Onboarding to Windows Update for Business in Windows 10

• 06/20/2018
• 2 minutes to read
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Applies to: Windows 10

Windows Update for Business is a tool that enables IT pros and power users to manage content they want to receive from Windows Update Service (WU). Windows Update for Business can control the following:

• Interaction between the client and Windows Update service (AU Options)
• End user notification for pending updates
• Compliance deadlines for feature or quality updates
• Configure wave deployment for feature or quality updates bandwidth optimization (DO)

We also provide additional functionality to manage your environment when risk or issues arise such as a LOB application being blocked:

• Uninstall latest feature or quality update
• Pause for a duration of time

Use the following information to set up your environment using Windows Update for Business policies:

• Supported SKUs
• Windows Update for Business basics
• Setting up automatic update
• Managing feature and quality updates
• Enforcing compliance deadlines
• Managing drivers, environments with both Windows Update for Business and WSUS, and Download Optmization

Supported SKUs

Windows Update for Business is supported on the following versions of Windows 10:

• Windows 10 Education
• Windows 10 Enterprise
• Windows 10 Pro
• Windows 10 S (for Windows 10, version 1709 and earlier)