New Update UUP on-premise updates for Windows 11 - Microsoft claims up to 30% smaller, faster downloads

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Back in October, Microsoft had announced the public preview of on-premises UUP (Unified Update Platform) which promises faster and smaller Windows update downloads. Fast forward four months to today, the company says the feature is now almost ready to ship, as the first UUP on premises updates are set to hit on March 28th.

In the update workflow diagram below, Microsoft has explained how UUP can lead to smaller update download sizes for client PCs after the initial one-time 10GB increase in the case of distribution points for the Windows 11 22H2 feature update.

With the help of UUP, Microsoft is promising up to 30% smaller and hence faster downloads. Other improvements include cumulative and feature update integrations which means less reboot time, reduced client downloads, and more. In a Tech Community blog post, Thad Martin, a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, has explained the benefits of UUP outlining all the improvements expected from it:

That extra 10GB foundation on distribution points enables the awesome new capabilities that come with UUP. The same fundamental improvements we've been making over several releases are now available to enterprises with UUP on-premises update management. In short, you'll experience faster and smaller quality and feature updates, reduced disk space and usage, and fewer reboots:

• Up to 30% smaller client downloads for quality updates
• Cumulative update integration with feature updates (i.e., get current in one reboot)
• Seamless retention of installed language packs and optional features (FOD) during feature updates
• Reduced client downloads for feature updates (i.e., inbox app downloads are conditional)Automatic OS healing during the update process
• End-user acquisition of language packs and FOD

UUP Windows updates are almost here as Microsoft claims up to 30% smaller, faster downloads

Today, Microsoft has announced the availability date of the on premises UUP, and it's less than two months out. With the new feature, the company promises up to 30% smaller Windows update downloads.

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Get ready for the first UUP on premises updates coming in March!

We're bringing the power of Windows Update and Windows Update for Business to the on-premises configuration! Starting March 28th, on-premises Windows 11, version 22H2 devices will receive quality updates via the Unified Update Platform (UUP). UUP on premises interoperates with Windows Server...

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I’m kinda expecting something to break when that feature gets release. And Microsoft spending the next days fixing the bugs

 

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I’m kinda expecting something to break when that feature gets release. And Microsoft spending the next days fixing the bugs

It is for enterprise-only. It is not for Windows Update on unmanaged (home user) systems. The enterprise installs UUP on their own hardware per the requirements.

 

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Back in October of 2022, Microsoft had announced the public preview of on-premises UUP (Unified Update Platform) which promised faster and smaller Windows updates. About a month and a half before the rollout, the company shared more details about UUP claiming up to 30% faster and smaller downloads. Microsoft also added that .NET update performance will also be significantly better on Windows 11 22H2 due to as .NET Framework updates would now be a part of UUP as well. Of course, it wasn't bug-free as there was a WSUS upgrade issue caused by the accidental removal of necessary UUP MIME types.

Microsoft shares FAQ on Windows update UUP covering Configuration Manager, WSUS, more

It has been a month since Microsoft officially rolled out UUP on premises. As such, Microsoft, based on the community feedback, has shared a helpful FAQ meant to help out IT and system admins.

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UUP Media Creator, a set of third-party tools for scanning and fetching updates from the Microsoft Unified Update Platform (also known as UUP), received a small update to resolve issues with downloading files for the recently released Windows 11 Moment 4 update. Version 3.1.9.0 is now available for download from the project's GitHub repository.

Gustave Monce, the creator of UUP Media Creator, announced the update on its DuoWOA Announcements Telegram channel:

A new version of UUP Media Creator just got released to address important issues that prevented both downloading all files, and creating setup media for Windows 11 Version 23H2 (Moment 4) release.

If you had errors when making media for this, please relaunch the uupdownload command, this will download some missing files, and won't redownload what you already have, and then relaunch the conversion command using the new version.

And here is the changelog published on GitHub:

UUP Media Creator gets new update with improvements for downloading Windows 11 Moment 4

UUP Media Creator, a popular third-party tool for downloading binaries from the Microsoft Unified Update Platform, received an update to resolve bugs related to the Windows 11 Moment 4 update.

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