Reboots after BIOS Update: How do you handle them?
I am working to get BIOS's updated to prepare for the Secure Boot (2023) certificate updates. I already use Modern Driver Management so I setup Modern BIOS Management and got it working using a task sequence that kicks off in Windows. But I am unsure how to handle rebooting at the end. Currently the TS finishes silently and thats it, then if I manually reboot the device it kicks off the firmware update just after POST.
I have read that if the machine waits to long or has bad timing with policy updates or settings being reapplied you can end up with Bitlocker being re-enabled before the reboot to install the new BIOS. Then you have a bunch of machines that need to have their recovery key entered.
We do not have a specific after hours maintenance window and half of our devices are laptops so they wouldn't be ready for a maintenance window anyways. I was thinking about trying to turn it into a Application install so I could have better options for reboots that the user can delay for a while.