Microsoft is bringing another practical, chat-first session of Windows Office Hours on December 18, 2025 — a 60‑minute, text‑based Q&A where Microsoft product teams will answer operational questions about adopting Windows 11, managing device estates with Intune and Configuration Manager...
Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate rollover is a single operational item that can break trust across your fleet if it is ignored — Intune offers a manageable path to deploy the replacement 2023 Secure Boot certificates, but it must be used deliberately: inventory first, pilot widely, coordinate...
Microsoft is folding premium Microsoft Intune Suite capabilities into Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 subscriptions and bundling new Windows resiliency features into Windows Enterprise E3, delivering an expanded set of AI-driven management, Zero Trust controls, and recovery tools to many enterprise...
The new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) report inside Windows Autopatch gives security teams a long‑needed, device‑level view of which Windows CVEs have been fixed by recent quality updates and — crucially — which managed endpoints remain exposed.
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Enterprises face an...
Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificate refresh and the Intune “High Confidence Opt-Out” setting are now central pieces of enterprise patch planning: Microsoft is replacing the 2011 Secure Boot trust anchors with new 2023 certificates and offering multiple delivery paths — including an OS‑side...
Microsoft released a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update identified as KB5071892 for Windows 11 versions 22H2 and 23H2 on November 20, 2025, and the package is explicitly scoped to the installer‑time setup flow rather than the running OS. The bulletin summary provided with the package...
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Microsoft’s Configuration Manager is shifting from a semi‑annual feature cadence to a predictable, once‑a‑year major release schedule — a move Microsoft says is intended to prioritize security, stability and long‑term support for on‑premises estates while concentrating all future...
Microsoft’s Configuration Manager is shifting from a semi‑annual update rhythm to a once‑a‑year major release cadence, with the product team signalling a new emphasis on security, reliability and long‑term support rather than frequent feature delivery — a change that will reshape upgrade...
Microsoft’s Configuration Manager is being reconceived as a maintenance-first, long‑term‑support product rather than the rapid‑feature vehicle it once was, with the product team moving to an annual release cadence and encouraging customers to view Microsoft Intune as the primary innovation path...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview release signals a notable shift in how Microsoft will deliver security fixes: a preview hotpatch that installs without forcing a system restart, promising less downtime for users and faster compliance for administrators while exposing new operational...
HP’s silent OneAgent update for a subset of its new “AI PC” laptops accidentally removed Microsoft-issued certificates and, in some cases, severed devices’ trust with Microsoft Entra ID — forcing HP to pull the patch, assist affected customers, and leave IT teams re-checking their assumptions...
Microsoft’s Copilot has been folded into Windows 11 so tightly that many users now find the assistant unavoidable — but it’s still possible to remove, hide, or block Copilot at multiple levels depending on your edition of Windows and how permanent you want the block to be.
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Microsoft has moved its enterprise-focused Windows backup into production: Windows Backup for Organizations is now generally available and included in the August/September 2025 servicing wave, giving IT teams a built-in, Intune-manageable path to capture user settings, preferences and Microsoft...
Microsoft is changing the first moments of life for many Windows 11 PCs: eligible devices can now check for and install the latest monthly quality updates during the final Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) so users sign in to a patched, compliant system — and administrators control the behavior from...
Microsoft’s September 2025 Intune wave is one of the more consequential updates for endpoint teams this year: the service stretches its management surface to hardware-level recovery with an Intel vPro Fleet Services integration, delivers day‑zero compatibility for Apple’s OS 26 family and an...
CellTrust’s entry into the Microsoft Security Store Partner Ecosystem today formalizes a deeper alignment between a specialist in regulated mobile communications and Microsoft’s rapidly evolving security marketplace—and it matters for any organization that relies on mobile messaging, voice, and...
The Arm app ecosystem for Copilot+ PCs is no longer a niche experiment — it is now a mainstream platform strategy backed by Microsoft’s App Assure and Arm Advisory Service, hardware partners shipping NPUs capable of more than 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS), and a growing catalogue of...
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Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...
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Omnissa’s message at Omnissa ONE 2025 was unmistakable: after the spin‑out from the VMware era, the company has sharpened its narrative around consolidation, choice, and pragmatic automation — and it’s laying out a product roadmap intended to turn that rhetoric into concrete operational value...