Microsoft 365 Endpoint AdministratorManage devices and apps (55-60%)Hard
A Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator needs to ensure that all corporate-owned Windows 11 devices automatically install quality updates as soon as possible, but only after they have been thoroughly tested by a pilot group. The pilot group should receive updates 3 days after release, and the remaining production devices should receive updates 10 days after the pilot group. All devices must have a grace period of 2 days before a mandatory restart and will restart automatically outside of active hours. What is the minimum 'Quality update deferral period' that should be configured for the production device update ring?
- A13 days
- B15 days
- C3 days
- D10 days
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. 13 days
If the pilot group receives updates 3 days after release and the production devices receive them 10 days after the pilot group, the total deferral for production devices is 3 (pilot) + 10 (production delay) = 13 days. The grace period and active hours are restart settings, not deferral periods.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. This includes the grace period, which is for restarts, not for the initial deferral of the update itself.
- C. This is the deferral for the pilot group, not the production group.
- D. This is the additional delay after the pilot group, not the total deferral from release.
Intune Quality Update Deferral Calculation
Calculating the total delay for a quality update to be offered to a device group, based on the initial release date and any intermediate pilot group deferrals.
- Deferral starts from the update's release date.
- Staged rollouts often involve multiple update rings with increasing deferral periods.
- Restart grace periods are separate from the update deferral period.
Memory trick: Deferral is adding 'waiting days' from the original release date.