With so many people working remote, IT professionals need to embrace new mechanisms to perform this work securely through the internet.
Microsoft's guidance for adopting a faster Windows 10 update cadence has remained consistent: plan, prepare, and deploy. While we know many companies are still using more traditional processes, the steps provided in this post leverage cloud resources to reduce bandwidth, reduce the workload on you as the IT admin, and, most importantly, improve the end user experience in a secure way.
This month, we are outlining the steps that will help you deploy feature updates in your production environments while pivoting to a remote workforce using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to manage devices. Last month, we published tactical guidance to help you optimize Windows monthly update deployment for remote devices. In the current remote-first work environment, many businesses are finding that they need to modify and modernize their existing processes to maintain and ensure business continuity. IT admins globally have had to rapidly react, getting users up and running with secure remote work options and finding the best ways to keep remote devices up to date with monthly updates. Today's post offers provide practical, step-by-step guidance to help you move your existing devices to Windows 10, version 2004- the latest Windows 10 feature update-as quickly and seamlessly as possible.