Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/hotpatch.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-update-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/index.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-update-policy.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-ring-policy-settings.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-update-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-update-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/index.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-update-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates-windows-10.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/hotpatch.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/index.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-update-policy.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates-policy.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-policy-settings.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/agents/vulnerability-remediation-agent-use.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/rollout-options.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/software-update-agent-error-codes.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/index.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-policy-settings.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/hotpatch.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-quality-updates.md.

A new quality update policy article describes Hotpatch security updates that take effect without a restart.

The driver policy guidance now asks administrators to plan how driver and firmware releases are evaluated, approved, and deployed to reduce risk before creating policies.

The Hotpatch guidance now explains that Windows quality update policies can install eligible security updates without requiring an immediate device restart.

Devices without a Windows quality updates policy continue receiving monthly quality updates through Windows Update; update rings and Windows Update client policies still control deferrals, deadlines, restarts, and notifications.

Quality update policies are described as a cloud-orchestrated policy surface that supports direct Intune management or Autopatch, expedited deployments for urgent security needs, and Hotpatch for eligible devices without immediate restart.

When a vulnerability recommendation starts with Expedite at CVSS 9.0 or higher, the remediation agent now directs administrators to the expedite section of the Windows quality update policy guidance.

Recommendations marked Expedite for CVSS 9.0 or higher now direct administrators to the dedicated expedited quality updates guidance.

A new article explains Hotpatch updates and managing them through Windows quality update policies in Intune.

Driver update policy guidance is dated January 13, 2026 and streamlines the initial navigation to Devices, Windows, Manage updates, Windows updates, Driver updates, then Create profile.

The dedicated article is titled Expedite Windows quality updates instead of Windows quality updates policy.

The Hotpatch guidance gains a Hotpatch quality updates report section for monitoring deployment status and errors.

The architecture explanation states that Intune sends identities, policy, approvals, and pause commands; Autopatch configures Windows Update; devices provide diagnostic data and receive approved driver updates.

The article title is now Windows Update rings policy and its description covers creating and managing update ring policies; Intune Plan 1 is linked as the core requirement.

Quality update policies are positioned for advanced deployments such as Hotpatch or Windows Autopatch-managed workflows rather than ordinary monthly servicing.

Feature update policy guidance directs administrators to the Accessing feature updates reports location when confirming that devices reached OfferReady before proceeding.

The article is retitled Manage Windows feature updates and describes using Intune policies to manage Windows feature updates.

The driver update requirements now include the shared cloud prerequisite content.

Feature update guidance recommends setting Feature update deferral period to 0 so an update-ring deferral does not delay the feature update policy.

Feature update policy requirements now include shared cloud environment guidance.

The Windows 10 guidance directs administrators to the feature update policy explanation of multiple policies targeting a device.

Quality update policy requirements now include shared cloud environment guidance.

A separator is removed as Hotpatch reporting guidance is moved into dedicated Hotpatch content.

The quality update policy section is named Expedite Windows quality updates, keeping the same workflow in the consolidated policy guidance.

The Update rings guidance now displays the current update-rings image asset.

The feature update policy description shifts from creating releases to managing Windows feature update policies in Intune.

The quality update overview no longer includes the Hotpatch monitoring and reporting section that described deployment status and errors.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates-policy.md.

The Update Ring policy settings content removes an extra blank separator.

The article removes the Use deadline settings heading and its statement that deadline settings can be configured.

The quality updates policy article adds an Expedite Windows quality updates in Microsoft Intune section.

The Update settings heading changes from level three to level two while the former settings table is removed.

A new reference article documents Windows Update settings available through Intune Update Ring policies.

A reference article was added for Windows Update settings manageable through Intune Update Ring policies.

The article removes its Setting, Description, and CSP Reference table and begins converting Microsoft product updates guidance to a section-based layout.

The article deletes a commented legacy introduction describing feature and quality servicing updates.

The article date is updated from July 15, 2024 to January 12, 2026 and the Microsoft product update setting is reformatted.

The settings table adds Windows drivers Allow/Block with the ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate CSP and explains 0–30 day quality update deferrals; it also corrects the Microsoft Update CSP link.

A commented legacy description about holding devices at a specific feature update version is removed.

The reference removes Automatic behavior frequency, Scheduled install day, and Scheduled install time from its automatic update behavior guidance.

Only blank lines were added to the update rings policy settings article.

Microsoft product updates is converted from a heading and list to a bold setting label with Allow and Block choices.

The Validation and reporting section is removed and a Co-management considerations section is introduced.

The settings table adds the BranchReadinessLevel CSP reference to Enable pre-release builds and removes a general behavior-reference sentence.

The reference now states that feature update deferrals can be set from 0 to 365 days and adjusts prerelease build formatting.

The article removes wording that update rings shape installation timing and removes the direct link to the policy settings reference from the creation step.

The reference removes Restart checks (EDU Restart), the user option to pause updates, and the user option to check for updates while retaining expanded automatic update behavior guidance.

The update rings article removes the listed feature deferral, uninstall period, and prerelease-build entries from its limitations text.

Microsoft product updates and Windows drivers headings are changed from level-three to level-four headings.

Automatic update behavior changes back from a level-five heading to a bold label and the EDU Restart heading is adjusted.

A commented legacy introduction explaining approvals, pauses, and recommended versus optional drivers is removed.

The article links multiple-policy behavior to update-rings-policy-settings.md and replaces a creation-section link with the feature updates article root.

Automatic update behavior changes from a bold label to a level-five heading.

The policy creation steps now direct administrators to update-rings-policy-settings.md instead of settings.md for available Update ring settings.

The shared device-configuration include path is corrected from three parent levels to two.

The Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant service requirement is changed from a list item to a direct note.

The policy reference expands Automatic update behavior with Notify download, maintenance-time installation and restart, scheduled installation, no end-user restart control, and reset-to-default behavior, including Active Hours and AllowAutoUpdate references.

A blank callout spacer separates adjacent controls in the Update Ring settings guidance.

Option to pause Windows updates changes from a level-four heading to a bold setting label.

The former expedite-updates.md article was removed after expedited quality update guidance was incorporated into quality-updates-policy.md.

The quality updates article removes its inline prerequisites heading and shared licensing include during content reorganization.

The move-from-update-ring-deferrals-to-feature-updates-policy article was removed after its guidance moved into feature-updates-policy.md.

ring-policy-settings.md, another Update Ring policy settings reference, was removed.

settings.md, the reference for Windows Update settings in Intune Update Ring policies, was removed.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/review-logs-using-azure-monitor.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/review-logs-using-azure-monitor.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/review-logs-using-azure-monitor.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/review-logs-using-azure-monitor.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/feature-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/quality-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/compatibility-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/compatibility-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/review-logs-using-azure-monitor.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/expedite-quality-updates.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/driver-updates-reports.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings-reports.md.

The distribution report is described as a sequence of organizational reports and consistently refers to quality updates when presenting device counts for the selected scope.

Feature update reporting guidance now describes integrated deployment-status reports without repeating data-collection prerequisites, report-only data scope, or latency material.

The driver reporting guidance adds an Accessing driver updates reports section while retaining the statement that its data is used only by driver update reports.

The drill-down report description now refers to Windows feature versions and clarifies that Windows Insider or other releases are grouped when they do not match a generally available Windows feature release and documented quality-update level.

Data retention is promoted to its own section; driver update data remains available for six months after the last event and older versions disappear after no device requires them.

Driver reporting guidance presents Driver updates summary, Driver updates, and Update failures as tabbed views; the driver view continues to show applicable policies for a selected driver across policies.

Feature update reporting content includes the shared Intune admin center link definition used by its navigation guidance.

Report access now starts at Devices > Windows, then Manage updates > Windows updates, before selecting Update rings.

Archive links for feature update reports and expedited quality updates now point to their current report and quality update guidance locations.

Driver report prerequisites now direct administrators to Manage Windows driver updates for the required environment conditions.

The Update rings report illustration now points to the current update-rings image asset.

The quality update reports guidance no longer contains the additional Hotpatch report section.

The article date is updated to January 12, 2026 and the User permissions to use reports heading is removed.

The report introduction retains the deployment and status description but removes the detailed Intune navigation path and default-policy screenshot.

Known issues is renamed Known issues and limitations and gains an API operator support limitations subsection.

The article removes the Windows quality update distribution report heading and its description of per-quality-update device counts.

The QU device version tab now uses the device-version anchor instead of feature-version.

The article removes its Prerequisites and Licensing headings during requirements-content consolidation.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/quickstart-add-assign-app.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/quickstart-create-assign-app-policy.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-4-acp-edge.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-5-settings-catalog.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-overview.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-7-troubleshoot.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-6-security-baseline.md.

Added Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-6-end-user-experience.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-5-settings-catalog.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-4-acp-edge.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-overview.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/mtd-connector-enable.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-7-end-user-experience.md.

Removed Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/mamedge-8-troubleshoot.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/apps-win32-app-management.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/apps-win32-add.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/lob-apps-ios.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/vpp-apps-ios.md.

The iOS/iPadOS purchased-app guidance removes the link for organizations not yet migrated to Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.

Tier1 for Intune provides mobile customer relationship management, including client details, interaction history, opportunities, call reports, tasks, meetings, and files through Intune-protected access.

Clarity Express for Intune provides Android and iOS access to work items, progress tracking, and Clarity data while using Intune app protection policies.

Qlik Analytics provides Android and iOS access to cloud analytics, dashboards, offline downloaded analytics, metric alerts, and insight sharing while using Intune app protection policies.

Jump AI supports Android and iOS meeting recording, uploaded recordings, structured notes, meeting review, and recorded-content management under Intune app protection policies.

The Intus scheduling app listing now includes the Android app alongside iOS and describes access to work schedules, availability, hours, shift management, and notifications.

Datadog provides Android and iOS access to alerts, incidents, dashboards, logs, monitor state, and performance metrics while using Intune app protection policies.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/free-trial-sign-up.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/free-trial-sign-up.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/quickstart-create-user.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/quickstart-create-group.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/admin-tasks.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/admin-tasks.md.

The Government service description now directs expedited update information to Windows quality updates guidance.

The migration guidance carries a January 8, 2026 date, indicating its planned review point.

The article date changes from December 15, 2025 to January 8, 2026.

The What's New page adds a Week of January 12, 2026 section for Enterprise App Catalog Win32 installer script support.

The article date is updated and spacing is normalized for the iOS/iPadOS Managed property row.

The title and description now describe managing common administrative tasks centrally across Intune capabilities.

The article is renamed Centrally manage common admin tasks in Microsoft Intune.

The What's New entry replaces a delay notice with availability beginning January 13, 2026 and identifies the 2026-01 B quality update as the first offered update.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/quickstart-send-notification.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/quickstart-create-custom-role.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/quickstart-set-password-length-android.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/mobile-threat-defense.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/microsoft-defender-with-intune.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/role-based-access-control.md.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration guidance now emphasizes Mobile Threat Defense device compliance and preventing security breaches.

The integration guidance identifies the Microsoft Defender XDR portal for subscription access and threat reports, while retaining the high-risk device flow that lets Intune remove corporate-resource access.

The prerequisites clarify that the administrator needs an Intune role able to configure the settings and cite Endpoint Security Manager as an example.

The onboarding guidance is titled Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Intune and Onboard Devices.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/microsoft-defender-with-intune.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/microsoft-defender-with-intune.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/protect/microsoft-tunnel-prerequisites.md.

Windows client planning guidance replaces expedited updates policy references with quality updates policy references.

The former settings page removes its introductory Update settings text and renames its main section to Update rings settings as content moves to policy-specific references.

The article is retitled Update rings policy settings and moves Windows 10-to-latest Windows 11 upgrade information into the reorganized settings layout.

The supported-workloads table changes Settings catalog (DDM) from unsupported to supported.

The expedited-update content participates in the move toward a consolidated quality update policy experience.

The policy settings guidance removes an interim Update rings settings section heading as the reference is reorganized around the policy configuration flow.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/enrollment/quickstart-enroll-windows-device.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/index.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/enrollment/quickstart-setup-auto-enrollment.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/try-intune-overview.md.

The article recommends ending update-ring deferrals when using feature update policies because combining them can delay installation; user-experience settings can remain.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/remote-actions/device-wipe.md.

The article date is updated and its Windows OS Edition filter guidance is revised as part of the January release.

The supported OEMConfig app table adds FCNT Senior Care, FCNT Schema, and Sonim package identifiers.

The supported OEMConfig applications table adds X with package identifier com.X.rgoem.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/whats-new-archive.md.

The Settings Catalog note explaining that Edge, Office, and OneDrive settings do not follow Windows OS version or edition filtering is indented beneath the relevant guidance.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/configuration/quickstart-email-profile.md.

The article explains that selecting two or more Android management modes displays settings that apply to at least one selected mode.

Settings Catalog guidance now links user or device scope to its explanation, retains OS Edition examples, and removes the earlier inclusive multi-management-mode explanation and Android filter tip.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in autopilot/known-issues.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in autopilot/known-issues.md.

The known issue for devices not receiving quality updates during Hybrid Entra joined deployments is removed, and the page date advances to January 13, 2026.

Known issues now includes Devices don't get Quality Updates during Hybrid Entra joined deployments, dated January 13, 2026.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/install/list-of-prerequisite-checks.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/site-and-site-system-prerequisites.md.

Configuration Manager version 2509 guidance announces that AdminService rejects NTLM authentication.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/admin-tasks.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/advanced-analytics/device-query-multiple-devices.md.

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/advanced-analytics/device-query-multiple-devices.md.

The Enterprise App Catalog article updates its date and describes the Win32 app type as supporting customizable capabilities including PowerShell script installers.