Microsoft provides the Windows Autopatch solution for pushing Windows 10 & Windows 11 cumulative updates to enterprises
In the process of pushing and upgrading the Windows 10 system, Microsoft gradually explored the use of artificial intelligence to push updates, collect data, and automatically publish functions. Simply put, it collects data while pushing updates, and increases the number of pushes if there is no problem. For example, after a device of a certain hardware combination is selected to push the upgrade and no problems are found, artificial intelligence will then push the update to the device of the same hardware combination. On the contrary, if there is a problem after a hardware combination is upgraded, the AI will immediately stop pushing to devices with the same or similar hardware combination and wait for a fix.
Now Microsoft is ready to provide this technical solution to enterprises to install cumulative updates so that enterprise IT management teams do not need to spend time manually scheduling upgrades. Writing about the service in a blog post, Microsoft says:
Autopatch, by automating the management of updates, can provide timely response to changes and confidence around introducing new changes, and close the protection and productivity gaps. The value should be felt immediately by IT admins who won’t have to plan update rollout and sequencing, and over the long term as increased bandwidth allows them more time to focus on driving value. Quality updates should enhance device performance and reduce help-desk tickets — feature updates should give users an optimal experience, with increased uptime and new tools to create and collaborate.
The first ring is the test ring that only updates on the fewest devices, the second ring is called the first ring to update 1% of the devices, and the third ring is called the fast ring to update 9% of the devices. The fourth ring, the broad ring, contains the remaining 90% of the devices. These different rings are also managed automatically by the system and do not require administrators, to manually assign settings. The update service is automatically deployed one by one according to different rings to test and collect feedback data. If there are no major problems, it will continue to update the next ring until completion.
