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Namespace: microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates

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Create a new ring object.

You can use this method with the following child object types: driverUpdateRing, featureUpdateRing, and qualityUpdateRing.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) WindowsUpdates.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application WindowsUpdates.ReadWrite.All Not available.

Important

For delegated access using work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be an owner or member of the group or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role that grants the permissions required for this operation. Intune Administrator, or Windows Update Deployment Administrator are the least privileged roles supported for this operation.

HTTP request

POST /admin/windows/updates/policies/{policyId}/rings

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the ring object.

Because ring is abstract, specify the concrete type in the @odata.type property. Supported values include #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.driverUpdateRing, #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.featureUpdateRing, and #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.qualityUpdateRing.

You can specify the following properties when you create a ring object.

Property Type Description
deferralInDays Int32 The update deferral period in days. The value must be between 0 and 30. Optional.
description String The ring description. The maximum length is 1,500 characters. Required.
displayName String The ring display name. The maximum length is 200 characters. Required.
excludedGroupAssignment microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.excludedGroupAssignment Governs the update deployment audience with excluded groups. Groups are logical containers of devices represented by Microsoft Entra groups. Required.
includedGroupAssignment microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.includedGroupAssignment Governs the update deployment audience with included groups. Groups are logical containers of devices represented by Microsoft Entra groups. Required.
isHotpatchEnabled Boolean Indicates whether hotpatch updates are enabled. Applies only to qualityUpdateRing. Required for that type.
isOfferOptional Boolean Indicates whether the feature update is offered to end users as optional. Applies only to featureUpdateRing. Required for that type.
isPaused Boolean Indicates whether update offers for the ring are paused. Required.
offerDurationInDays Int32 The total length of the gradual rollout window, in days. Applies only to featureUpdateRing. Optional.
offerIntervalInDays Int32 How often, in days, a new subset of devices is offered the update. Applies only to featureUpdateRing. Optional.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.ring object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows how to create a feature update ring.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/windows/updates/policies/22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222/rings
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.featureUpdateRing",
  "displayName": "Pilot",
  "description": "Pilot devices",
  "includedGroupAssignment": {
    "assignments": [
      {
        "groupId": "33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333"
      }
    ]
  },
  "excludedGroupAssignment": {
    "assignments": []
  },
  "deferralInDays": 0,
  "isPaused": false,
  "isOfferOptional": false,
  "offerDurationInDays": 1,
  "offerIntervalInDays": 0
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.featureUpdateRing",
  "createdDateTime": "2026-09-28T11:05:00Z",
  "deferralInDays": 0,
  "description": "Pilot devices",
  "displayName": "Pilot",
  "excludedGroupAssignment": {
    "assignments": []
  },
  "id": "44444444-4444-4444-8444-444444444444",
  "includedGroupAssignment": {
    "assignments": [
      {
        "groupId": "33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333"
      }
    ]
  },
  "isOfferOptional": false,
  "isPaused": false,
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2026-09-28T11:05:00Z",
  "offerDurationInDays": 1,
  "offerIntervalInDays": 0
}
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