Ask Microsoft Anything: Secure Boot - March 12, 2026

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It's time for our third 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 playb...

Pearl-Angeles

Updated Mar 11, 2026

AMA

Sunila Chugh

Copper Contributor

Mar 12, 2026

Can you please clarify what does 'Not applicable' means for the certificate status in the Intune report - Reports>Windows quality updates>Reports>Secure Boot Status>Certificate status and if any action is needed for these?

Jason_Sandys

Microsoft

Mar 12, 2026

Hi Sunila Chugh, This is generally due to one of two things:

The device hasn't reported in yet.
The device isn't configured to share diagnostic data.

The documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/monitor/secure-boot-status-report#data-freshness-reporting-latency-and-diagnostic-data-requirements has more details on this.