release" is set to no, and then you deploy a Feature Update targeting Win 11 23H2 to a Windows 10 device (that is W11 capable), will it upgrade the device? Many thanks!
- David_GuyerYes, that's right. In Update Rings, leave that setting to No (which doesn't actually mean "block", it just means don't do it the update rings way). Then, using a feature update policy, setting it to Windows 11 will update all Windows 10 devices eligible for Windows 11.