Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)
Configuration Manager provides comprehensive control over feature updates for Windows. To fully adopt the Windows as a service model, you also must adopt the Configuration Manager current branch model. To stay current with Windows, requires that you stay current with Configuration Manager for the best experience. New versions of Configuration Manager are required to take full advantage of the exciting new enterprise features for Windows. This article is intended to be a landing page for the key articles required to adopt Configuration Manager current branch. Configuration Manager current branch gets you on your way to Windows as a service.
Another important aspect of staying current with Windows and Configuration Manager is to monitor product lifecycles. Configuration Manager has built-in features to help:
Windows servicing dashboard: Provides you with information about computers in your environment, servicing plans, and compliance information.
Be reactive with notifications, management insights, and reports:
Configuration Manager console notifications: Look for in-console notifications about devices with operating systems that are past the end of support date and that are no longer eligible to receive security updates.
Management insights
Security: Identify clients with unsupported antimalware client versions or clients running earlier versions of Windows that don't receive security updates by default.
Simplified management: Identify clients running an unsupported version of Windows or with an earlier version of the Configuration Manager client.
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