Driver Updates
Doc updateThe driver updates article adds a shared network-prerequisites include.
The period was dominated by documentation consolidation rather than a demonstrated product release. Intune’s feature, quality, and driver update material now points to shared Autopatch-backed prerequisites, while driver policy guidance spells out settings that can block driver installation. Separate guidance emphasizes Platform Single Sign-On for macOS registration, and Endpoint Privilege Management support for Azure Virtual Desktop single-session VMs remains listed as in development.
The Intune index describes feature update, quality update, and driver update policies as using the same cloud orchestration layer and sharing prerequisites. Licensing wording changed from Windows Enterprise E3/E5 or equivalent to a Windows license that includes the Autopatch entitlement; the Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant remains listed as a service requirement. This is documentation consolidation and terminology clarification, not evidence of changed backend behavior.
The Driver Updates Policy article warns that update rings and Settings Catalog policies can block Windows driver updates. It specifies Windows driver = Allow in update ring policy and Exclude WU Drivers in Quality Update = Allow Windows Update drivers in Settings Catalog; the guidance says both settings default to configurations that allow drivers. Review applicable policies before deployment.
The Windows updates index clarifies that Microsoft Entra registered devices aren't supported for Feature updates, Quality updates, or Driver updates policy types using the Autopatch backend. For those devices, update management remains limited to Windows Update client policies and update rings. The edit moves an existing limitation into a callout rather than announcing a new restriction.
The macOS endpoints guide calls Platform Single Sign-On the most secure approach for device attestation and registration, and describes enforcing the SSO extension during registration as a Zero Trust best practice that replaces traditional Company Portal registration. This is security guidance, not evidence of a new enrollment capability.
The Endpoint Privilege Management roadmap page restores an entry for deploying EPM policies to users on Azure Virtual Desktop single-session virtual machines. The entry says EPM elevation policies will work in that environment when support is added, but provides no general-availability indication or date.
This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.
The driver updates article adds a shared network-prerequisites include.
The index advises tenants blocked from creating Autopatch-required policies under EA licensing to contact their account team or licensing partner.
The feature update article removes a shared cloud-requirements block.
The driver policy article removes its former Create Windows driver update policies heading and introductory procedure text.
The article is retitled Windows driver update management and updates its introductory wording and applicable-platform presentation.
The driver updates article removes shared platform and other prerequisite blocks as content is consolidated into reusable requirement sections.
The article warns that update rings and Settings Catalog can block drivers, and specifies Windows driver = Allow and Exclude WU Drivers in Quality Update = Allow Windows Update drivers.
The article removes the earlier detailed callout about update-ring and Settings Catalog settings that block drivers.
The Windows updates index removes the table comparing manual and Autopatch update coordination.
The Windows driver and Exclude WU Drivers setting guidance received indentation fixes.
The overview says feature, quality, and driver update policies share the Autopatch orchestration layer and have the same prerequisites across those three types.
The driver updates article replaces the inline RBAC-permissions list with shared tenant and RBAC prerequisite content.
The Windows updates index adds that updates fail when the Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant service is blocked or disabled, and notes its default Manual (Trigger Start) setting.
The quality updates article now includes a reusable licensing-prerequisites section.
The expedited updates article removed its explicit unsupported-cloud notice for GCC and GCC High/DoD environments.
The index changes feature, quality, and driver update references to explicitly say policy.
The note about the Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant service was formatted as a nested callout.
The index corrects plural wording for feature, quality, and driver update policies.
The prerequisites emphasize Microsoft Entra joined or hybrid joined devices; Microsoft Entra registered devices remain limited to Windows Update client policies and update rings.
A blank line was removed from the driver updates article.
The Markdown driver-updates-overview article was removed in a table-of-contents update.
The rollout options article removes the warning that gradual rollout would be unavailable after October 14, 2025.
The reports article removes the detailed prerequisites section in favor of consolidated requirements content.
The report article removes its standalone prerequisites content during requirements consolidation.
The iOS LOB app size and bundle-identifier guidance was reformatted; its app-targeting caution remains intact.
The macOS endpoints guide says Platform Single Sign-On is the most secure approach for device attestation and registration and recommends enforcing the SSO extension for Zero Trust device identity.
The limitation on Entra registered devices using Autopatch-backed policy types is moved into a callout.
The MDT Integration retirement row now links to Microsoft’s MDT retirement information while retaining the direction to remove MDT task-sequence steps and integration.
The deprecated-features page changes the MDT retirement reference to a troubleshoot.microsoft.com URL.
The in-development page restores an Endpoint Privilege Management support on Azure Virtual Desktop entry.