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    Windows KB5064080 Release Preview: Fixes for Explorer, SMB over QUIC, ReFS, and Windows Backup

    Microsoft’s latest Release Preview cumulative — KB5064080 (OS Build 22621.5840 / 22631.5837) — is a focused, non‑security preview update that patches a string of real‑world reliability issues across File Explorer, file sharing, and the ReFS file system while also surfacing a major enterprise...
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    Windows 11: Quality Updates in OOBE with Autopilot and Intune ESP

    Microsoft is rolling a significant change to how new Windows 11 PCs are provisioned: eligible devices will now check for and install the latest quality and security updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) so users sign in on day one with a patched, compliant system. This shift, delivered...
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    Windows 11 KB5064080 Release Preview: Reliability fixes & Windows Backup for Organizations

    Microsoft has pushed a targeted Release Preview update identified as KB5064080 into the Windows 11 servicing stream, delivering incremental reliability fixes across File Explorer, storage (ReFS), networking (SMB over QUIC), input/IME handling, device‑management policy enforcement and more — and...
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    KB5065813: Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates & Recovery Patch (22H2/23H2)

    Microsoft has published KB5065813 — an out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2 — on August 26, 2025, delivering two tightly related outcomes: first, a platform change that enables Windows quality updates to be taken during OOBE for eligible managed devices; and...
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    Windows OOBE Now Installs Quality Updates via ESP for Entra-Joined Devices

    Microsoft is rolling the ability to install Windows quality updates during the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) into enterprise provisioning flows, making it possible for eligible Entra‑joined and Entra hybrid‑joined Windows 11 devices to arrive at first sign‑in already patched — but only when...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates for Entra-joined Devices (Sept 2025)

    Microsoft is changing the Windows 11 out-of-box experience (OOBE) for managed devices so that, starting in September 2025, eligible Entra-joined and Entra hybrid machines can automatically download and install Microsoft quality updates during setup — a move that will make initial device...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Updates: Day-One Security and IT Tradeoffs

    Windows 11 will now, in some scenarios, download and install updates automatically while a device is still in the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE), a change that promises better day‑one security for new machines but also raises practical, operational and privacy tradeoffs for both consumers and IT...
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    NetApp Connector for Microsoft 365 Copilot: On-Prem Data, No Cloud Migration

    Microsoft 365 Copilot can now tap enterprise file shares without forcing a wholesale migration to the cloud: NetApp’s new connector brings on‑prem and cloud NetApp data into Copilot while preserving item‑level security, offering containerized deployment options, and promising high performance...
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    Microsoft's Quantum Safe Program: From PQC Testing to Enterprise Migration by 2033

    Microsoft’s public roadmap for a quantum‑safe future is no longer a research manifesto: it’s a multi‑year engineering and procurement plan that maps how SymCrypt, Windows, Azure, Microsoft 365 and silicon will evolve to resist the cryptanalytic power of future quantum computers. The company has...
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    Windows 11 23H2 Build 22631.5837 Release Preview: Key fixes & Backup for Organizations

    Microsoft has quietly pushed a quality update to Windows 11 Insiders that packs a slate of targeted bug fixes — including remedies for USB/removable‑storage policy enforcement, File Explorer slowdowns, and several enterprise‑grade reliability issues — as part of Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080)...
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    Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) — Release Preview: ESU Network Block & Backup GA

    Deep dive — Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel Published: August 14, 2025 Today Microsoft released Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders on Windows 10, version 22H2. This flight is a relatively...
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    Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081): AI features, Recall, and IT changes

    Deep Dive: Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) — what’s new, what to watch for, and how to handle it Published: August 14, 2025 Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (packaged as KB5064081) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2 (OS build...
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    Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 Release Preview: GA Windows Backup for Organizations & Key Fixes

    Microsoft today pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, a targeted cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2 that bundles a set of quality fixes, device-management improvements, and a notable enterprise addition: Microsoft’s Windows Backup...
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    August 2025 Patch Tuesday: 100+ Fixes, ESU Options, and AzureAD Retirement

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is a heavyweight release: Redmond shipped fixes for more than a hundred security flaws, closed a clutch of high‑severity remote code execution and privilege‑escalation defects, and bundled new Windows 11 quality and AI‑adjacent features that will change how some...
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    Windows 365 Reserve: Fast, Secure Temporary Cloud PCs for Business Continuity

    Microsoft’s Windows 365 lineup has a new tool in the business continuity toolkit: Windows 365 Reserve, a standalone subscription that hands each covered user a short allotment of temporary Cloud PC access to keep work moving when a primary endpoint goes offline. The service—now running in a...
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    NTT DATA Unveils Global Microsoft Cloud Unit to Scale Production AI

    NTT DATA’s creation of a dedicated global business unit for the Microsoft Cloud marks a decisive escalation in the company’s long-standing partnership with Microsoft, packaging cloud-native development, security, observability and agentic AI scale-up under one globally coordinated organization...
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    NTT DATA Launches Microsoft Cloud Unit for AI-Driven Enterprise Transformation

    NTT DATA has created a dedicated global business unit for the Microsoft Cloud to accelerate enterprise-grade, AI-driven business transformation — a move that consolidates Microsoft-focused sales, delivery, engineering, and industry expertise under a single, AI-first organization intended to move...
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    Grok 4 Gates Private Preview: Guidance for Azure and Windows Admins

    Title: Microsoft puts Grok 4 behind a gate: What Azure and Windows admins need to know right now TL;DR Microsoft is not broadly launching xAI’s Grok 4 on Azure AI Foundry. Instead, the model is entering a limited, invite-only private preview while Microsoft continues safety and red-team...
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    Transforming Enterprise Security with Microsoft Security Copilot in Intune and Entra

    In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprise IT and security teams are experiencing immense pressure: responding to never-ending threats, keeping up with device compliance, juggling complex configurations, and above all, maintaining efficient operations in a world where every second...
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    Eliminating High-Privilege Access in Microsoft 365: A Guide to Zero Trust Security

    Microsoft 365, a backbone of productivity for millions of organizations worldwide, is under constant threat from an evolving landscape of cybersecurity risks. As enterprises shift more business-critical workloads to the cloud, the challenge of securing user permissions and data across...
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