Can Windows Update be configured to also update other Microsoft products via Group Policy?

Can Windows Update be configured to also update other Microsoft products via Group Policy?

In other words, how can I check the "Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows." box via a GPO?

Solution 1:

Configure policy Configure Automatic Updates (either local or domain policy) and check the box for "Install updates for other Microsoft products"

Solution 2:

I've been looking for a solution to this issue for a while, but it seems even now with Windows 10 Microsoft hasn't made available a GPO setting for automatically enabling Microsoft Update (i.e. checking updates for all installed Microsoft products).

The only solution I've ever found is using a VB script:

Set ServiceManager = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.ServiceManager")
ServiceManager.ClientApplicationID = "My App"

'add the Microsoft Update Service, GUID
Set NewUpdateService = ServiceManager.AddService2("7971f918-a847-4430-9279-4a52d1efe18d",7,"")

The script can of course be deployed as a machine startup script via GPO.

The same page also mentions setting a Registry key, which can be done via GPO in a number of ways (natively, via reg.exe, using a custom administrative template, etc.).