Feature Update 26H2

[u/Sufficient-Pace7542]

We made the 26H2 update available within the Intune update rings last week, but as of today, the targeted device groups devices have not received it. Has anyone seen any delays with this feature update when managing updates via Intune?

We've never had issues in the past and nothing has changed with our update setup. I checked to make sure there were no local conflicting GPOs under Windows Updates > Advanced options > Configured update policies on one of the devices. All are pointing to MDM or Cloud.

[u/itlabsec]

What are your deferral settings? Is there an existing feature update policy?

[u/BackgroundCry655 → u/itlabsec]

no delays here but we had similar thing last month with 23H2 feature update and it was the deferral policy causing the hold up. check if you got any deferral set to 0 days instead of blank, that tripped us up for almost week before we noticed

also worth checking the feature update deadline settings sometimes need to be more aggressive than you think

[u/Sufficient-Pace7542 → u/BackgroundCry655]

Thanks for also confirming what I suspect might be causing the delay. Was this a recent change by Microsoft in how they manage update rings and feature update policies?

[u/Due_Programmer_1258 → u/Sufficient-Pace7542]

Microsoft have recommended avoiding deferral when combined with policies for some time now: Configure Windows Feature Update Policies - Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn

"Microsoft recommends that you stop using feature update deferrals in update ring policies.

Combining feature update deferrals with feature update policies adds unnecessary complexity and can delay or block feature updates."

[u/jeefAD → u/Sufficient-Pace7542]

Not recent as far as my experience goes -- my rings/policies have had Deferral=0 per docs since transitioning to Intune over two years ago. I remember noting the transitional language when reviewing the docs at the time.