Configure Quality Update approvals and policies for Quick Machine Recovery (QMR)

Windows Autopatch currently offers limited control over the deployment of quality updates. Today, the expedite mechanism focuses on deploying the latest security update and doesn't let admins select specific quality update releases or apply different deployment schedules, which can limit compliance, validation, and operational planning scenarios.

Soon, Windows Autopatch will let you explicitly approve, auto-approve, reject, and schedule quality updates by update type, using the same approval infrastructure used for driver updates. This unified model helps you control what content is deployed and when, so you can align rollout timing with testing, compliance, and business readiness requirements. You'll be able to independently manage:

• Monthly security updates
• Monthly non-security updates
• Out-of-band security updates
• Out-of-band non-security updates