Update Management Strategies

Microsoft provides various on-premises and cloud-based update services. In this chapter, we will discuss the cloud-based update services that organizations can use to update their desktops. We will start by introducing Windows Update for Business, which is arguably the most well-known solution covered in this book. We will continue this chapter with Windows Autopatch and walk you through all the various aspects of this great solution. Then, we will discuss custom image templates and how this solution assists IT admins to greatly simplify the creation of custom images. Did you know that custom image templates heavily rely on Azure Image Builder? There’ll be more on that later in this chapter. We will also cover manually creating images and applying updates for both Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. By the end of this chapter, you will have a good understanding of the different updated solutions, when one solution is a better fit for the needs...