You don’t need to upgrade the domain for new Group Policy Templates, they can be updated using a Central Store.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3087759/how-to-create-and-manage-the-central-store-for-group-policy-administrative-templates-in-windows From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 4:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Still having issues with WSUS and scheduled updates On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:04 AM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Perhaps this Technet article can provide more information: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/wsus/2013/10/08/enabling-a-more-predictable-windows-update-experience-for-windows-8-and-windows-server-2012-kb-2885694/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blogs.technet.microsoft.com_wsus_2013_10_08_enabling-2Da-2Dmore-2Dpredictable-2Dwindows-2Dupdate-2Dexperience-2Dfor-2Dwindows-2D8-2Dand-2Dwindows-2Dserver-2D2012-2Dkb-2D2885694_&d=DwMFaQ&c=qI44ipyoBm0hVwhmy07quvdiOJrWojxKI35ez1PFJ8U&r=Kac8Pegr7M2MX2HilTc0vlqSzcWt-sBs5vkGfPqCaqQ&m=ukNrFmgvcjBucXvIj1t6PO0_Aap6tKM-gbdPNElRR4g&s=Yy_izTi3MI1zZgw8rytnsoH-ZAmDbEGAncWZmDhe6o4&e=> "Finally, these updates are already included in the final versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, so if you are already planning to upgrade, there aren’t any additional updates you need to install." These are retail Win2012R2, so that update should be installed. HOWEVER: "A new group policy called Always automatically restart at the scheduled time enables restarts soon after updates are installed, instead of 3 days later" I don't see this as an option in my GPO. In order to see new options in a GPO, don't you need to install a new .ADMX file? My AD is at win 2008R2 levels, even though all my DCs are at Win2012R2. Just haven't upgraded the forest/domain level yet.
