What is WUFB (Windows Update For Business)
In this video I am discussing on the topic what is WUFB ?
WUFB stands for Windows Update For Business.
Following points I have discussed:
What is WUFB ?
Prerequisites for WUFB
Why we need it ?
Benefits of WUFB ?
What is Windows Update for Business ?
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It’s a cloud based solution for deploying Windows Updates.
You can control which types of Windows updates to be offered for the device. Such as
Quality updates
Feature updates
Drivers updates
Other Microsoft Product updates.
WUFB is valid for following editions of Windows 10/11:
Enterprise
Professional
Education
WUFB Policies can be deployed via Intune or Group Policy
WUFB Policies allows a better user experience in terms of when the updates will be offered, deadline, grace period etc. Defer update (1) Feature updates – 365 days (2) Quality updates – 30 days
WUFB - Prerequisites
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Device should be Azure AD Joined / Hybrid Azure AD joined
Device should be enrolled to Intune.
Windows 10/11 Enterprise / Pro / Education editions are supported. Not valid for Home edition
Users should have one of the following license:
Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5)
Windows 10/11 Education A3 or A5 (included in Microsoft 365 A3 or A5)
Windows Virtual Desktop Access E3 or E5
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Diagnostic data – Telemetry should be enabled
URL’s to be whitelisted related to Windows update
URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...
Why need to adopt WUFB ?
For Better Compliance : This is modern way of deploying the updates, you can’t skip any update
Minimal configuration required: Once WUFB Policy is configured using multiple rings, it is like set and forget configuration.
No Complexity: Very easy to configure WUFB policy. Domain joining to Active Directory setup is not required.
Less Overhead: As we are not dealing with on-premises infrastructure such as WSUS & SCCM, overhead to manage WUFB is less.
Cost Saving solution to service windows
Benefit of WUFB
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Options to create multiple rings : You can thoroughly test updates by having multiple rings which could be something like this (example):
Insiders : 1%
First Adopters : 2.5%
Early Adopters : 11.5 %
Broad Wave 1 : 35%
Broad Wave 2 : 50%
Option to Pause the updates (for 35 days)
Option to Uninstall the update through ring deployment
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