Delete Update Rings in Cloud

Applies to: Patch My PC Cloud

For a Patch My PC (PMPC) Cloud deployment with Update Rings enabled, you can either:

Note

All deletion tasks for Update Rings are performed from the Assignments tab of the respective deployment.

Delete all Update Rings

To delete all Update Rings for a deployment:

  1. Edit the relevant deployment and navigate to the Assignments tab.

  2. If you want to delete a single Update Ring, use the Delete a Single Update Ring process. To delete all Update Rings for this deployment, click Remove all Rings.

    Clicking “Remove all Rings”

  3. On the Move Assignments or Delete dialog box, click Move to remove the Update Rings but keep all the existing assignments.

    Clicking “Move” to remove the Update Rings but keep all the existing assignments

Note

Clicking Delete will delete any existing assignments but not the deployment itself.

The Update Rings are removed and any existing assignments are kept.

Update Rings are removed and any existing assignments are kept
  1. Click Save to save your changes.

    Clicking “Save” to save changes

Note

If the existing deployment had different versions applied to different assignments, we use the version that was applied to the lowest delay ring before the deployment was edited.

  1. Click Cancel to return to the Assignments tab to make any required changes, or click Confirm to save your changes. The Deployments node is displayed along with the Success – Edited <deployment_name> notification.

    “Deployment Summary” showing the impact of delete all Update Rings

Delete a Single Update Ring

To delete a Single Update Ring:

  1. Navigate to the Assignments page of the deployment.

  2. Click the red X beside the Update Ring you want to delete.

Note

Deleting an Update Ring also deletes any assignments controlled by that ring. If you want to keep the assignment, drag and drop it to another ring before you delete the ring.

Clicking the read “X” to delete a specific Update Ring

The ring and any assignments it contains are deleted.

Update Ring deleted
  1. Click Save to save your changes.

    Clicking “Save” to save changes

    As you’ve removed an Update Ring and it’s assignments, the "<deployment_name>" Deployment Summary is shown detailing the impact of your proposed change. For example, by deleting the 7-Zip Pilot +7 Days ring, this app will not be deployed to the 03 - Patching - Production - All - 7 Days Entra ID group.

    “Deployment Summary” showing the impact of deleting this Update Rings
  2. Click Cancel to return to the Assignments tab to make any required changes, or click Confirm to save your changes. The Deployments node is displayed along with the Success – Edited <deployment_name> notification.

    “Deployment Summary” showing the impact of delete all Update Rings

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