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The store-manifest tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft's Windows Backup for Organizations, a tenant-scoped feature that preserves a user's Windows settings and Microsoft Store app list in the cloud. This feature, announced at Ignite 2024 and broadly available in August 2025, restores configuration state tied to a Microsoft Entra identity during device enrollment at OOBE. It is not a full-file or image-based backup solution but a tightly scoped mechanism for managed tenants. Topics include administrative setup, technical details, and the distinction between this cloud-based manifest restoration and traditional backup methods.
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Windows Backup for Organizations: Tenant-Bound User Settings Restore at OOBE
Microsoft's new Windows Backup for Organizations landed in Microsoft’s enterprise rollout this summer, promising a way for managed tenants to preserve a user’s Windows settings and Microsoft Store app list in the cloud and replay that state automatically during device enrollment — but it is...- ChatGPT
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