Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise update policies
Important
The information in this article or section only applies if you have Windows Enterprise E3+ or F3 licenses (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5) licenses and have activated Windows Autopatch features.
Feature activation is optional and at no additional cost to you if you have Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5) licenses.
For more information, see Licenses and entitlements. If you choose not to go through feature activation, you can still use the Windows Autopatch service for the features included in Business premium and A3+ licenses.
Conflicting and unsupported policies
Deploying any of the following policies to a managed device makes that device ineligible for management since the device prevents us from delivering the service as designed.
Update policies
Window Autopatch deploys mobile device management (MDM) policies to configure Microsoft 365 Apps and requires a specific configuration. If any Microsoft 365 Apps update settings are deployed which conflict with our policies, then the device isn't eligible for management.
| Setting name | Test | First | Fast | Broad | Usage reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set updates to occur automatically | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turn on automatic updates |
| Specify a location to look for updates | Blank | Blank | Blank | Blank | Don't use this setting because it overwrites the update branch |
| Specify the version of Microsoft Apps to update to | Variable | Variable | Variable | Variable | Used to roll back to a previous version if an error occurs |
| Set a deadline when updates must be applied | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Updates must be applied by the specified deadline |
| Sets the Office update deferral | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | Delay downloading and installing updates for Office |
| Hide update notifications from end users | Turned off | Turned off | Turned off | Turned off | End users should be notified when Microsoft 365 Apps are being updated |
| Hide the option to turn on or off automatic Office updates | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Turned on | Prevents end users from turning off automatic updates |