First, Windows Update for Business (WUfB) is not something that you install. It’s not an agent or server that gets installed. It’s merely settings that you configure that establishes how Windows 10 gets serviced. It’s very similar Servicing Plans in ConfigMgr, but for cloud-based management instead of on-prem management.
WUfB will tell a Windows 10 device which servicing branch it is in, and how many days into that servicing branch that it installs the latest feature update. To refresh, the two servicing branches are Current Branch (CB) and Current Branch for Business (CBB). The number of days that you specify tells the system how long after a feature update is made CB or CBB that the machine should wait before applying the feature update. For a complete understanding of servicing plans and how best to implement them in your organization, see this blog post: Windows as a Service: Keep Windows 10 Up-to-Date – (windowsmanagementexperts.com)
Intune Configuration
To configure WUfB, you must use a Windows 10 custom configuration policy in Intune. I recommend creating a policy specifically for this purpose. The settings I reference here work with Windows 10 1607. For earlier versions of Windows 10, see the end of the blog. I will make a policy that assigns a device to CBB and installs the feature update 7 days after the OS hits CBB.
The first setting you need is Update/BranchReadinessLevel, configured like this:
This setting will configure the device for CBB. If you would like your device in CB, change the value to 16.
Next, you need this setting:
The value here is simply the number of days to postpone the feature update.
Windows 10 1511
If you are on Windows 10 1511, the OMA-URI box will be slightly different. For the first setting (BranchReadinessLevel), change the OMA-URI setting to “./Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Update/RequireDeferredUpgrade” For the day deferral, change it to “./Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Update/DeferUpgrade”.
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