endpoint manager rebrand

windows/deployment/update/create-deployment-plan.md

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 A "service management" mindset means that the devices in your organization fall into a continuum, with the software update process being constantly planned, deployed, monitored, and optimized. And once you use this process for feature updates, quality updates become a lightweight procedure that is simple and fast to execute, ultimately increasing velocity.
 
-When you move to a service management model, you need effective ways of rolling out updates to representative groups of devices. We’ve found that a ring-based deployment works well for us at Microsoft and many other organizations across the globe. Deployment rings in Windows client are similar to the deployment groups most organizations constructed for previous major revision upgrades. They are simply a method to separate devices into a deployment timeline.
+When you move to a service management model, you need effective ways of rolling out updates to representative groups of devices. We’ve found that a ring-based deployment works well for us at Microsoft and many other organizations across the globe. Deployment rings in Windows client are similar to the deployment groups most organizations constructed for previous major revision upgrades. They're simply a method to separate devices into a deployment timeline.
 
 At the highest level, each “ring” comprises a group of users or devices that receive a particular update concurrently. For each ring, IT administrators set criteria to control deferral time or adoption (completion) that should be met before deployment to the next broader ring of devices or users can occur.
 
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 ## How many rings should I have?
 
-There are no definite rules for exactly how many rings to have for your deployments. As mentioned previously, you might want to ensure zero downtime for mission-critical devices by putting them in their own ring. If you have a large organization, you might want to consider assigning devices to rings based on geographic location or the size of rings so that helpdesk resources are more available. Consider the needs of your business and introduce rings that make sense for your organization.
+There are no definite rules for exactly how many rings to have for your deployments. As mentioned previously, you might want to ensure zero downtime for mission-critical devices by putting them in their own ring. If you have a large organization, you might want to consider assigning devices to rings based on geographic location. Or assign based on the size of rings so that helpdesk resources are more available. Consider the needs of your business and introduce rings that make sense for your organization.
 
 ## Advancing between rings
 
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 ### Who goes in the Preview ring?
 
-The Preview ring users are the most tech savvy and resilient people, who will not lose productivity if something goes wrong. In general, these users are IT pros, and perhaps a few people in the business organization.
+The Preview ring users are the most tech savvy and resilient people, who won't lose productivity if something goes wrong. In general, these users are IT pros, and perhaps a few people in the business organization.
 
 During your plan and prepare phases, you should focus on the following activities:
 
 - Work with Windows Insider Preview builds.
 - Identify the features and functionality your organization can or wants to use.
-- Establish who will use the features and how they will benefit.
-- Understand why you are putting out the update.
+- Establish who will use the features and how they'll benefit.
+- Understand why you're putting out the update.
 - Plan for usage feedback.
 
-Remember, you are working with pre-release software in the Preview ring and you will be evaluating features and testing the update for a targeted release.
+Remember, you're working with pre-release software in the Preview ring and you'll be evaluating features and testing the update for a targeted release.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > If you are using Windows Insider (pre-release) releases for your preview ring and you are using WSUS or Windows Update for Business, be sure to set the following policies to allow for Preview builds:
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 ## Limited ring
 
 The purpose of the Limited ring is to validate the update on representative devices across the network. During this period, data, and feedback are generated to enable the decision to move forward to broader deployment. Desktop
-Analytics can help with defining a good Limited ring of representative devices and assist in monitoring the deployment.
+Analytics can help with defining a good Limited ring of representative devices and help monitor the deployment.
 
 ### Who goes in the Limited ring?
 
-The most important part of this phase is finding a representative sample of devices and applications across your network. If possible, all hardware and all applications should be represented, and it's important that the people selected for this ring are using their devices regularly in order to generate the data you will need to make a decision for broader deployment across your organization. The IT department, lab devices, and users with the most cutting-edge hardware usually don’t have the applications or device drivers that are truly a representative sample of your network.
+The most important part of this phase is finding a representative sample of devices and applications across your network. If possible, all hardware and all applications should be represented. It's important that the people selected for this ring are using their devices regularly to generate the data you'll need to make a decision for broader deployment across your organization. The IT department, lab devices, and users with the most cutting-edge hardware usually don’t have the applications or device drivers that are truly a representative sample of your network.
 
 
 During your pilot and validate phases, you should focus on the following activities:
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 - Assess and act if issues are encountered.
 - Move forward unless blocked.
 
-When you deploy to the Limited ring, you’ll be able to gather data and react to incidents happening in the environment, quickly addressing any issues that might arise. Ensure you monitor for sufficient adoption within this ring, because your Limited ring represents your organization across the board, and when you achieve sufficient adoption, you can have confidence that your broader deployment will run more smoothly.
+When you deploy to the Limited ring, you’ll be able to gather data and react to incidents happening in the environment, quickly addressing any issues that might arise. Ensure you monitor for sufficient adoption within this ring. Your Limited ring represents your organization across the board. When you achieve sufficient adoption, you can have confidence that your broader deployment will run more smoothly.
 
 ## Broad deployment
 
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 ### Who goes in the Broad deployment ring?
 
-In most businesses, the Broad ring includes the rest of your organization. Because of the work in the previous ring to vet stability and minimize disruption (with diagnostic data to support your decision) broad deployment can occur relatively quickly.
+In most businesses, the Broad ring includes the rest of your organization. Because of the work in the previous ring to vet stability and minimize disruption (with diagnostic data to support your decision), a broad deployment can occur relatively quickly.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > In some instances, you might hold back on mission-critical devices (such as medical devices) until deployment in the Broad ring is complete. Get best practices and recommendations for deploying Windows client feature updates to mission critical-devices.
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 During the broad deployment phase, you should focus on the following activities:
 
 - Deploy to all devices in the organization.
-- Work through any final unusual issues that were not detected in your Limited ring.
+- Work through any final unusual issues that weren't detected in your Limited ring.
 
 
 ## Ring deployment planning
 
-Previously, we have provided methods for analyzing your deployments, but these have been standalone tools to assess, manage and execute deployments. In other words, you would generate an analysis, make a deployment strategy, and then move to your console for implementation, repeating these steps for each deployment. We have combined many of these tasks, and more, into a single interface with Desktop Analytics.
+Previously, we have provided methods for analyzing your deployments, but these have been standalone tools to assess, manage and execute deployments. In other words, you would generate an analysis, make a deployment strategy, and then move to your console for implementation, repeating these steps for each deployment. We've combined many of these tasks, and more, into a single interface with Desktop Analytics.
 
 
-[Desktop Analytics](/mem/configmgr/desktop-analytics/overview) is a cloud-based service and a key tool in [Microsoft Endpoint Manager](/mem/configmgr/core/understand/microsoft-endpoint-manager-faq). Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Desktop Analytics is a powerful tool to give you insights and intelligence to
+[Desktop Analytics](/mem/configmgr/desktop-analytics/overview) is a cloud-based service and a key tool in [Configuration Manager](/mem/configmgr/core/understand/microsoft-endpoint-manager-faq). Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, Desktop Analytics is a powerful tool to give you insights and intelligence to
 make informed decisions about the readiness of your Windows devices.
 
-In Windows client deployments, we have seen compatibility issues on < 0.5% of apps when using Desktop Analytics. Using Desktop Analytics with Microsoft Endpoint Manager can help you assess app compatibility with the latest
-feature update and create groups that represent the broadest number of hardware and software configurations on the smallest set of devices across your organization. In addition, Desktop Analytics can provide you with a device and software inventory and identify issues, giving you data that equate to actionable decisions.
+In Windows client deployments, we have seen compatibility issues on < 0.5% of apps when using Desktop Analytics. Using Desktop Analytics with Configuration Manager can help you assess app compatibility with the latest
+feature update. You can create groups that represent the broadest number of hardware and software configurations on the smallest set of devices across your organization. In addition, Desktop Analytics can provide you with a device and software inventory and identify issues, giving you data that equate to actionable decisions.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Desktop Analytics does not support preview (Windows Insider) builds; use Configuration Manager to deploy to your Preview ring. As noted previously, the Preview ring is a small group of devices represents your ecosystem very well in terms of app, driver, and hardware diversity.
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 There are two ways to implement a ring deployment plan, depending on how you manage your devices:
 
-- If you are using Configuration Manager: Desktop Analytics provides end-to-end deployment plan integration so that you can also kick off phased deployments within a ring. Learn more about [deployment plans in Desktop Analytics](/mem/configmgr/desktop-analytics/about-deployment-plans).
-- If you are using Microsoft Intune, see [Create deployment plans directly in Intune](/mem/intune/fundamentals/planning-guide).
+- If you're using Configuration Manager: Desktop Analytics provides end-to-end deployment plan integration so that you can also kick off phased deployments within a ring. Learn more about [deployment plans in Desktop Analytics](/mem/configmgr/desktop-analytics/about-deployment-plans).
+- If you're using Microsoft Intune, see [Create deployment plans directly in Intune](/mem/intune/fundamentals/planning-guide).
 
 For more about Desktop Analytics, see these articles: