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MicrosoftLet's split your ask into two separate asks - Lenovo drivers being one ask, BIOS/UEFI updates as another. In terms of driver management, in Autopatch you can configure your driver approvals to be Automatic for one or more rings. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/manage/windows-autopatch-manage-driver-and-firmware-updates covers the details about how to set Automatic approval for a ring. If all of your devices are from Lenovo, this is pretty easy - all of your rings would have Automatic driver approval. If you have a mix of Lenovo and other devices, and only want to Automatically approve your Lenovo drivers, then you would need to do some ring construction to keep Lenovo devices across one set of rings with automatic driver approval, and then your other devices in a different set of rings with manual driver approval. Now, when it comes to BIOS/UEFI, these types of driver updates are always going to require manual approval. These drivers show up in the "Other drivers" tab of your list of drivers to approve. You will need to decide which BIOS/UEFI drivers you want to install and then approve them.
Now, when it comes to BIOS/UEFI, these types of driver updates are always going to require manual approval.
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I was under the impression that these would be automatically approved and added to the Recommended list. We see this for most devices.
Looking at our driver update policies, I see what you mean. Is this documented somewhere that we'll need to perform a review? Are there other classes or manufacturers that also require review?
- EricMoe
Check out, Manage driver and firmware updates | Microsoft Learn - the OEMs determine what goes into "Recommended" versus "Other" - and generally BIOS/UEFI updates sit in the "Other" tab because of the impact to end users.