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- I know with Windows Update for Business Driver/firmware updates don't align with Patch Tuesday, potentially causing more reboots on a device then needed. Is this the same with autopatch? I had also read that Microsoft was looking to add this on the roadmap for Windows Update for Business. If this isn't a included in Autopatch, is it on the roadmap? Do you have an ETA?
SirescreekMicrosoft
It is on the roadmap! No ETA at this time.
- Harman_Thind
Regarding the various questions on Windows Autopatch licensing availability:
Licensing requirements are staying the same—Windows Autopatch customers will continue to use the same licenses for the service. Those licenses are: Microsoft Intune, Entra ID Premium, and Microsoft 365 / Windows 11 Enterprise E3/E5, and now Microsoft 365 F3 too. These rights extend to Windows 365 Enterprise.
For A3/A5 (EDU), and Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscriptions, organizations will retain the license rights to use all existing Windows Update for Business deployment service capabilities. New subscribers will also have rights to use Windows Update for Business deployment service.
- An important note: For existing WUfB customers, you will not be losing any functionality, you can still continue using the service and technology as you previously had, just now under a new brand, Windows Autopatch.
- Thanks for the clarification on this 🙂
- Deploying a driver & firmware update policy to multiple device models, will it be possible in the future to view and sort the drivers/firmware per device model? At this point, we need to create policies for each device model we are using, to identify which driver/firmware needs to be reviewed and approved.
- SirescreekThe ability to tell to which models a driver applies will be coming in a future update. No ETA at this time.
- When will autopatch be available for Education skus ?
- AriaUpdatedCurrently you can leverage all of the offering controls leveraging the Graph API and all of the client policies (CSPs/GPOs) if you have A3/A5 license. As for the Autopatch UI in Intune, we have no news to share today with respect to EDU licenses. Stay tuned. 🙂
- I know adding additional channels to Office 365 updates was planned, what is the status of that? Semi-Annual would be very helpful.
- Same question here, had to exclude a bunch of devices last week from Autopatch due to the current requirement of Current Channel for Copilot. Would have expected that additional channel support before the launch of Copilot to avoid conflicting timelines.
- Char_Cheesman
Community Manager
Welcome to Windows Autopatch: Simplifying the update management story and the second annual Microsoft Technical Takeoff for Windows + Intune! Have a question? Post here in the Comments so we can help. Let’s make this an active Q&A!
- We're still digesting how to adopt automatic patching controls like SI-2(5) in our org, and how it can be done without being in conflict with ITIL guidelines such as change management. I'm familiar with WUfB and deployment rings, but how does autopatch allow admins to stay on top of release notifications and rollback capabilities?
- Is there an approx GA target date?
- Unifying the management of all types of updates is great. Can this also be expanded to BitLocker suspension? As of today, only Feature Updates suspend BitLocker but Quality Updates or drivers/firmware not. It would be great if all Autopatch triggered restarts could suspend by default. For a company still required to have a PIN configured, this would allow us to really update outside the end-users' active hours.
- Is Autopatch going to be available for Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscriptions?
- Harjit_Dhaliwal
We have covered the licensing requirements in this recent blog post as part of our Microsoft Igniite announcements.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/what-s-new-in-windows-autopatch-microsoft-ignite-2023-edition/ba-p/3982944
