6. Windows Autopatch – Release Management, Reports and Notifications

In this last section, I want to discuss Release Management, Reports, and Email and Message notifications. These are all must-know sections when you are planning on deploying Autopatch. Release ManagementWhere to find this?Windows Feature Management explainedRelease StatusesPhase StatusesRelease AnnouncementsRelease SettingsAutopatch GroupsPlanning for a New Release (Custom Release)Setting the Release PhaseNotifications - Email and Portal MessagesQuality … Continue reading 6. Windows Autopatch – Release Management, Reports and Notifications

5. Windows Autopatch – Entra ID Groups, and Policies

In this section I would like to deep dive on few things that is getting created as a part of the Tenant Enrollment. The good thing about this is that your Autopatch environment will be ready for you and ready to go when you enrolled it. Entra ID groups, Update Rings and Policies. Microsoft Learn … Continue reading 5. Windows Autopatch – Entra ID Groups, and Policies

4. Tenant Enrollment and Device Registration in Windows Autopatch

Tenant Enrollment for Windows Autopatch For the next steps of getting Autopatch to work, let's check the tenant Enrollment. Now that you have setup the prerequisites and other requirements, the enrollment will be pretty much following the bouncing ball type task. Path to enable Windows Autopatch Intune Portal > Tenant Administration > Tenant Enrollment (under … Continue reading 4. Tenant Enrollment and Device Registration in Windows Autopatch

3. Windows Autopatch Device Readiness

Existing GPOs, Registry Settings, Config Manager and MDM Settings In this section, I would like to go through some important changes required in your environment before moving to Widows Autopatch. Ideally, this comes in step 3 of the development journey - Pilot. With everything in place, you may have selected the devices that need to … Continue reading 3. Windows Autopatch Device Readiness

2. Setting up Prerequisites for Windows Autopatch

Windows Autopatch Guide Blog 2 of 7 In this section, I will look at the prerequisites that need to be setup in order to carry out a successful Windows Autopatch implementation. Minimum Windows OS Version (at the time of writing)RBAC SetupLicenses for AutopatchNetwork ConfigurationDevice ManagementWrapping Up Minimum Windows OS Version (at the time of writing) … Continue reading 2. Setting up Prerequisites for Windows Autopatch

1. Planning for Windows Autopatch

Windows Autopatch Guide Blog 1 of 7 Planning for Windows Autopatch is one of the core tasks you need to be doing regardless of the current patching state you are in. Mainly because it has few components and, in most cases, the responsibilities are spread across the team. I would like to dedicate this space … Continue reading 1. Planning for Windows Autopatch