From 3d860d82bc4fb23ea64775783913440c5ee0f48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anders Ahl <58516456+GenerAhl@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 14:12:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update waas-manage-updates-wufb.md Clarification on what Office updates are delivered through Windows Update. The majority of Enterprise customers are not using the legacy MSI version and need to understand where Office updates are coming from. --- windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb.md b/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb.md index 5a410e9d8c..7971fe2239 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb.md +++ b/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb.md @@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ Windows Update for Business enables an IT administrator to receive and manage a Windows Update for Business provides management policies for several types of updates to Windows 10 devices: - **Feature updates:** Previously referred to as "upgrades," feature updates contain not only security and quality revisions, but also significant feature additions and changes. Feature updates are released semi-annually in the fall and in the spring. -- **Quality updates:** Quality updates are traditional operating system updates, typically released on the second Tuesday of each month (though they can be released at any time). These include security, critical, and driver updates. Windows Update for Business also treats non-Windows updates (such as updates for Microsoft Office or Visual Studio) as quality updates. These non-Windows Updates are known as "Microsoft updates" and you can set devices to receive such updates (or not) along with their Windows updates. +- **Quality updates:** Quality updates are traditional operating system updates, typically released on the second Tuesday of each month (though they can be released at any time). These include security, critical, and driver updates. Windows Update for Business also treats non-Windows updates (such as updates for Microsoft Office MSI or Visual Studio) as quality updates. These non-Windows Updates are known as "Microsoft updates" and you can set devices to receive such updates (or not) along with their Windows updates. - **Driver updates:** Updates for non-Microsoft drivers that are relevant to your devices. Driver updates are on by default, but you can use Windows Update for Business policies to turn them off if you prefer. - **Microsoft product updates**: Updates for other Microsoft products, such as versions of Office that are installed by using Windows Installer (MSI). Versions of Office that are installed by using Click-to-Run can't be updated by using Windows Update for Business. Product updates are off by default. You can turn them on by using Windows Update for Business policies. +>[!NOTE] +>There's a difference between Microsoft Office MSI and Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly known as [Office 365 ProPlus](https://docs.microsoft.com/deployoffice/name-change)). Microsoft Office MSI receives patches from Windows Update and Microsoft 365 Apps are serviced through different [update channels](https://docs.microsoft.com/deployoffice/overview-update-channels) from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) ## Offering You can control when updates are applied, for example by deferring when an update is installed on a device or by pausing updates for a certain period. @@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ The large number of different policies offered for Windows 10 can be overwhelmin The Update Baseline toolkit makes it easy by providing a single command for IT Admins to apply the Update Baseline to devices. You can get the Update Baseline toolkit from the [Download Center](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=101056). >[!NOTE] ->The Update Baseline toolkit is available only for Group Policy. Update Baseline does not affect your offering policies, whether you’re using deferrals or target version to manage which updates are offered to your devices when. +>The Update Baseline toolkit is available only for Group Policy. Update Baseline does not affect your offering policies, whether you’re using deferrals or target version to manage which updates are offered to your devices and when.