[German]Microsoft has published some explanation when Feature updates for Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 will be released and may be rolled out within enterprise environmentss. The release schedule for Windows 10 20H2 (autumn update) has also been announced.
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Update plan for Windows 10/Microsoft 365
I don't follow it so closely anymore, but the colleagues from deskmodder.de noticed it here. It's based on the Techcommunity post Transform Windows feature updates with a servicing calendar from June 18, 2020. Microsoft is trying to provide information to administrators in the enterprise environment on when to prepare for Windows 10 feature updates via Windows Update for Business for existing environments. The idea is to make the rollout of upgrades more consistent and with greater automation.
The background is the unfortunate semiannual upgrade cycle in spring and fall for Windows 10 feature updates. Until now, you could never be sure whether a spring update would be in March, April, or, as is the case with the 2004 release, May. Now the article says:
Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) – Released in March and September. Use this channel to have users receive feature updates quicker than the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel. Testing of Microsoft 365 Apps on these releases will occur as a separate motion from Windows 10 feature updates.
For enterprises, the semi-annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) will receive feature updates in March and September of each year.
I have cross read the article once. The whole Techcommunity article is a wild summary of recommendations, options and does and don'ts – which confuses me more than it helps. Interesting is the section 'Annual – Apply one feature update every calendar year', where Microsoft shows a sample plan where a feature update is rolled out once a year in an enterprise environment, aligned with the release cycles of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and Microsoft 365 Apps.
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Annual Feature Updates, Source: Microsoft
Microsoft has also written something about the Windows 10 20H2 feature update in the following calendar.
Fast Upgrades, Source: Microsoft
Click onto the pictures to zoom. For further details read the Microsoft's Techcommunity post.
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