firmware management

Use one maintenance window for Windows quality updates, routine .NET servicing, and validated routine drivers, but do not automatically admit firmware until Microsoft documents granular commercial controls and each hardware family passes a separate gate. A unified restart can reduce disruption...

The June 2026 Secure Boot certificate milestone has passed, but Windows systems missing the 2023 certificate authorities are not expected to fail en masse: they generally continue booting and receiving ordinary Windows updates. Administrators should now inventory the current UEFICA2023Status...

Microsoft’s announcement of a commercial deployment service for driver and firmware updates — first teased in 2021 and now baked into Intune’s driver update policies and Microsoft Graph workflows — fundamentally changes how enterprises control, approve, and monitor device-level updates from...