For Windows 10, joining a domain provides multiple options. As the workforce changes, and enterprises and applications evolve, there is a growing need to provide applications seamlessly to an ever-growing mobile workforce. Since cloud technology is becoming more prevalent in the industry, we will look at four ways to manage devices and applications that are […]
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Windows 365 is the first cloud-based PC globally, meaning users can access their personalized desktop experience anywhere, anytime, on any device, without the complexity of traditional VDI deployments. It provides end-users with the familiar Windows experience that they are used to while providing IT enterprises with the simplicity of activating hybrid AD join and purchasing […]
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What You Need to Know about Windows 10X We’ve all grown accustomed to the incremental changes in Windows 10 over the years. Twice a year, Windows 10 is dealt a new feature or two and some new settings to manage in Group Policy or MDM. But is that all we can expect from Windows? It […]
In short, EMET is the “Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit” (thanks Microsoft for all the fun names!). Basically, here’s the deal in a nutshell: Application vendors don’t always turn on enhanced security when they’re compiling their applications. Good news: You can force Windows to turn on enhanced application security — for executions themselves. Note: This does […]
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People are asking me “OMG.. as an IT Pro, will I have to learn a whole new world with Windows 10?” While it’s true that Windows 10 isn’t out yet, I can more or less say the following with a straight face: “Windows 10 is really Windows Vista with some spit and polish, just like […]
Have you tried to install an application in Windows 10 lately? If you hand-install it, or install it using SCCM, you might get some annoying things you didn’t bargain for. Seriously: Try this sometime. On Windows 10, hand-install Acrobat Reader, Outlook (or something smaller like Claws Mail), or VLC Media Player. (Or use SCCM, PDQ […]
In the previous blog entry, we talked about the “Windows 7 way to manage File Associations using Group Policy Preferences. We also pointed you toward a modern solution from us here at PolicyPak, PolicyPak File Associations Manager which makes this process “Windows 10 friendly.” That being said, if you didn’t have PolicyPak File Associations Manager, […]
In the previous blog entries (Part I and Part II), we explored the new reality of Windows 10: if you install an application it’s extensions are not registered as expected. And we explored how the Group Policy Preferences “Open with” item doesn’t work anymore with Windows 10. So how does PolicyPak File Associations Manager help […]
According to a recent survey, involving 500 organizations residing in over 30 countries covering multiple industries, more than 45% of organizations are in the planning or pilot stage of a Windows 10 migration/deployment endeavor. There are a number of reasons to migrate your workstation devices to Windows 10. Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 […]
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Periodically, someone has the pulse of the world around them, someone who understands the real-time dynamics occurring throughout and can foresee the ensuing outcome of those stimuli. It may be an economic forecaster that recognizes the undercurrents driving the macro markets towards a given direction. It may be an entrepreneur that comprehends the disruptive implications […]
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