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Get answers to your questions about managing the Windows devices used by remote, onsite, and hybrid workers across your organization, and keeping those devices up to date effectively! Get tips on rol...

Heather_Poulsen

Updated Oct 12, 2022

Iron Contributor

Aug 18, 2022

Our organization has not become comfortable with all 66% of our compatible PCs upgrading to Windows 11. In part because of the change to the Start Menu, but news of things like drive corruption does not help. To ease into this transition, is there a simple way to make the upgrade to Windows 11 something the user can opt into?

treestryder
Iron Contributor
Aug 22, 2022
For those reading along, here is Aria's response via Twitter:

Today, if you want to make it opt-in optional for end users you can either:
Not use any offering policies (deferrals / target version) OR Enroll the device in Release Preview
- treestryder
  Iron Contributor
  Aug 26, 2022
  Excluding a PC from its Update Ring policy did allow it to present the user an option to upgrade to Windows 11. It is too bad we cannot also enforce a Quality Update Deadline.
AriaUpdated
Microsoft
Aug 18, 2022
What management tool are you using? There are a few different ways to accomplish this. 🙂
- treestryder
  Iron Contributor
  Aug 18, 2022
  How might I enable opt-in Windows 11 upgrades with Intune?
- treestryder
  Iron Contributor
  Aug 18, 2022
  Autopilot onboarded to 100% Intune.
- Jason_Leznek
  Microsoft
  Aug 18, 2022
  We're not aware of a drive corruption issue; if you are seeing an issue please open a support ticket so we can take care of it!
  - treestryder
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 18, 2022
    This is the article circulating around our virtual water cooler. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/windows-11-and-server-2022-encryption-bug-could-damage-data-on-newer-devices/

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Aug 18, 20228:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT