Living in the Nordics means that from around mid-June to mid-August everything basically is put on halt due to summer vacations. And that means that more time is spent away from the computer than at the computer for me.
So let’s do a recap of what did we miss during the summer vacation period. Here are the stuff that I found most interesting which were announced during the summer!
I’m on purpose leaving out all the community updates and things which were released during the summer. Let’s focus on what Microsoft put out there!
What I’m personally most hyped about is that I’m going to Berlin in September to talk at AVD TechFest where I will talk about how you manage your Cloud PCs and also some sustainability aspects of using Windows 365!
I hope to see you all there.
Windows news!
Windows 2030 vision – Security
Microsoft has released the first part of a series with the vision for what Windows will be in 2030. Really interesting video and concept, given that we are only 5 years away.
Security leadership in the age of constant disruption | Windows Experience Blog
Windows 11 25h2 information!
As we all know, Windows 11 will get its annual update during the fall. Microsoft has released more information about the update, and we are looking at a smaller update compared to the 24h2 one.
Get ready for Windows 11, version 25H2 – Windows IT Pro Blog
Windows 11 cloud-native migration with Microsoft Intune
Are you looking to move to cloud native? This article from Microsoft gives some great guidance.
Windows 11 cloud-native migration with Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Connected Cache in GA
Want to save some bandwidth when deploying updates? Have a look at Microsoft Connected Cache which when into GA during the summer!
Microsoft Connected Cache is now generally available – Windows IT Pro Blog
Resilience in action for Windows devices and Quick Machine Recovery
Microsoft is committed to increase the resilience in Windows and have put out a blog post talking about what investment they are doing. One of these things is the Quick Machine Recovery feature which will enable you to restore a broken computer faster!
Resilience in action for Windows devices
Hotpatching for ARM64
If you have been using Windows Hotpatching you might have noticed that ARM64 devices was not included. During the summer, Microsoft announced that ARM64 devices will now be able to utilize this feature as well!
Hotpatching now available for 64-bit Arm architecture – Windows IT Pro Blog
Windows release information toolbox
Are you struggling with finding where you can find all the release information you need for Windows can be found? Microsoft has created a one-stop-shop for you over at https://aka.ms/WindowsReleaseHealth and you can read more about it here:
Your Windows release information toolbox – Windows IT Pro Blog
Upgrade to Windows 11 with Autopatch – Playbook
Are you looking to move faster to Windows 11 since Windows 10 is going out of support on October 14th this year? Did you know you could utilize Windows Autopatch to do the upgrade for you? Check out this playbook from Microsoft how to use it!
Upgrade to Windows 11 with Windows Autopatch groups – Windows IT Pro Blog
Windows 365 news!
Intelligent pre-start for Windows 365 Frontline in dedicated mode (preview)
Microsoft has released a preview of intelligent pre-start for your Frontline Cloud PCs in dedicated mode, making the start-up time even faster. It has to learn the users behaviour, but will improve the user experience!
Intelligent pre-start for Windows 365 Frontline in dedicated mode (preview)
Select redirections disabled for newly provisioned and reprovisioned Cloud PCs
Windows 365 is enhancing Cloud PC security by having clipboard, drive, opaque low-level USB, and printer redirections disabled by default for all newly provisioned and reprovisioned Cloud PCs.
Windows 365 Reserve
This one is one of my favourite news. The Windows 365 Reserve feature which was announced and put into limited preview during the summer. The concept around Windows 365 Reserve is to offer a way to get productive if your computer fails for some reason. You can quickly get a Windows 365 machine up and running which you can use for up to 10 days while your computer is being fixed or restored from ANY device (since you can use Windows 365 from any device you like).
RDP Multipath is now generally available
Improving on user experience and performance, RPD Multipath will improve your connection reliability by evaluating multiple network paths between your physical and Cloud PC/session host. This went into GA during the summer!
Whats new in Windows 365
There was also a bunch more news around Windows 365 which you can find here: What’s new in Windows 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn
Intune news!
Security Copilot for Intune GA
Security Copilot for Intune has been in preview for a while now been released as GA. It still requires you to have SCUs deployed in your environment and that you are using Security Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot in Intune features overview | Microsoft Learn
Platform SSO for macOS GA
After being in preview for quite some time, platfrom SSO for macOS has now been moved to GA!
Now Generally Available: Platform SSO for macOS with Microsoft Entra ID
Whats new in Intune
There was also a bunch of other Intune news during the summer, which you can find here: What’s new in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn
Other news!
Edge got a new Copilot feature, and the Copilot button moved a bit. A new interesting way of browsing the web and using Copilot to assist you!
Introducing Copilot Mode in Edge: A new way to browse the web – Microsoft Edge Blog
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