Mobile Threat Defense
UpdatedMobile Threat Defense connector guidance was expanded with certificate synchronization content and refreshed connector-status material.
Day in brief
Windows update policy guidance makes rollout choices and prerequisites explicit
New feature and quality update policy guidance describes the choices administrators make between required and optional deployments, Hotpatch readiness, and expedited-update compatibility. The day’s broader MTD changes are largely documentation maintenance, while the material Windows update additions are operationally significant.
- Feature update policies gain required-versus-optional rollout guidance
Intune · Device updatesThe new guide explains that a policy can hold a device to a chosen Windows version, expose the update as required or optional, and use rollout options for timing. Optional updates require Windows Autopatch licensing and need user action; changing between optional and required affects only devices that have not progressed too far into installation.
- Quality update policy lists Hotpatch and expedite compatibility checksIntune · Device updates
The new policy checklist points administrators to quality-update prerequisites and warns that preview builds, some update-ring choices, and Group Policy values such as WSUS location, Automatic Updates, feature deferral, and Disable Dual Scan can interfere with expedited deployment.
- Expedited update guidance separates prerequisites from deployment behaviorIntune · Device updates
The updated documentation moves shared network, tenant, platform, device-configuration, and RBAC requirements into common content. It specifies that Update Health Tools remain necessary before Windows 11 24H2, while expedited policies still override quality deferrals for urgent servicing rather than normal monthly management.
This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.
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UpdatedThe connector setup guidance states that Certificate Sync data is sent to Mobile Threat Defense partners at an interval based on device check-in.
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A dedicated quality updates policy article was added, covering Hotpatch security updates without restart.
The article description now covers managing Windows quality updates with quality update policies, expedited updates, and Hotpatch to maintain security and compliance.
The article is retitled Manage Windows driver updates and adds context that OEM driver and firmware releases can affect reliability, security, and hardware support, so organizations may prefer controlled approval.
Windows Update rings policy
UpdatedThe article adds an overview of update ring policies: they control deferrals, restart settings, deadlines, active hours, and notifications, and can define test, pilot, and production stages alongside feature, quality, and driver policies.
A dedicated article was added for feature update policy settings and creating feature update releases.
Expedite Updates
UpdatedThe expedited updates article removes its How expedited updates work section as content is reorganized.
Index
UpdatedThe overview now describes Autopatch as an Intune-integrated service for keeping Windows devices protected, and explains that feature, quality, and driver update policies use the same orchestration service but can be managed directly without Autopatch enrollment.
The article title changes from Configure Windows feature updates releases to Manage Windows feature updates and replaces its introductory description.
Quality Updates Policy
UpdatedThe quality update policy prerequisites visually separate the update-ring settings table, which requires Enable pre-release builds to remain Not configured because Beta and Dev builds are unsupported for expedited updates.
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The quality update article title is pluralized and its Hotpatch introduction is refreshed.
Properties Catalog
UpdatedThe requirements now include Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices alongside corporate-owned, Intune-managed, and Entra joined devices.