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It's time for our fourth Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) about updating Secure Boot certificates on your Windows devices before they expire in June of 2026. If you've already bookmarked Secure Boot play...
Pearl-Angeles
Updated Apr 15, 2026
mihi
Apr 22, 2026Brass Contributor
As a very general summary, this is roughly correct.
- This does not only refer to the KEK update, but updates of all the Secure Boot keys. For KEK, there also needs to be a signature by the vendor of your firmware (its Platform Key) submitted to Microsoft so that the KEK can be updated.
- Whether a device is considered managed or not depends not only on whether WSUS is used, but also whether the device is domain-joined and whether telemetry is enabled and actually usable, and maybe other factors
- All the mentioned registry options (both for opting in via Available updates and for opting out) are available on all devices, managed or not
- The main difference between managed and unmanaged devices is that unmanaged devices can also receive their update via Controlled Feature Rollout (if they are lucky/unlucky and telemetry suggests that it should be tried), resulting in potentially being updated before the LCU that sets them to high confidence reaches them. However, there is no way to enforce or trigger whether you will be Chosen a Guinea Pig for Microsoft or not (if you are an unmanaged device)
- In case Microsoft considers your device managed, but you have telemetry enabled and explicitly want your device to be used as a Guinea Pig, you can set MicrosoftUpdateManagedOptIn registry key. This only has an effect if your device is considered managed.
Naotsugu
Apr 22, 2026Occasional Reader
Thank you for your answer, mihi.
I understand it very well now.