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title: Update Baseline
description: Use an update baseline to optimize user experience and meet monthly update goals
title: Windows 10 Update Baseline
description: Use an update baseline to optimize user experience and meet monthly update goals in your organization.
ms.prod: windows-client
ms.technology: itpro-updates
ms.topic: conceptual
author: mestew
ms.localizationpriority: medium
ms.author: mstewart
manager: aaroncz
ms.topic: article
ms.technology: itpro-updates
ms.localizationpriority: medium
appliesto:
- ✅ <a href=https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/release-health/supported-versions-windows-client target=_blank>Windows 10</a>
ms.date: 12/31/2017
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# Update Baseline
**Applies to:** Windows 10
> [!NOTE]
> Update Baseline is not currently available for Windows 11.
> Update Baseline isn't currently available for Windows 11.
With the large number of different policies offered for Windows client, Update Baseline provides a clear list of recommended Windows Update policy settings for IT administrators who want the best user experience while also meeting their monthly update compliance goals. See [Policies included in the Update Baseline](#policies-included-in-the-update-baseline) for the full list of policy configurations.
## Why is Update Baseline needed?
Update Baseline is an industry-tested solution that improves update adoption rates while also maintaining a high-quality user experience. Whether you are just starting out, or you have been configuring policies for years, Update Baseline can help get you to a known good state with an excellent user experience. Applying the baseline is especially helpful for organizations that have many years of policy configurations to clear out lingering misconfigurations.
Update Baseline is an industry-tested solution that improves update adoption rates while also maintaining a high-quality user experience. Whether you're just starting out, or you have been configuring policies for years, Update Baseline can help get you to a known good state with an excellent user experience. Applying the baseline is especially helpful for organizations that have many years of policy configurations to clear out lingering misconfigurations.
## You can use Update Baseline to:
- Ensure that user and device configuration settings are compliant with the baseline.
- Set configuration settings. You can use Group Policy to configure a device with the setting values specified in the baseline.
Update Baseline doesn't affect your offering policies, whether you’re using deferrals or target version to manage which updates are offered to your devices and when.
Update Baseline doesn't affect your offering policies, whether you're using deferrals or target version to manage which updates are offered to your devices and when.
## Policies included in the Update Baseline