AB#4215: "Check Online for Updates from Microsoft Update" option is invisible

Author: Simonx Xu

support/mem/configmgr/os-deployment/check-online-updates-unavailable.md

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+---
+title: No option to check online for updates from Microsoft Update
+description: Fixes an issue in which the "Check online for updates from Microsoft Update" option is unavailable after upgrading an OS to Windows 11, version 24H2.
+ms.date: 02/27/2025
+ms.reviewer: kaushika, lamosley
+ms.custom: sap:Operating Systems Deployment (OSD)\Task Sequence Step for Applying Windows Settings
+---
+# "Check online for updates from Microsoft Update" option is unavailable
+
+After you upgrade an operating system to Windows 11, version 24H2 by using a task sequence in Configuration Manager, the **Check online for updates from Microsoft Update** option is invisible and unavailable.
+
+Before the upgrade, the task sequence engine enables the following local group policy to prevent the client from connecting to Microsoft Update:
+
+- **Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations**
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> The group policy is located under **Local Computer Policy** > **Computer Configuration** > **Administrative Templates** > **Windows Components** > **Windows Update** > **Manage updates offered from Windows Server Update Service**.
+
+After the upgrade is completed and the task sequence finishes, the task sequence then disables the group policy.
+
+This group policy is set via the following registry key:
+
+`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations`
+
+- `1` = **Enabled**
+
+- `0` = **Disabled**
+
+However, when the registry value is set to `0`, the **Check online for updates from Microsoft Update** option is hidden in Windows 11, version 24H2.
+
+To fix this issue, set the state of the local group policy to **Not Configured** which removes the registry key (`DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations`).

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