Thursday, 8 January 2026

The driver updates article adds a shared network-prerequisites include.

The index advises tenants blocked from creating Autopatch-required policies under EA licensing to contact their account team or licensing partner.

The feature update article removes a shared cloud-requirements block.

The driver policy article removes its former Create Windows driver update policies heading and introductory procedure text.

The article is retitled Windows driver update management and updates its introductory wording and applicable-platform presentation.

The driver updates article removes shared platform and other prerequisite blocks as content is consolidated into reusable requirement sections.

The article warns that update rings and Settings Catalog can block drivers, and specifies Windows driver = Allow and Exclude WU Drivers in Quality Update = Allow Windows Update drivers.

The article removes the earlier detailed callout about update-ring and Settings Catalog settings that block drivers.

The Windows updates index removes the table comparing manual and Autopatch update coordination.

The Windows driver and Exclude WU Drivers setting guidance received indentation fixes.

The overview says feature, quality, and driver update policies share the Autopatch orchestration layer and have the same prerequisites across those three types.

The driver updates article replaces the inline RBAC-permissions list with shared tenant and RBAC prerequisite content.

The Windows updates index adds that updates fail when the Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant service is blocked or disabled, and notes its default Manual (Trigger Start) setting.

The quality updates article now includes a reusable licensing-prerequisites section.

The expedited updates article removed its explicit unsupported-cloud notice for GCC and GCC High/DoD environments.

The index changes feature, quality, and driver update references to explicitly say policy.

The note about the Microsoft Account Sign-In Assistant service was formatted as a nested callout.

The index corrects plural wording for feature, quality, and driver update policies.

The prerequisites emphasize Microsoft Entra joined or hybrid joined devices; Microsoft Entra registered devices remain limited to Windows Update client policies and update rings.

A blank line was removed from the driver updates article.

The Markdown driver-updates-overview article was removed in a table-of-contents update.

The rollout options article removes the warning that gradual rollout would be unavailable after October 14, 2025.

The reports article removes the detailed prerequisites section in favor of consolidated requirements content.

The report article removes its standalone prerequisites content during requirements consolidation.

The iOS LOB app size and bundle-identifier guidance was reformatted; its app-targeting caution remains intact.

The macOS endpoints guide says Platform Single Sign-On is the most secure approach for device attestation and registration and recommends enforcing the SSO extension for Zero Trust device identity.

The limitation on Entra registered devices using Autopatch-backed policy types is moved into a callout.

The MDT Integration retirement row now links to Microsoft’s MDT retirement information while retaining the direction to remove MDT task-sequence steps and integration.

The deprecated-features page changes the MDT retirement reference to a troubleshoot.microsoft.com URL.

The in-development page restores an Endpoint Privilege Management support on Azure Virtual Desktop entry.