windows 10 may 2020 update – what’s in it

microsoft published is next update for windows 10 – called version 2004 – are your ready ?

What’s new in Windows 10 for IT Pros

• Windows Hello, support Fast Identity Online 2 (FIDO2)

• Windows Defender System Guard enables an even higher level of System Management Mode (SMM) Firmware Protection
• Windows Defender Application Guard has been available for Chromium-based Edge
• Reduced offline time during feature updates
• SetupDiag is now automatically installed, can help diagnose why a Windows 10 update failed
• Windows PowerShell cmdlets have been improved
• Windows Sandbox is an isolated desktop environment, enables more control over configuration
• Pairing Bluetooth devices with your computer will occur through notifications
• New DirectX 12 features are available in this release

special items have picked, full list @microsoft

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windows 10 is smarter as you’d might think

check out these features to improve your daily work dynamic lock since Microsoft doesn’t offer own smartphones anymore, they integrate some clever/smart features to connect with mobile devices – e.g. ensure that your windows 10 is locked when your away from keyboard with dynamic lock picture password to get rid of long passwords with complex…

by matthias mader

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what’s new in MDM for Windows 10

for enterprise some configuration service provider (csp) have added or advanced

Topic	Description
Policy CSP	added new policies in Windows 10, version 2004: •ApplicationManagement/BlockNonAdminUserInstall •Bluetooth/SetMinimumEncryptionKeySize •Education/AllowGraphingCalculator •TextInput/ConfigureJapaneseIMEVersion •TextInput/ConfigureSimplifiedChineseIMEVersion •TextInput/ConfigureTraditionalChineseIMEVersion
DevDetail CSP	added the following new node: Ext/Microsoft/DNSComputerName
EnterpriseModern AppManagement CSP	added the following new node: IsStub
SUPL CSP	added the following new node: FullVersion

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select Start  > Settings  > Update & Security  > Windows Update and select Check for updates otherwise click below

mobile office apps – all for one

while microsoft has had it’s separate versions of word, excel, and powerpoint available for iOS & android, the new Office app combine all of them into a single app – combine functionality – reduce filesize in total – o365 provide powerfull graph api to integrate into enterprise deployments

and for sure a new icon, like egde and other apps > read about the all new edge browser with chromium

how to get the new Office app, for android register here or dirctly download here

but iOS testflight beta already full

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refer to screens and short demo video below

the all new edge browser with chromium

new engine – new logo

starting january 15th microsoft will offically launch it’s updated/new browser – the open source project integration should provide a better compability on the desktop

get the chrome browser for android right here

authenticator usability matrix

security is important and 2fa should mandatory …

 read more: multi factor authentication

… while more and more services offer this capability – how to handle all those tokens, here are my analyse of some authenticator apps

app	account	app lock	backup
google authenticator	–	–	–
microsoft authenticator	optional	screenlock	–
authy	phone & email	–	cloud
andotp	–	pin, password	local encrypted
lastpass authenticator	optional	pin, fingerprint	cloud
1passsword	price starts $2.99	pin, fingerprint	cloud, local, wlan

… this is neither comlete market analyse nor evaluate all available features, like enterprise grade rights management

stay tuned about secure authentication with virtual smart card 

dual-sim

travelling between two countries or managing dual persona at the same device

in enterpise those solutions are quote interesting, provide full flexibility with just one device

• Android support DUAL-SIM/MULTIPLE SIM cards in API since ANDROID 5.1
• Samsung KNOX support Enterprise billing on dual SIM devices

• first dual-sim phone was the benefon twin in 2000, sim card needs to be selected at phone launch

• 2003 dual-adapter became popular, but it was still not possible to use both at the same time

• several chinese device spotted beginning 2006, samsung’s first dual-sim device d880 was released in 2007

• 2012 Nokia released a cheap nokia 101

• beginning 2014 microsoft provied dual-sim devices 530 and 630

read more: huawei’s flagship devices with dual sim

• update: 12.09.2018 apple released iPhone XR, XS and XS Max , all got dual-SIM capabilities, one will be a physical SIM card and the other an eSIM (embedded SIM), a chinese only device will hold two physical cards

• hopefully those solutions are from the past

windows without passwords

microsoft is going new ways to authenticate, with it’s actual released build 17093 – pin-based authentication or biometric are supported – easier and more secure – currently limited to windows 10 s, will probably available to other version @techviral

preconfigure outlook

with it’s current release of microsoft outlook app for ios and android it is possible to preconfigure via enterprise mobility suite @microsoft

following values are suppoted for android, a step further for android enterprise to get rid of the “almost”

for ios refer to apple’s managed app configuration and it’s key value pairs

within windows10 there are some possiblities to preconfigure an email profile in outlook, even via emm

 read more: outlook supporting oauth, ios12 added exchange payload

other mircosoft office apps don’t support these functionality – graph api is the approach, any vendor can integrate with intune to use it as middleware to manage office apps – a powerful api with the intelligence in microsoft’s hands