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After verifying the prerequisites are met, you can start to set up Windows Update for Business reports. The two main steps for setting up Windows Update for Business reports are:
Add Windows Update for Business reports to your Azure subscription. This step has the following phases:
Configure the clients to send data to Windows Update for Business reports. You can configure clients in the following three ways:
Important
Windows Update for Business reports is a Windows service hosted in Azure that uses Windows diagnostic data. You should be aware that Windows Update for Business reports doesn't meet US Government community compliance (GCC) requirements. For a list of GCC offerings for Microsoft products and services, see the Microsoft Trust Center. Windows Update for Business reports is available in the Azure Commercial cloud, but not available for GCC High or United States Department of Defense customers.
Before you configure clients to send data, you need to add Windows Update for Business reports to your Azure subscription so the data can be received. First, you select or create a new Log Analytics workspace to use. Second, you enroll Windows Update for Business reports to the workspace.
Windows Update for Business reports uses an Azure Log Analytics workspaces that you own for storing the client diagnostic data. Identify an existing workspace or create a new one using the following steps:
Note
Enroll into Windows Update for Business reports by configuring its settings through either the Azure Workbook or from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Use one of the following methods to enroll into Windows Update for Business reports:
In the Azure portal, select Monitor > Workbooks from the menu bar.
When the gallery opens, select the Windows Update for Business reports workbook. If needed, you can filter workbooks by name in the gallery.
Select the Get started button when prompted by the workbook to open the Windows Update for Business reports enrollment flyout.
In the flyout, specify which Subscription and Azure Log Analytics Workspace you want to use for Windows Update for Business reports.
Select Save settings to save the settings and enroll into Windows Update for Business reports.
Tip
If a 403 Forbidden
error occurs, verify the account you're using has permissions to enroll into Windows Update for Business reports.
The initial setup can take up to 24 hours. During this time, the workbook will display that it's Waiting for Windows Update for Business reports data.
Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and sign in.
Expand Health, then select Software Updates. You may need to use the Show all option to display Health in the navigation menu.
In the Software Updates page, select the Windows tab.
When you select the Windows tab for the first time, you'll be asked to Configure Settings. This tab is populated by data from Windows Update for Business reports. Verify or supply the following information about the settings for Windows Update for Business reports:
The initial setup can take up to 24 hours. During this time, the Windows tab will display that it's Waiting for Windows Update for Business reports data.
After the initial setup is complete, the Windows tab will display your Windows Update for Business reports data in the charts.
Note
The device counts in the Windows tab may vary from the Microsoft 365 Apps tab since their requirements are different.
Once you've added Windows Update for Business reports to a workspace in your Azure subscription and configured the settings through the Microsoft 365 admin center, you'll need to configure any devices you want to monitor. Enroll devices into Windows Update for Business reports using any of the following methods:
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