Windows

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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SCCM – Desktop Analytics is now available in public preview

As you may be aware, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch has been providing insights about your devices using Windows Analytics, helping you in the upgrade process from previous version of Windows to Windows 10. Well, Windows Analytics is now evolving into Desktop Analytics to provide more recommendations and better application compatibility. To start …

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Windows 10 – The new Windows 10 version, 1903, is now available

  This is a rap, Windows 10 1903 is now officially available.   You can get it either using through WindowsUpdate server, Windows Update for Business, Visual  Studio subscription (aka MSDN), Software Center (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10) and Volume License.   As part of this availability, you also have the Windows Assessment Toolkit (ADK) used for OS deployment …

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Windows / Azure – Reset password from all Windows

You may be already aware that you can provide the ability to your end-user to reset their password (Self Service Password Reset – SSRP) directly from the logon screen for Windows 10 Azure AD Joined device (see https://t.co/LW060QqgGV if you want to know more). Well, Microsoft has announced a major improvement for this feature as …

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Windows – Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 have been pulled out

UPDATE Nov 14th, 2018 – Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 are available again – https://t.co/NvLFSII9fM Just few days after the release of Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019, Microsoft has pulled out these releases from MSDN (and possibly Volume license) as well as paused the delivery through Windows Update. This follows reports …

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Windows – Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 are now available

UPDATE Oct, 6th – Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 have been pulled out for further investigation after issues reported (see https://t.co/WLZS6uC7Px) Windows 10 1809 update is being rolled out through WindowsUpdate and is already available using the Installation Media tool or MSDN. Windows Server 2019 is also available on MSDN or in evaluation, …

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Azure/Windows 10 – You can use your Authenticator App to sign in

Going the same way than Windows Hello for Business, you can now use your Microsoft Authenticator app to sign in to your corporate resources protected by Azure AD (Azure, Office 365, Azure published apps…) You need off course few prerequisites: Running Windows 10, registered to your Azure AD tenant Have setup an authentication policy on …

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