About this tag
The settings backup tag covers Microsoft’s evolving approach to backing up and restoring Windows settings on managed Windows 11 PCs. Recent coverage focuses on Windows 11, version 26H2, where settings backup is becoming enabled by default for eligible devices, while restore remains a controlled recovery capability. Topics include endpoint classification, pilot deployments, and practical exclusions for pooled VDI, reset-based systems, and shared desktops. The discussions also clarify that settings backup is not a substitute for file backup, application deployment, profile management, or migration tools. This archive is useful for IT teams evaluating recovery behavior across durable, user-assigned laptops and desktops.
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    Windows Terminal settings.json: Back Up and Restore Profiles

    Windows Terminal keeps its user-created profiles, key bindings, color schemes, startup behavior, and appearance preferences in a small configuration file named settings.json. Backing up that file before a reset, clean Windows installation, or PC migration preserves the part of Terminal that is...
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    Windows 11 26H2: Exclude Pooled VDI From Settings Backup

    Windows settings backup and restore in Windows 11 should be treated as a scoped recovery capability for durable, user-assigned endpoints—not as a replacement for file backup, application deployment, profile management, or migration tooling. WindowsForum’s reporting on the Windows 11 26H2...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 26H2 Backup Default On: Settings Recovery Gets a New Baseline

    Microsoft is making Windows settings backup automatically enabled for eligible managed PCs starting with Windows 11, version 26H2, with the change available to Windows Insiders in July 2026 and broadly planned for the second half of the year outside excluded regions and cloud environments. The...
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