MC664786 – Drivers and firmware management on Window Autopatch (archived)

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Intune, Microsoft 365 admin center, Project, Windows, Windows Autopatch

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World tenant, Windows Desktop

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New capabilities for deploying drivers and firmware are coming to Windows Autopatch-enabled tenants. Using Microsoft Intune's recently released driver management capabilities, you can better manage and report on drivers and firmware updates. With this upcoming feature, Windows Autopatch will configure the deployment of required drivers and firmware available through Windows Update to your Windows Autopatch devices. See Windows Autopatch: Manage Driver and Firmware Updates for more details.


If you are not currently using Windows Autopatch and are interested in learning more about this service, consider reading the report commissioned from Forrester: New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ Of Windows Autopatch. You can also read our Windows Autopatch overview on Microsoft Learn.


When will this happen:
If you are an existing Windows Autopatch customer, you should see this by August 14. General availability is being released in phases and is planned to conclude by this date.


How will this affect your organization:
Administrators using Windows Autopatch today will notice new device driver update policies in their environments. Administrators will also see an opt-out option for Windows Autopatch-delivered driver management. We recommend that IT admins use this new feature to create policies for Windows Autopatch managed devices.

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Created:
2023-08-04

updated:
2023-08-04

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