Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
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First two are Windows 11 21H2
third one is old release
2023-09B is the latest with updates
Upgrading Windows 10 Business laptops to Windows 11 using WSUS
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Woody Chiu at RASI
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We have about 100 on-prem laptops to upgrade from their current Windows 10 22H2 to Windows 11. Since these laptops are Hybrid Azure AD Joined, I decided to use just our on-prem WSUS to roll out the upgrade. After I selected and synchronized some of the Windows 11 items inside the Products and Classifications, I began to see there were a bunch of Windows 11 "Upgrade" available. Please see the attached image.
How to tell which one I should actually approve for our Windows 10 business laptops? Most of our laptops are already at Windows 10 22h2 latest built. There could be a few laptops that have been offline for some time and are still at their older builds. Regardless, I need to approve one that will offer them the option inside the Windows Update Settings screen when checking for updates to upgrade to Windows's latest version. I just don't want to create any duplications of Upgrade offers that may create problems.
Could you advise the proper actions to take?
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abbodi86 3,866 Reputation points2023-10-02T02:28:41.6166667+00:00 -
Woody Chiu at RASI 191 Reputation points
2023-10-05T14:02:48.5066667+00:00 I encountered exactly this message during the upgrade after approving 2023-09B to my test laptop. Just wondering If I have the option to opt out of the upgrade temporarily and go back to start the upgrade again at another time. Or, there is no such choice for an Upgrade process? The percentage of Windows Update was actually progressing when I saw the compatibility hold of the above link.
Trying to plan for the responses to take if similar things happen to users' laptops and what to do.
Appreciated
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Adam J. Marshall 9,121 Reputation points MVP2023-10-04T15:13:00.9866667+00:00 Don't blindly approve a bunch of updates that you THINK are the correct ones for your systems. Use the approvals process
and only approve the NEEDED updates.
If you approve updates that computers don't need, all you're doing is approving the update, downloading the content, and wasting space on your server because it will not be served up to the clients if they don't need it.