Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Win32 .msu deployment guidance now carries an explicit not-recommended warning

The period was documentation-only: all eight supplied entries were updates, with no new, removed, or Message Center items. The most consequential clarification is an explicit warning against deploying Windows update packages as Win32 applications. A separate note documents battery optimization as a possible cause of missed custom notifications; the remaining changes mainly improve onboarding links, terminology, and Microsoft Graph references.

• Intune · App management

  Win32 .msu update deployment is explicitly marked not recommended

  The Win32 deployment page now states: “Deploying updates using application method is not a recommended way of deploying updates,” and says the article is provided AS-IS. This is documentation guidance, not evidence that the method was retired or made unsupported.

• Intune · General

  Custom notification guidance adds a battery-optimization delivery caveat

  The Custom Notifications page now warns that battery optimization settings on some devices can prevent notifications from being delivered. It suggests disabling battery optimization for the Company Portal or Intune app to improve reliable delivery.

• Intune · Fundamentals

  Free-trial onboarding adds license and role-assignment pointers

  After configuring the EMS free trial, the page now points administrators to confirm their trial licenses and links to built-in Intune role assignment for the admin team. It also describes the Intune admin center as the place to manage devices, apps, and policies.

• Intune · General

  Managed Home Screen restore documentation switches to current Graph paths

  The Device Restore Managed Home Screen page now references /graph/api/resources/intune-devices-manageddevice for the managed-device resource and adds the restoreManagedHomeScreen action path /graph/api/intune-devices-manageddevice-RestoreManagedHomeScreen. This is a reference correction, not evidence of changed API capability.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.