Deploying Windows 11 with Intune - Microsoft Q&A (2024)

Hi @Nick Bodane

To resolve your concern with upgrade to Windows 11 using Intune via feature update deployment requires the following prerequisites.

First, your organization must have one of the following subscriptions for deploying feature update in Intune

Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5)
Windows 10/11 Education A3 or A5 (included in Microsoft 365 A3 or A5)
Windows 10/11 Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) per user
Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Second, the device in Intune should be running a supported version of Windows 10. The device must be enrolled in Intune MDM and be Hybrid AD joined or Azure AD joined.

Third, And most important of all,the device should meet the Windows 11 minimum requirements to upgrade to Windows 11 in Intune.

When the requirements are all met do the do the following steps.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Endpoint Admin center (Intune Portal).
2. In the portal, go to Devices > Features Updates for Windows 10 and later.
3. Click Create Profile and define the required Windows 11 upgrade settings in the policy.
4. On the Deployment Settings tab, enter the name of the policy as Upgrade to Windows 11 using Feature update deployment or something similar. You can add a description about what this policy does.
   Under Feature Deployment settings, select Windows 11 as feature update to deploy. You must click the drop-down and select Windows 11.
   On the Assignments tab, add the AAD groups to which you want to target the Windows 11 upgrade policy.Click the +Add Groups button and select the group.
5. I would recommend adding Test groups or Pilot groups in Intune first and perform a Windows 11 upgrade test. If everything goes well, you can plan to upgrade the remaining devices to Windows 11 in phases.
6. Click Next.
7. Finally, on the Review + Create tab, click Create.

You should see two notifications related to feature update deployment.

a. Windows feature update deployment successfully created.
b. Windows feature update deployment successfully assigned.

Under Feature Updates for Windows 10 and later, you can see the new profile that we created for Windows 11 upgrade.

The Windows 11 upgrade is complete. You must restart the computer to install the latest Windows feature update. Click Restart Now.

This completes the steps to upgrade to Windows 11 using Intune.

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