Security News > 2023 > April > Microsoft tells admins to autoreview your Autopatch alerts or autolose the service

Redmond in April 2022 unveiled Windows Autopatch to automate updates to endpoints, but still giving administrators controls to adapt or make changes as needed.

In this case, Autopatch beginning in May will include the ability to alert them to expired licenses that need to be renewed or replaced to retain access to Autopatch.

To see if there are alerts that need addressing, Microsoft is urging IT admins to check the Tenant management section and click on a banner displayed in the "Windows Autopatch Devices" blade, according to Lior Bela, senior product strategy and marketing manager for Autopatch, Intune Suite, and MMD. "If you have no actions that need to be taken, there is no effect on your tenant," Bela wrote.

Among them is Windows Autopatch Groups, letting IT admins create their own sets of deployment rings - the way Autopatch staggers updates to enable administrators to ensure endpoints are compliant - and the cadence of deployments.

Admins can also have Autopatch restore policies and deployment rings when needed.

The new capabilities are part of Microsoft's plan to give admins the tools to oversee the process and make changes even though Autopatch automates the actual patching of the Windows PCs, servers, and other endpoints.

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