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| Maintain the Windows Autopatch environment | This article details how to maintain the Windows Autopatch environment | 03/31/2025 | windows-client | autopatch | how-to | medium | tiaraquan | tiaraquan | aaroncz | smithcharles |
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Maintain the Windows Autopatch environment
If any of the following items apply to your environment, make the adjustments as described.
Note
If you make changes to policies in Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, or Microsoft 365 that affect Windows Autopatch, it's possible that Windows Autopatch could stop operating properly.
Windows Autopatch configurations
Windows Autopatch deploys, manages, and maintains all configurations related to the operation of the service. Don't make any changes to any of the Windows Autopatch configurations.
Windows Autopatch tenant management
Windows Autopatch tenant actions
The Tenant management blade presents IT admins with any actions that are required to maintain Windows Autopatch service health. The Tenant management blade can be found by navigating to Tenant administration > Windows Autopatch > Tenant management.
Important
If you have any critical actions in your tenant, you must take action as soon as possible. When a critical action is active, you might not be able to use Windows Autopatch features, and your tenant may be considered inactive by the service.
The type of banner that appears depends on the severity of the action. Currently, only critical actions are listed.
Tenant action severity types
| Severity | Description |
|---|---|
| Critical | You must take action as soon as possible to avoid disruption to the Windows Autopatch service. If no action is taken, you might lose access to Windows Autopatch features and your tenant could be marked as inactive. To restore service health and return to an active status, all critical pending actions must be resolved. |
Critical actions
| Action type | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maintain tenant access | Critical | Required licenses expired. The licenses include:
To take action on missing licenses, you can visit the Microsoft 365 admin center or contact your Microsoft account manager. Until you renew the required licenses to run the service, Windows Autopatch marks your tenant as inactive. For more information, see Microsoft 365 - What happens after my subscription expires? |
Inactive status
Note
Only the Windows Autopatch sections of your tenant are marked as inactive.
When Windows Autopatch is inactive, you're alerted with banners on all Windows Autopatch blades. You're alerted with banners on all Windows Autopatch blades and have minimal access to Windows Autopatch features.
To be taken out of the inactive status, you must resolve any critical actions shown in the Tenant management blade.
Note
Once critical actions are resolved, it can take up to two hours for Windows Autopatch to return to an active state.