Again in September final 12 months, Microsoft introduced that it was going to push Home windows updates proper at preliminary setup throughout the Out of Field Expertise (OOBE). Nevertheless, a couple of days later it confirmed that it was going to delay that improvement following the suggestions from IT admins and system admins.

As we speak, the corporate has printed new particulars concerning the upcoming change. The tech large has confirmed {that a} new Group Coverage and MDM (cell machine administration) coverage can be shared in order that directors will have the ability to handle the deployment of oncoming Home windows 11 high quality updates higher.

Microsoft writes:

Due to your suggestions, in mid-2025, we’ll be releasing a brand new coverage to handle whether or not units in your group obtain high quality updates throughout OOBE. This coverage will let you select if new Home windows 11 units on model 22H2 and better get the newest relevant high quality replace throughout setup. You’ll configure the setting through Home windows Autopilot and Home windows Autopilot machine preparation, so you possibly can have seamless management over updates in OOBE.

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In case you do not use Autopilot by means of Microsoft Intune, you possibly can nonetheless disable high quality updates throughout OOBE by setting the Group Coverage to disabled. This coverage can be accessible as a cell machine administration (MDM) coverage and a Group Coverage.

The scenario is a bit harking back to one other change Microsoft debuted again in Could final 12 months. That was associated particularly to the administration of the deployment of function updates.

In regards to the upcoming coverage that’s stated to be accessible by the center of this 12 months, Microsoft has reiterated that the thought of pushing the patches proper on the preliminary setup is to guard and safe units “out of the field.” When it comes to useful resource utilization, the corporate notes that it “can take a mean of 20 minutes although the obtain and set up time will depend upon the dimensions of the replace, the consumer’s community situations, and the {hardware} capabilities of the machine.”