News You can Use: December 2021

This newsletter contains a few items of interest that have caught my eye in the Modern EUC , Modern Device Management and Workforce Transformation space in the last month or so.

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Last issue of 2021!

Thank you for all of your support in 2021!   See you in 2022

Have a great 2021 Holiday Season – Link to our 2021 Holiday Card here

This month’s highlighted items:

• Windows 11 talk:
  • This is not the same kind of migration effort as it was from Windows 8 or Windows 7 to Windows 10 — it is much easier and more of a feature update (Windows 10 to Windows 10 update) – Well done Microsoft!
    • Application compatibility vs Windows 10 – non issue
    • Deployment Update process – non issue (just like another Windows Feature Update
    • Group Policies / Security – non-issue (minimal impact)
    • Technical differences / issues – Non issue (minimal Impact) – With very slight changes In Window Autopilot process
    • The primary changes are to the user Interface (UI) for both end users and for administrators 
    • Full blog post here
  • I have been using Windows 11  for a while now, and one of my favorite features is the multiple desktops feature.   It lets me focus and it is like having multiple machines available at any time.  Pretty cool!  – Check blog post for details.

• Microsoft has finally updated their Windows Autopilot documentation to include guidance on how to register existing devices.   Not much  new information from blog post Gathering Existing Devices Windows Autopilot Device IDs – Modern EUC Blog, just the fact that they documented it  is GREAT!    More details in Microsoft post here

• Speaking of Modern Device management,    It is time to fully commit! –   hybrid-domain was a feature made available by Microsoft to help transition in the journey to true cloud-native management –   If you stay in hybrid mode, it is not simple to manage and challenges the benefits (including cost savings) of a true cloud-native endpoint management strategy.  More on:  Commit to Modern Device Management – Modern EUC Blog

• A few customers have asked lately how they can restrict users from saving files locally ?   Check out the blog:  Restrict Saving Files To Local Drives – Modern EUC Blog

• Great blog post by Microsoft on   Application lifecycle management (ALM) with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Microsoft Tech Community

Highlighted  blog posts:

• Comparing Windows 10 to Windows 11  – YouTube Video by TrigZolt:
• Microsoft 365 and Office 365 prices to increase next year — here’s who is affected | Windows Central

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• For a bit deeper dive into the technical side:
  • Deprecated features – Configuration Manager | Microsoft Docs
  • Desktop Analytics set to retire on November 2022 .  It will be replaced with Endpoint Anaytics!   Microsoft Blog post  here
  • Application lifecycle management (ALM) with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Microsoft Tech Community
  • New: Configure schedules to gradually roll out Windows Updates in Intune | Microsoft Docs
  • Upgrading to Windows 11 using MDT Lite Touch – Deployment Research
  • Great Session on Group Targeting and Filtering with Microsoft Endpoint Manager at: Microsoft Endpoint Manager: A deep dive on grouping, targeting and filtering​ – Microsoft Tech Community

More Modern Device Management resources can be found at:

• Dell Technologies Modern Workforce Experience YouTube Playlist.
• Dell’s InFocus Workforce Transformation Series
• Modern EUC Blog (Twitter @moderneuc)
• Modern Deployment Blog by Nathan Bridges
• In The Cloud 247 blog by Peter Klapwijk

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