Microsoft introduced a brand new coverage that permits admins to regulate how optionally available updates are deployed on Windows 10 enterprise endpoints on their networks.
The coverage might be out there after putting in the November optionally available replace, and it may be configured as a Group Policy Object (GPO) or a Configuration Service Provider (CSP) coverage to decide on how month-to-month preview updates might be delivered to customers throughout all the group through Windows Update for Business.
“With the upcoming November 2023 optionally available replace, it is possible for you to to mechanically deploy optionally available Windows updates or allow customers in your group to get them similar to on Windows 11,” Microsoft mentioned.
“Configure this coverage as a Group Policy Object (GPO) or as a Configuration Service Provider (CSP) coverage and select the kinds of optionally available updates that fit your organizational objectives.
On Windows 10 gadgets the place the brand new coverage might be configured, customers can have the choice to decide on to:
- Automatically get the most recent optionally available updates by deciding on “Automatically obtain optionally available updates (together with CFRs).”
- Only get the most recent optionally available cumulative updates mechanically if “Automatically obtain optionally available updates” is chosen.
- Select what optionally available updates to get by visiting Settings > Windows Update › Advanced choices > Optional updates after deciding on “Users can choose which optionally available updates to obtain.”
Microsoft Program Manager Anton Fontanov mentioned that each one configured high quality replace deferral settings might be revered whatever the choice chosen after configuring the ‘Enable optionally available updates’ coverage.
You can discover the coverage underneath:
- Group Policy: Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows ElementsWindows UpdateWindows Update for BusinessEnable optionally available updates
- Configuration Service Provider (CSP) Policy: /Policy/Config/Update/PermitOptionalContent material
Besides deciding on the kind of optionally available non-security updates to get, Windows 10 customers may also have the choice to toggle on “Get the most recent updates as quickly as they’re out there” to get all the most recent updates (it will require a system restart).
“Users that choose to do nothing will ultimately obtain the fixes and options within the optionally available updates as a part of the next safety or characteristic replace,” Fontanov mentioned.
“No matter which choice they select, be assured that your customers’ gadgets will proceed to get common safety updates per your configured insurance policies.”
Since August, Windows 11 admins can even management how optionally available updates are being deployed on enterprise gadgets on gadgets managed with Windows Update for Business or Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).