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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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As we’re pretty sure you all remember, back in 2022, the Redmond tech giant announced a new service calledWindows Autopatch, dedicated to enterprise customers.

Basically, it represents a way to automate updates while empowering IT admins to ensure that endpoints are healthy and compliant through ring-based, staggered deployments.

Thus, IT admins would also have the ability to reverse updates easily if something does go wrong. Now, Microsoft published new information on the topic.

Microsoft made some notable changes to Windows Autopatch

The so-called update reins are handed to Microsoft’s mechanisms with IT admins overseeing the process, and all this became generally available in July 2022.

Back then, we also learned that there were certain prerequisites for using this new service:

Fast forward to today, Microsoft hasannouncednew guidelines for its customers. And, yes, we are going to take a more in-depth look and see what changed.

Starting now, the Tenant Management blade is getting some enhancements in May 2023 so that it can provide more alerts on expiring licenses and access-related issues for Windows Autopatch.

The tech giant has also urged admins to navigate to this blade and take action immediately if they find any such alerts or risk interruptions to the service.

Furthermore, the Windows Autopatch section will also be marked asinactiveif changes are required, according to Redmond officials.

Additionally, Microsoft has added new functionalities to Windows Autopatch in the public preview, as you are about to see:

Know that the above-mentioned capabilities can be enabled through the Autopatch Groups (preview) tab in the Intune admin center, general availability is slated for May 1, 2023.

What is your take on these new changes? You can share your thoughts and opinions with us in the comments section below.

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With a desire to always get to the bottom of things and uncover the truth, Alex spent most of his time working as a news reporter.

With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

Check out these new Microsoft Autopatch alerts and functions#

Microsoft made some notable changes to Windows Autopatch#