Determine Action for Superseding and Superseded Updates
The Consola de administrador do Windows Intune™ shows whether each update supersedes another update or is superseded by another update. In the Details area on the Update Properties page, you can see how one update affects another, and you can determine how you want to deploy the updates. This topic describes superseding and superseded updates, how to support managed computers for which a superseding update is not applicable, and how to determine whether you can safely decline a superseded update.
Superseding Updates
You can review the details of a superseding update by looking under Supersedes the Following Updates in the Details area on the Update Properties page. For more information about how to view the details of an update, see View Details of an Update.
An update that supersedes another update does one or more of the following:
Provides improved functionality over previously released updates.
Provides a more efficient update file package for installation on managed computers. For example, the superseded update might contain files that are no longer relevant to the update or to the operating systems supported by the new update. Therefore, those files are not included in the file package of the superseding update.
Supports newer versions of operating systems. However, a superseding update might not support some earlier versions of operating systems.
Support Computers for Which a Superseding Update Is Not Applicable
A superseding update might not apply to some computers. Before you install the superseding update, you should identify computers that do not meet the requirements of the new update, and determine whether those computers can be supported by using a superseded update instead.
To identify and support computers for which a superseding update is not applicable
On the Computers tab of the Update Properties page, find computers for which the update has a status of Not applicable. Compare the properties of those computers with the properties of the update to determine why the update is not applicable.
On the General tab of the Update Properties page, review the previously released updates that are superseded by this update under Supersedes the Following Updates. View the Description and KB Article properties of the superseded updates to find an update to support the computers for which the superseding update is not applicable.
If you find a superseded update to support the computers for which the superseding update is not applicable, approve the update for installation by those computers. For more information, see Approve Updates.
Superseded Updates
You can review details of an update that is superseded by another update. To find superseded updates, you can filter the list of updates to display only superseded updates. Or, if you are reviewing a superseding update, you can find superseded updates by looking under Superseded by the Following Updates in the Details area on the Update Properties page. For more information about how to view the details of an update, see View Details of an Update.
An update that is superseded by another update does one or more of the following:
Fixes a problem that is similar to the problem that was fixed by the update that supersedes it. However, the update that supersedes it might provide improved functionality compared with the superseded update.
Might not support later versions of operating systems. However, the superseding update might not support earlier versions of operating systems.
Determine Whether to Decline a Superseded Update
Windows Intune does not decline superseded updates automatically. You must determine whether a superseded update should be declined in favor of a superseding update. Before you decline a superseded update, make sure that it is no longer needed by your managed computers.
You should not decline a superseded update in the following situations:
When the superseding update supports only newer versions of an operating system and some managed computers run earlier versions of the operating system.
When the superseding update has more restricted applicability than the update that it supersedes.
When an update no longer supersedes a previously released update because of changes. Because of changes in a later version, an update might no longer supersede an update that it superseded in an earlier version. This might result in a displayed message about the superseded update that you should decline because the superseded update was replaced by an update that did not actually supersede it.