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I'm surprised that, even after the March LCUs, almost none of my nearly 8,000 workstations are in the high confidence database yet. We run a majority HP laptops with mostly standard supported models from within the last few years, and Windows 11 24H2/25H2 with BIOS reasonably up-to-date for most devices. I would have expected to have seen many more devices attempting to update by now through Windows Update. Why is it taking so long for these devices to start the process? Your advice in the videos seems to lean towards most devices being updated automatically through Windows Update and we would have to manually deal with the remainers. At this point I'm unsure whether to continue waiting for the LCUs to hopefully and eventually update the majority, or get my devices enrolled in CFR already, or not even wait for MS to do this and start updating devices myself. Time is ticking, right?
I have the same situation. 20,000 endpoints using standard Dell models purchased within the last 1-4 years and only approximately 800 endpoints are showing the 'Updated' status in the 'UEFICA2023Status' registry entry. We have also pushed out the latest BIOS. Will we see more auto updates in April or do we need to start taking manual action on this? Would love to see a Microsoft response on this.
- Arden_White
Microsoft
Thanks for raising this. What you are seeing is consistent with how the High Confidence rollout is designed to behave early on.
The automatic path is intentionally cautious. Devices only enter the High Confidence database after we have sufficient real‑world servicing and reliability signals for that specific hardware and firmware combination. Early in the rollout, that means coverage grows slowly even on modern, well‑supported systems, especially when BIOS or firmware was updated recently and needs to be re‑observed.
The January, February, and March LCUs primarily established the pipeline and initial confidence data. We expect significantly more devices to become eligible in April and May as additional telemetry is collected and more hardware buckets graduate to high confidence. That expansion is already planned and does not require changes on your side beyond staying current on servicing updates.
For organizations that prefer not to wait, taking a managed approach using the published guidance is a valid option. The key point is that low numbers today do not indicate a problem with your devices, only that we are still building confidence before broad automatic deployment.
We’ll continue to expand coverage carefully and share updates as the rollout accelerates.
