From next month, Windows administrators will be able to inflict Microsoft's quality updates on users via the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) by default.

Users without managed devices have long faced an interminable wait during the first setup of Windows while updates are downloaded and installed. Microsoft's "much awaited improvement" means that the ability to get the latest Windows quality updates during OOBE is coming to eligible Microsoft Entra-joined or Entra hybrid-joined devices running Windows 11 22H2 or later.

The change means that on the last page of OOBE, the device will check Windows Update and install any applicable updates. This means that when a user first signs in, the device will (in theory) be up to date.

The action is controlled by administrators via a policy setting, and

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