Opting out of safeguard holds

This week is all about safeguard holds. More specifically, the ability of opting out of safeguard holds. Safeguard holds prevents devices with a known compatibility issue from being offered a new Windows 10 feature update by using Windows Update. That protects the device and user from a failed or poor experience with the Windows 10 feature update. Starting with the October 2020 security update, devices running Windows 10, version 1809 and above, receive a new setting that can be used for opting out of safeguard holds. In this post I’ll start with an introduction to safeguard holds, followed with the steps of creating a device configuration profile for opting out of safeguard holds. Important: Opting out of a safeguard hold can put devices at risk …

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