Windows

Intune – You can set the Feature Update you want to stay on

By now you know, a new version/build of Windows 10 is known as Feature Update being released roughly every 6 months. You also already know that you can manage the update feature on Windows 10 with Intune policy. Well, a new policy capability has been added to Intune to let you define the Windows feature

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Windows 10 – The new release 1909 is now officially available

Few weeks after becoming available on MSDN (see https://t.co/dANct8YTwE), the new Windows 10 release, aka Windows 10 November update, aka Windows10 1909, is now officially available. You can get it through Windows Update, Volume License and/or the media creation tool (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10). IMPORTANT with this release Windows 10 1803 has reached end of support while it

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Windows – The November update for Windows 10 – aka 1909 – is now available in MSDN

The new release of Windows 10 – aka November update, aka 1909 – is now available in MSDN for download. This means you can start evaluating the new release and a general availability – from the Microsoft download and WindowsUpdate – is coming very soon.

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Intune – You can define the default domain to use for authentication

As you know, with Windows 10 you can join your device to Azure Active Directory and then use your user principal name (UPN) – which usually is also your email address. In the past (aka when the device was Active Directory domain joined), end-users were used to enter their username using the ‘short name’ (aka

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Windows / Intune – Tamper Protection, a new protection capability is now available

As you know, attackers always try to be ahead of the security game and one of their technique is to disable the endpoint protection (aka antivirus/antimalware). Well, while Windows Defender is a quite secure and robust endpoint protection, it is obviously one of the major focus for these attackers. To help mitigate security threats trying

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Intune – You can now create your custom firewall rules for Windows Defender Firewall

Good new if you have implemented an Endpoint Protection policy in Intune (hope you did ): you can now create your very own Defender Firewall rules. As you know, with the Endpoint Protection policy you were able to configure Windows Defender Firewall to have it enabled as well as few basic settings like merging (or

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Windows – The PowerToys are back

For those who use Windows 95 to Windows XP, you  may know the famous PowerToys for Windows, giving you more customization and powerfull tools (like TwekUI or Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows XP).   Well, good new, the PowerToys are back with Windows 10. The first release includes a cheat sheet Windows key shortcut (this

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Windows – Windows Analytics will be retired by January 2020

As you may be aware, a new Windows analytics solution has been released in preview called Desktop Analytics few months ago (see https://t.co/VqQV4WRj83). Desktop Analytics is aimed to replace the well-known Windows Analytics which has been here for quite some time through 3 Log Analytics solutions: Upgrade Readiness, Update Compliance and Device Health. If you

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SCCM – You can now deploy Windows 10 Preview updates with SCCM/WSUS

If you are using System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (SCCM Current Branch) to manage and deploy Windows Update updates, you can now deploy Windows 10 Insider updates too with SCCM Software Update. you must be running SCCM Current Branch 1810 or later to be able to configure it. To enable this capability you just

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