diff --git a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md index 3fc4df2cbb..06e2e12c09 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md +++ b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise description: This article explains how Windows Autopatch manages Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates -ms.date: 03/10/2023 +ms.date: 06/23/2023 ms.prod: windows-client ms.technology: itpro-updates ms.topic: how-to @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ For a device to be eligible for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates (both ## Update release schedule -All devices registered for Windows Autopatch will receive updates from the [Monthly Enterprise Channel](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels#monthly-enterprise-channel-overview). This practice provides your users with new features each month, and they'll receive just one update per month on a predictable release schedule. Updates are released on the second Tuesday of the month; these updates can include feature, security, and quality updates. These updates occur automatically and pulled directly from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN). +All devices registered for Windows Autopatch receive updates from the [Monthly Enterprise Channel](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels#monthly-enterprise-channel-overview). This practice provides your users with new features each month, and they receive just one update per month on a predictable release schedule. Updates are released on the second Tuesday of the month; these updates can include feature, security, and quality updates. These updates occur automatically and pulled directly from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN). -Unlike Windows update, the Office CDN doesn't make the update available to all devices at once. Over the course of the release, the Office CDN gradually makes the update available to the whole population of devices. Windows Autopatch doesn't control the order in which updates are offered to devices across your estate. After the update downloads, there's a seven day [update deadline](/deployoffice/configure-update-settings-microsoft-365-apps) that specifies how long the user has until the user must apply the update. +Unlike Windows update, the Office CDN doesn't make the update available to all devices at once. Over the course of the release, the Office CDN gradually makes the update available to the whole population of devices. Windows Autopatch doesn't control the order in which updates are offered to devices across your estate. After the update downloads, there's a seven day [update deadline](../references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md) that specifies how long the user has until the user must apply the update. ## Deployment rings @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Windows Autopatch doesn't allow you to pause or roll back an update in the Micro ## Allow or block Microsoft 365 App updates -For organizations seeking greater control, you can allow or block Microsoft 365 App updates for Windows Autopatch-enrolled devices. When the Microsoft 365 App update setting is set to **Block**, Windows Autopatch won't provide Microsoft 365 App updates on your behalf, and your organizations will have full control over these updates. For example, you can continue to receive updates from [channels](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels) other than the default [Monthly Enterprise Channel](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels#monthly-enterprise-channel-overview). +For organizations seeking greater control, you can allow or block Microsoft 365 App updates for Windows Autopatch-enrolled devices. When the Microsoft 365 App update setting is set to **Block**, Windows Autopatch doesn't provide Microsoft 365 App updates on your behalf, and your organizations have full control over these updates. For example, you can continue to receive updates from [channels](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels) other than the default [Monthly Enterprise Channel](/deployoffice/overview-update-channels#monthly-enterprise-channel-overview). **To allow or block Microsoft 365 App updates:** @@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ For organizations seeking greater control, you can allow or block Microsoft 365 [Servicing profiles](/deployoffice/admincenter/servicing-profile) is a feature in the [Microsoft 365 Apps admin center](https://config.office.com/) that provides controlled update management of monthly Office updates, including controls for user and device targeting, scheduling, rollback, and reporting. -A [service profile](/deployoffice/admincenter/servicing-profile#compatibility-with-other-management-tools) takes precedence over other policies, such as a Microsoft Intune policy or the Office Deployment Tool. The servicing profile will affect all devices that meet the [device eligibility requirements](#device-eligibility) regardless of existing management tools in your environment. So, if you're targeting a managed device with a servicing profile it will be ineligible for Microsoft 365 App update management. +A [service profile](/deployoffice/admincenter/servicing-profile#compatibility-with-other-management-tools) takes precedence over other policies, such as a Microsoft Intune policy or the Office Deployment Tool. The servicing profile affects all devices that meet the [device eligibility requirements](#device-eligibility) regardless of existing management tools in your environment. So, if you're targeting a managed device with a servicing profile it's ineligible for Microsoft 365 App update management. However, the device may still be eligible for other managed updates. For more information about a device's eligibility for a given [software update workload](windows-autopatch-update-management.md#software-update-workloads), see the Device eligibility section of each respective software update workload. ## Incidents and outages -If devices in your tenant aren't meeting the [service level objective](#service-level-objective) for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates, an incident will be raised. The Windows Autopatch Service Engineering Team will work to bring the devices back into compliance. +If devices in your tenant aren't meeting the [service level objective](#service-level-objective) for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates, an incident is raised. The Windows Autopatch Service Engineering Team will work to bring the devices back into compliance. If you're experiencing issues related to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updates, [submit a support request](../operate/windows-autopatch-support-request.md). diff --git a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md index 458dcd3ff1..90ddcbe791 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md +++ b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Changes made at tenant enrollment description: This reference article details the changes made to your tenant when enrolling into Windows Autopatch -ms.date: 01/24/2023 +ms.date: 06/23/2023 ms.prod: windows-client ms.technology: itpro-updates ms.topic: reference @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ The following groups target Windows Autopatch configurations to devices and mana | Policy name | Policy description | Properties | Value | | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | -| Windows Autopatch - Office Configuration | Sets Office Update Channel to the Monthly Enterprise servicing branch.

Assigned to:

  1. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Test
  2. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-First
  3. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Fast
  4. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Broad
|
  1. Enable Automatic Updates
  2. Hide option to enable or disable updates
  3. Update Channel
  4. Channel Name (Device)
  5. Hide Update Notifications
  6. Update Path
|
  1. Enabled
  2. Enabled
  3. Enabled
  4. Monthly Enterprise Channel
  5. Disabled
  6. Enabled
| +| Windows Autopatch - Office Configuration | Sets Office Update Channel to the Monthly Enterprise servicing branch.

Assigned to:

  1. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Test
  2. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-First
  3. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Fast
  4. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Broad
|
  1. Enable Automatic Updates
  2. Hide option to enable or disable updates
  3. Update Channel
  4. Channel Name (Device)
  5. Hide Update Notifications
  6. Update Path
  7. Location for updates (Device)
|
  1. Enabled
  2. Enabled
  3. Enabled
  4. Monthly Enterprise Channel
  5. Disabled
  6. Enabled
  7. `http://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/55336b82-a18d-4dd6-b5f6-9e5095c314a6`
| | Windows Autopatch - Office Update Configuration [Test] | Sets the Office update deadline

Assigned to:

  1. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Test
|
  1. Delay downloading and installing updates for Office
  2. Update Deadline
|
  1. Enabled; `Days(Device) == 0 days`
  2. Enabled; `Update Deadline(Device) == 7 days`
| | Windows Autopatch - Office Update Configuration [First] | Sets the Office update deadline

Assigned to:

  1. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-First
|
  1. Delay downloading and installing updates for Office
  2. Update Deadline
|
  1. Enabled; `Days(Device) == 0 days`
  2. Enabled; `Update Deadline(Device) == 7 days`
| | Windows Autopatch - Office Update Configuration [Fast] | Sets the Office update deadline

Assigned to:

  1. Modern Workplace Devices-Windows Autopatch-Fast
|
  1. Delay downloading and installing updates for Office
  2. Update Deadline
|
  1. Enabled; `Days(Device) == 3 days`
  2. Enabled; `Update Deadline(Device) == 7 days`
| diff --git a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md index 79d1bbc912..2534e971d5 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md +++ b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise update policies description: This article explains the Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise policies in Windows Autopatch -ms.date: 07/11/2022 +ms.date: 06/23/2023 ms.prod: windows-client ms.technology: itpro-updates ms.topic: conceptual @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ Deploying any of the following policies to a managed device makes that device in ### Update policies -Window Autopatch deploys mobile device management (MDM) policies to configure Microsoft 365 Apps and requires a specific configuration. If any [Microsoft 365 Apps update settings](/deployoffice/configure-update-settings-microsoft-365-apps) are deployed which conflict with our policies, then the device won't be eligible for management. +Window Autopatch deploys mobile device management (MDM) policies to configure Microsoft 365 Apps and requires a specific configuration. If any [Microsoft 365 Apps update settings](/deployoffice/configure-update-settings-microsoft-365-apps) are deployed which conflict with our policies, then the device isn't eligible for management. -| Update setting | Value | Usage reason | -| ----- | ----- | ----- | -| Set updates to occur automatically | Enabled | Enable automatic updates | -| Specify a location to look for updates | Blank | Don't use this setting since it overwrites the update branch | -| Update channel | Monthly Enterprise | Supported channel for Windows Autopatch | -| Specify the version of Microsoft 365 Apps to update to | Variable | Used to roll back to a previous version if an error occurs | -| Set a deadline by when updates must be applied | 7 | Update deadline | -| Hide update notifications from users | Turned off | Users should be notified when Microsoft 365 Apps are being updated | -| Hide the option to turn on or off automatic Office updates | Turned on | Prevents users from disabling automatic updates | +| Setting name | Test | First | Fast | Broad | Usage reason | +| ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | +| Set updates to occur automatically | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turn on automatic updates | +| Specify a location to look for updates | Blank | Blank | Blank | Blank | Don't use this setting because it overwrites the update branch | +| Specify the version of Microsoft Apps to update to | Variable | Variable | Variable | Variable | Used to roll back to a previous version if an error occurs | +| Set a deadline when updates must be applied | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Updates must be applied by the specified deadline | +| Sets the Office update deferral | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7| Delay downloading and installing updates for Office | +| Hide update notifications from end users | Turned off | Turned off | Turned off | Turned off | End users should be notified when Microsoft 365 Apps are being updated | +| Hide the option to turn on or off automatic Office updates | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Prevents end users from turning off automatic updates | diff --git a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/whats-new/windows-autopatch-whats-new-2023.md b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/whats-new/windows-autopatch-whats-new-2023.md index 5c1516e429..22682ba572 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/whats-new/windows-autopatch-whats-new-2023.md +++ b/windows/deployment/windows-autopatch/whats-new/windows-autopatch-whats-new-2023.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: What's new 2023 description: This article lists the 2023 feature releases and any corresponding Message center post numbers. -ms.date: 06/12/2023 +ms.date: 06/23/2023 ms.prod: windows-client ms.technology: itpro-updates ms.topic: whats-new @@ -21,9 +21,25 @@ This article lists new and updated feature releases, and service releases, with Minor corrections such as typos, style, or formatting issues aren't listed. +## June 2023 + +### June feature release + +| Article | Description | +| ----- | ----- | +| [Changes made at tenant enrollment](../references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md) | Added Location for updates (Device) setting and value to the [Windows Autopatch - Office Configuration policy](../references/windows-autopatch-changes-to-tenant.md#microsoft-office-update-policies) | +| [Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise](../operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md) | Updated [deadline link](../operate/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-apps-enterprise.md#behavior-during-updates) | +| [Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise update policies](../references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md) | Updated the [Update policies](../references/windows-autopatch-microsoft-365-policies.md#update-policies) section | + +## June service release + +| Message center post number | Description | +| ----- | ----- | +| [MC591864](https://admin.microsoft.com/adminportal/home#/MessageCenter) | Updated ticket categories to reduce how long it takes to resolve support requests | + ## May 2023 -### May 2023 feature release +### May feature release | Article | Description | | ----- | ----- |