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    Microsoft Retires Mobile Plans App, Shifting Windows eSIM Provisioning to Settings

    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...
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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 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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    Quality Updates in Windows OOBE: ESP-Controlled Provisioning for Entra Joined Devices

    Microsoft will begin installing Windows quality updates during the out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) by default for eligible Microsoft Entra‑joined and Entra‑hybrid‑joined devices running Windows 11, version 22H2 and later, and administrators can control the behavior through an Enrollment Status Page...
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    Making a Windows Bootable USB or ISO Image from WMI file

    Hi, I have our own WMI file. I want to make a windows bootable USB or ISO image from our WMI file which we use it in our provision system. I need to make a bootable USB or ISO image so techs can image PCs by themselves. I was advised to use below link, but that is for Window 7...
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    Windows 10 Exploring New Issues with Windows 10 1809: Persistent Temp Folders and Hive Events

    Hi folks, 1809 broke a few unexpected things and I'll post if interested. A drag I find myself spending 3 hours or so checking the things that [previous versions broke or reset to then list the new issues. But for now, this one seems interesting and is brand new with 1809: After 15-20 minutes...
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    Data Analysis with Tableau and Spark on Azure HDInsight | Data Exposed

    In this weeks episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes back Asad Khan, Principle PM on the HDInsight team. Today Asad shows us how easy it is to use 3rd party BI tools like Tableau to do data analysis for better insights into your data. This episode focuses on Tableau and we begin the episode by...
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    Windows 7 Windows Azure Platform Security Essentials: Module 6 – Windows Azure Role Security

    Graham Calladine, Security Architect with Microsoft Services, joins us to talk about an ITPro-focused overview of the securing Windows Azure roles, certificates, endpoints, storage accounts and operations. You’ll learn about: Specifics of securing various types of Windows Azure roles (Web...
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    Windows 7 UC Managed API 3.0 with Lync Server 2010

    If you are a developer using the Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 3.0 with Lync Server 2010, you may need to add your workstation to a pool of trusted application endpoints so you can debug from your developer environment. Nicholas Fish, Software Development Engineer in Test on the...
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