Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise update policies

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