WSUS Replacement
From WSUS to Windows Update for Business and Autopatch. Cloud-based patch management for your Windows devices.
WSUS Is End of Life — but Still Running Everywhere
Microsoft officially deprecated WSUS in September 2024. No new features, no further development. Yet WSUS still runs in most mid-market environments — because no one has time to plan the migration path.
This means: manual update approvals, outdated compliance reports, a dedicated server consuming resources, and patches that never reach remote employees. Every month without migration is a month with avoidable security gaps and unnecessary operational overhead.
The alternative is already included in your M365 license: Intune Update Rings, Windows Update for Business, and Windows Autopatch. All that is missing is a structured migration plan.
ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL
DELIVERABLES
Inventory existing WSUS infrastructure: servers, groups, approval processes
Prerequisite validation: verify Entra Join status and Intune enrollment for all devices
Configure Intune Update Rings: deferral periods, deadlines, restart behavior, active hours
Set up Scan Source Policy for phased migration of individual update categories
Activate Windows Autopatch with deployment rings (Pilot → First → Fast → Broad)
Configure driver update management in Intune
Set up compliance reporting and dashboards
Create WSUS decommissioning plan with rollback scenario
Next steps after WSUS Replacement
A cleanly configured tenant is the foundation. These blueprints build directly on it
