Control and Manage Windows quality updates with Intune
On October 15, a new Windows quality update policy experience appeared in my tenant. First impression: another way to manage quality updates. The point isn't managing quality updates. It's deciding which ones you take and when, which get approved automatically, which sit and wait for manual human approval, and how long each one waits before it reaches a device. If you've ever had an optional preview update land in production because nobody was watching the ring, this is the control you've been missing. Approval used to be blunt. You had updating rings, deferral periods, and limited control over update types. Now a single quality update policy gives you four update categories, each independently set to automatic or manual, with its own deferral. Quick machine recovery and hotpatch settings live in the same policy. And the same approval settings govern supported .NET Framework releases, which is easy to miss. Where to find it Devices > Manage updates >...
