
Important: To use Feature updates with update rings you need to configure the feature update deferral period to 0 days. You can configure multiple feature update configurations for TAP purposes. Another difference is that you can only control feature updates and the feature version will stay in effect for the duration of the policy (unlike pausing in update rings). This is a big difference with update rings where you can only defer updates for specific time from release. You can use “Windows 10 feature updates” to freeze the feature update which is deployed on devices within your organization to a specific version. There is also an option to pause update (feature and quality) deployment up till 35 days. You can configure multiple update rings for TAP purposes. The user experience contains settings like when devices are updated (update behaviour), but also what the user may control for example: pause or check for updates. For example you can configure the deferral period of updates, but also if the devices will recieve Microsoft product updates and Windows drivers. Using “Windows 10 update rings” you configure the update settings and the user experience. Windows 10 feature updates (version 1709 or later).Windows 10 update rings (version 1607 or later).In Intune there are two policy types to manage Windows 10 updates with Intune.

This will make it easy to manage Windows 10 updates with Intune. The service will deploy updates automatically without the need for approving individual updates. This is a free service that is available for Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education editions (Enterprise LTSC is not supported). With Intune you can manage windows 10 updates using Windows update for Business.
