If OneDrive is running, it's stopped and then restarted. After the download is complete, OneDrive verifies and installs it.
If both of these are true, OneDrive downloads the update to a hidden folder without any user interaction. The update is available to the computer based on the rollout percentage we set within the ring. If the installed version is too old to be updated to the current version, the sync app will first be updated to the minimum version within the ring. The latest version released to the update ring is higher than what's installed on the computer. To determine if an update is available, the OneDrive sync app checks if: Windows 10 also has a scheduled task that updates the sync app even when it's not running. If it has stopped and hasn't checked for updates in more than 24 hours, the sync app will check for updates as soon as it's started. The OneDrive sync app checks for available updates every 24 hours when it's running. How the sync app checks for and applies updates
For info about the Windows 10 update process, see Build deployment rings for Windows 10 updates. For info about the Microsoft 365 update process, see Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
To learn how to set it for the Mac sync app, see Configure the new OneDrive sync app on macOS. To learn how to set the Deferred ring for the Windows sync app using Group Policy, see Set the sync app update ring. Microsoft reserves the right to bypass the 60-day grace period for critical updates. However, as the slowest ring, the Deferred ring receives performance improvements, reliability fixes, and new features last. (If you don't deploy an update after 60 days, it will be automatically downloaded and installed.) The Deferred ring also lets you as an admin:Ĭontrol when you deploy updates (within 60 days of their release).ĭeploy new versions from an internal network location to avoid using Internet bandwidth.
The Deferred ring provides builds that have been monitored throughout the Production rollout, so fewer releases are suspended. See all our recommendations for configuring the sync app
We recommend leaving everyone else in the organization in the default Production ring to ensure they receive bug fixes and new features in a timely fashion. We recommend selecting several people in your IT department as early adopters to join the Insiders ring and receive features early. After updates have completely rolled out within the Production ring, we release them to the next ring, Deferred. In the rare case we detect an issue, we suspend the release, address the issue, and release a new update to users in the same order. At each increase along the way, we monitor telemetry for quality assurance purposes. We roll them out to a small percentage of users in the ring at first, and slowly roll them out to everyone in the ring. Later, we release to organizations in the default update ring, Production. It takes about three days to roll out to this ring.
To try these latest features, join the Windows Insider program or the Office Insider program. How we release updates through multiple ringsĪfter we validate updates through rings within Microsoft, we release them to the first public ring, Insiders. After we finish rolling out updates within the Production ring, we publish them to the Mac App Store, where they're immediately released to everyone. The sync app installed from the Mac App Store follows a separate update process. If you allow your users to sync personal OneDrive accounts, the update process described in this article and any settings you select apply to all instances of the sync app. Note that if you deploy the sync app alongside Office (via the Office Deployment Tool or some other means), it will continue to check for updates independent of any Office update restrictions you set.
It explains how we release updates to the sync app for Windows and the standalone sync app for Mac through rings of validation, and how the sync app checks for updates. This article is for IT admins who manage the new OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) in an enterprise environment. Learn about the Production and Deferred rings for OneDrive sync app updates