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Microsoft has pushed targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) updates for Windows 11 in late August 2025—delivering KB5065813, KB5065847 and KB5065848—to change how new and freshly imaged devices handle day‑one servicing and enrollment during initial setup. Background Microsoft has been reworking...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11, version 25H2 into the Release Preview channel while publicly denying any link between August’s cumulative updates and a rash of user-reported SSD failures — a week that illustrated both Microsoft’s increasingly disciplined servicing model and the fragility of...

Microsoft is retiring the long-neglected Mobile Plans app and shifting eSIM purchase and management workflows to carrier websites and the built-in Windows Settings experience — a quiet but meaningful change that will take effect when the app stops functioning on February 27, 2026, and ushers a...

Microsoft is removing the long‑standing Mobile Plans app from Windows and steering plan purchases and eSIM provisioning toward carrier websites and the built‑in Windows Settings experience, a shift that will change how always‑connected laptops and tablets are sold, activated, and supported...

Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...

Microsoft’s August 29, 2025 OOBE update (KB5065847) marks a deliberate pivot in how Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 handle day‑one security and servicing: managed devices that meet the eligibility rules can now check for and install Windows quality updates during the final...

Microsoft released KB5065848 on August 29, 2025 — a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 — that changes how device provisioning and enrollment behave during first‑time setup and supplies updated management/enrollment components used...

Title: What the Microsoft KB (KB5065083) means for MDM / Intune enrollment — why “ApplicationVersion +1” happens, the risk, and what admins & MDM vendors should do Summary (one sentence) Microsoft confirmed that for certain older Windows 11 devices the enrollment request’s ApplicationVersion...

Microsoft's decision to retire the Mobile Plans app for Windows marks the end of a small but strategic piece of the company's push to make cellular connectivity a first-class feature on PCs, and it raises immediate questions for users of eSIM-enabled laptops, OEMs, and mobile operators about...

Starting in September 2025, Microsoft will change how Windows 11 devices are provisioned for enterprise and education customers by installing the latest Windows quality updates during the final page of the out‑of‑box experience (OOBE)—a move that promises stronger security and fewer...

Microsoft is moving routine Windows 11 quality updates into the initial setup flow so that eligible Entra-joined devices can download and install the latest cumulative fixes during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), making day‑one systems more secure—and forcing IT teams to rethink provisioning...

Microsoft is rolling a change that will alter the first minutes of life for new Windows 11 devices in many organizations: starting with the September 2025 security update, eligible enterprise and education PCs will check for and install the latest Windows quality updates during the Out‑Of‑Box...

Microsoft has warned that the cryptographic roots underpinning UEFI Secure Boot on Windows devices will begin to expire in June 2026, forcing a global certificate update that every IT team and many end users must plan for now to avoid boot-level insecurities and loss of updateability. Background...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly gained the ability to accept multiple files and images in a single chat session — a practical, long-requested update that promises to speed workflows and make multimodal reasoning more useful — but early hands‑on tests expose important limits and some surprising...

Microsoft is rolling generative AI into Phone Link on Windows 11 so the app can suggest three ready-made SMS replies when you get a text — a convenience feature that’s enabled by default, uses a cloud-based “intelligent suggestion model,” and uploads recent conversation text to Microsoft...

Microsoft has quietly shifted a major piece of device provisioning from a manual follow-up task for end users to an automated, admin‑controlled step in setup — beginning with the September 2025 Windows security update, eligible Windows 11 devices can check for and install quality updates during...

Microsoft’s decades‑old Notepad is finally getting the basic writing tools most users expect: real‑time spellcheck and an autocorrect option are now rolling out to Windows Insiders as a preview, with settings that let you opt out for code files and keep the classic plain‑text experience when you...

Microsoft is rolling one more control layer into Windows setup: starting with the September 2025 security update, eligible Windows 11 devices enrolled through modern management can automatically download and install Windows quality updates during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), with the...

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...

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...