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AMA: Windows Autopatch

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Thursday, Oct 27, 2022, 08:30 AM PDT
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Find out how Windows Autopatch is evolving to make Windows and Microsoft 365 update management more secure and more capable. Members of the marketing, product, and customer acceleration engineering t...
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Rob de Roos
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Oct 27, 2022

Will you in the future also add Firmware updates to the solution? (like bios or hardware firmware). These updates are so often forgotten or not up to date and can be absolutely necessary for security or support reasons.

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    Waags
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    Oct 27, 2022
    Drivers and firmware that are published to Windows Update as Automatic will be delivered as part of Windows Autopatch. A subset of non-Microsoft device drivers is supported. Drivers and firmware that are published to Windows Update as ‘Automatic’ will be delivered as part of Windows Autopatch. Drivers published as ‘Manual’ will not be supported. These would need to be installed by other means. All drivers for the Microsoft Surface family of devices will be managed by Windows Autopatch.
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    SoupAtMSFT
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    Oct 27, 2022
    At present, Windows Autopatch only deploys those updates marked as "Required". We're investigating opportunities around optional updates in collaboration with the Windows Updates for Business team.
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Oct 27, 20228:30 AM - 9:30 AM PDT