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Add microsoft Update opt-in functionality to MSI #6118
Description
In the future we plan on supporting security updates through Microsoft Update, for this to work well, the installer should ask users to opt-in to Microsoft Update.
Workflow
- check existing MU opt-in status
- If already opt-in to MU, go to the last step
- if not, go to next step.
- Show opt-in UI
- if the user opts out, go to the last step
- if the user opts in, got to next step
- Add MU service using WUA API (see examples in a separate section)
- Configure AU
- If Windows 10, goto to last step
- if AU is on, goto last step
- check OS install type
- if client OS set AU notification level (see examples in a separate section) to
scheduled installs - if server OS set AU notification level (see examples in a separate section) to
notify before installation
- if client OS set AU notification level (see examples in a separate section) to
- Continue with the installation
example how to set AU notification level
PowerShell
API
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa385824(v=vs.85).aspx
example how to add MU service using WUA API
in PowerShell
VB
And the documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa826676(v=vs.85).aspx
screen layout
example
Here is what the screen should say and look like (icon blurred until we get permission to use them):
text
| Text | Location | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Use Microsoft Update to help keep your computer secure and up to date | Header | |
| Microsoft Update helps keep your computer secure and up to date for Windows and other Microsoft products, including PowerShell 7. Updates will be delivered based on your current update settings. You can review or change these settings from the Windows Update control panel. | Description text… top / middle | |
| Use Microsoft Update when I check for updates (recommended) | First radio selection | Boldface |
| I don’t want to use Microsoft Update. | Second radio selection | |
| See the Microsoft Update FAQ | Bottom left (aligned left), first link. | Link (see below for details) |
| Read the Microsoft Update Privacy Statement | Bottom left (aligned left), second link | Link (see below for details) |
urls
- Microsoft Update online FAQ URL
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=57191
- Microsoft Update privacy statement URL
Activity
TravisEz13 commentedon Feb 8, 2018
chuanjiao10 Can you please restate? I don't understand what you are trying to say.
bergmeister commentedon Feb 11, 2018
When auto-update is turned on would that also mean that minor version updates get applied automatically or only patches?
TravisEz13 commentedon Feb 12, 2018
The plan is preliminary (not final), but currently is only to release minor updates which are critical security updates. Other limitations mean, this will likely not happen until after 6.0.2, as I had to make fixes to the MSI in order to make it serviceable using Microsoft Update.
Note: I assume you mean minor update, and patch in the semantic versioning sense, not the MSI sense.
TravisEz13 commentedon Feb 19, 2018
chuanjiao10 This work item must be done as stated to meet our requirements to release security updates. Your stated aim is unrelated to this issue. Your requirements are new requirements. Please file a new issue.
TravisEz13 commentedon Jul 20, 2021
This is partially done. I don't plan on doing any of the rest of the items.