A cloud service that keeps Windows, Edge, Teams and Microsoft 365 Apps updated automatically on registered devices.
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Terms in this definition
- Microsoft 365 Apps
Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest of Microsoft's Office programs for the desktop, licensed by subscription. Admins roll them out using the Office Deployment Tool or Intune.
Related terms
- A3
The licensing level for education that mirrors E3. Customers on Microsoft 365 A3 get Defender for Endpoint Plan 1, and its Windows Education A3 element is one of the qualifying licences for both Remediations and Windows Autopatch.
- Autopatch groups
A way of grouping devices in Windows Autopatch, joining Microsoft Entra groups to update policies. Each includes a Test ring and a Last ring with room for up to 15 deployment rings, and one tenant can create 300 of them.
- Expedite policy
An Intune policy, built on Windows Autopatch, that pushes one selected security quality update (or an eligible non-security one) out as fast as possible, ignoring the deferrals in update rings.
- Intelligent rollouts
A Windows Autopatch choice for phased feature update deployments in which the first group to receive the update is a varied pilot. You enable it through the Allow WUfB Cloud Processing setting in the settings catalog.
- VDA
Windows Enterprise E3/E5 licensing for thin clients and VMs. Devices covered become eligible for Remediations, Windows Autopatch and similar features.