process of moving Windows Updates into Intune from SCCM
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Hi All,
I am currently in the process of moving Windows Updates into Intune from SCCM. Will be using Update Rings and the associated Quality/Feature Update profiles.
I have the update rings working well in pilot testing. Now trying to get my head around upgrading Win10 devices to Win11 using the “Feature updates for Windows 10 and later” profile, as I know once our update workloads are moved to Intune, this will be one of the next tasks for our org.
I have a test device which should meet all Win11 pre-requests. I have assigned the test device an update ring with Feature Update deferral set to 0 days. I have also assigned a feature update profile with Windows 11 23H2 selected, and the rollout option is “Immediate Start”. However, the feature update will now show up on the device.
Can someone confirm; if I am using a feature update profile to push new feature updates, does the update ring setting “Upgrade Windows 10 devices to Latest Windows 11 release” need to be enabled for it to work, or will the feature update profile apply regardless of this setting? I have looked online and found mixed advise on whether this setting needs to be enabled for the feature update policy to work…
Posted by Mitchell Scott in HTMD FB Group
Answers ( 2 )
Replied by John Omar Pol
The effect of the policy is once we migrated our w10 devices to Autopilot, It will automatically download the latest w11 version along with the rest of the patch and drivers update.
Replied by John Omar Pol
Haven’t tried using the policy with enrolled w10 devices with Intune already. Since we’re currently migrating our standalone devices to Intune
Replied by Stuart Watret
Reach out to Aria on X. She might confirm. I stopped using that method as the timing of the upgrade was so ‘vague’.
@ariaupdated
Fore More Details Manage Windows 11 Readiness Dashboard using SCCM
https://www.anoopcnair.com/manage-windows-11-readiness-dashboard-sccm/
Replied by John Omar Pol
yes, you should enable it. When I test this for my org even w10 devices not qualified for windows 11 get the policy which of course fails.
Replied by Mitchell Scott
John Omar Pol Thank you. So, if I enable the Upgrade Windows 10 devices to Latest Windows 11 release” setting in the update ring, but have no feature update policy applied to a device, it will not update to Win11?
The naming/explanation of these settings really needs some work from Microsoft’s end. To me, that reads that even without a feature update policy assigned, devices on Win10 will be upgraded by the update ring itself, which I don’t want. I want to control feature updates using the feature update policy.
Replied by John Omar Pol
my bad checked it just now, so in my update rings upgrade of windows 11 is disabled, I only enabled this in feature update since I’m only targeting w10 devices, I created a separate windows feature policy for w10.