Tech Advisor - UK (2020-01)

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68 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

WINDOWS 10


system for those who can’t be trusted to download
authorized apps. Admins can now use Microsoft InTune
to download traditional Win32 apps (yay!) to their
Windows 10 in S Mode PCs. As a consumer, you may
never see the benefits of this directly. But you may work
for a company that does.

The other stuff
Microsoft literally lists the entire feature set of the
Windows 10 November 2019 Update on Insider blog
posts like this one (fave.co/2JjmGbW) – a far cry from
the mammoth releases of old. So there’s a few dribs
and drabs that it includes, which can’t quite meet the
bar of the ‘features’ listed above. Here they are:


  • A key-rolling/key-rotation feature enables secure
    rolling of recovery passwords on managed mobile
    Azure Active Directory devices on a request from
    Microsoft Intune or MDM tools. This feature
    will help prevent accidental recovery password
    disclosure as part of manual BitLocker drive unlock
    by users, Microsoft says.

  • The the Windows 10 November 2019 Update adds
    Windows Defender Credential Guard for ARM64
    devices for additional protection against credential
    theft for enterprises deploying ARM64 devices.

  • Narrator, Windows 10’s assistive technologies, now
    understands the Function keys and whether Function
    Lock is enabled or not.


Given the small and subtle changes that seem
to define the Windows 10 November 2019 Update,

68 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

WINDOWS 10


system for those who can’t be trusted to download
authorized apps. Admins can now use Microsoft InTune
to download traditional Win32 apps (yay!) to their
Windows 10 in S Mode PCs. As a consumer, you may
never see the benefits of this directly. But you may work
for a company that does.

The other stuff
Microsoft literally lists the entire feature set of the
Windows 10 November 2019 Update on Insider blog
posts like this one (fave.co/2JjmGbW) – a far cry from
the mammoth releases of old. So there’s a few dribs
and drabs that it includes, which can’t quite meet the
bar of the ‘features’ listed above. Here they are:


  • A key-rolling/key-rotation feature enables secure
    rolling of recovery passwords on managed mobile
    Azure Active Directory devices on a request from
    MicrosoftIntuneorMDMtools.Thisfeature
    willhelppreventaccidentalrecoverypassword
    disclosureaspartofmanual BitLocker drive unlock
    byusers,Microsoftsays.

  • The the Windows 10 November 2019 Update adds
    Windows Defender Credential Guard for ARM64
    devices for additional protection against credential
    theftforenterprisesdeployingARM64devices.

  • Narrator, Windows 10’s assistive technologies, now
    understands the Function keys and whether Function
    Lock is enabled or not.


Given the small and subtle changes that seem
to define the Windows 10 November 2019 Update,
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