Again in June 2024, Microsoft introduced that it was deprecating driver synchronisation through the WSUS (Home windows Server Replace Providers). The corporate deliberate to show the kill swap on April 18, 2025. This got here three months earlier than Microsoft introduced that it will cease including new options to the WSUS.

In January, the corporate issued a 90-day reminder for a similar.

Nevertheless, right now, in a weblog submit, the tech large has knowledgeable that it’ll not cease supporting driver replace sync and the choice is predicated on suggestions. It writes:

Based mostly in your useful suggestions, we’ll proceed supporting driver replace synchronization to Home windows Server Replace Providers (WSUS) servers. This choice postpones earlier plans to finish this assist in April 2025.

Microsoft additional provides to this in a while within the weblog submit stating:

Seeing what number of of you might be already shifting to the out there cloud-based driver companies, we initially proposed the removing of WSUS driver synchronization. Because of your suggestions, particularly on disconnected machine situations, we have now revised this plan.

Efficient instantly, we’re suspending the plan to take away WSUS driver synchronization. WSUS will proceed to synchronize driver updates from the Home windows Replace service and import them from the Microsoft Replace Catalog.

Keep tuned as we work on a revised timeline to streamline our companies for you.

Thus, it seems like Microsoft type of underestimated the variety of instances the place WSUS continues to be actively utilized by organizations and in addition the power of such places of work to maneuver on to one thing else. Again in June, when the preliminary announcement was made, the corporate had identified that solely 8% of the members within the impression survey, which it had carried out, expressed concern over the function removing.

Lastly, Microsoft additionally highlighted different extra trendy driver deployment and distribution instruments like these through Intune, amongst others. You will discover the announcement weblog submit right here on Microsoft’s official Tech Neighborhood web site.