Patch Management Solution: Windows 10 - Microsoft Feature Pack Support

Products

• Patch Management Solution
• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Support for the Windows Feature Packs has been added and managed in the following Bulletin names found on the Console > Actions > Software > Patch Remediation Center:

• SBSP-Windows10_1511
• SBSP-Windows10_1607
• SBSP-Windows10_1703
• SBSP-Windows10_1709 (Full Support on 1/19/2018 detailed in 179220)
• Support is ongoing for Windows 10 releases.

An alternative process to deploy these upgrades outside Patch Management is detailed on 178784 and uses Software Management Solution which has more flexibility in deployment.

Resolution

See the process outlined in KB 150246 to configure the Software Update Policies to deploy the Windows Feature Packs in Patch Management Solution.

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Note: Windows 10 LTSB Builds do not have monthly released Software Updates as outlined in Microsoft's FAQ which it reads: Microsoft never publishes feature updates through Windows Update on devices that run Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB.

• New versions of LTSB are generally released every 2–3 years and organizations can choose to install them as in-place upgrades or even skip releases over a 10-year life cycle. However, the Windows 10 LTSB 2015 was the initial release of build 1507; however, Microsoft released build 1607 in 2016 as a revision of the initial release of updates.
• PMImport Vendor listing Windows 10 LTSB are for deploying non-feature related updates, so the LTSB will not be upgraded by design from the vendor so these updates deployed by Patch Management Solution will not be targeting/updating the build of each release

Additional Information

An alternative process to deploy these upgrades outside Patch Management is detailed on 178784 and uses Software Management Solution which has more flexibility in deployment.