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Announcing a Windows 10 deployment AMA on June 8th!
We are very excited to announce an upcoming opportunity to 'Ask Microsoft Anything' (AMA) about Windows 10 deployment! The AMA will take place on Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific Timein the Windows 10 deployment space. An AMA is a live online event similar to a "YamJam" on Yammer or an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit. The Windows 10 deployment AMA will give you the opportunity to connect with members of the Windows product teams, who will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to feedback about application compatibility, Windows 10 deployment options, deployment best practices, and more. Don't miss this opportunity. Add the event to your calendar. We hope to see you there!Welcome to the Windows 10 deployment AMA!
We will spend this hour discussing Windows 10 deployment scenarios, best practices, tips and tricks with the Windows product and engineering teams. Please submit each question by clicking "Start a new conversation" in this Windows 10 deployment group so we can easily identify and answer them. If you are looking for help with a specific issue, please visit the Windows IT Pro forums on TechNet. After the event, we will make a summary of the AMA and post it to the group. To get started, please introduce yourself as a reply below!The Real Enterprise
When will Microsoft remove the bloat (Minecraft, Xbox, Candy Crush etc.) from the Windows Enterprise SKU? An approach like this is a real value proposition to organisations as every time we look to upgrade to a new version of Windows, many a hour is spent cleaning up this bloat through customisation.Windows AutoPilot: An introduction
If you haven't checked it out yet, Windows AutoPilot enables you to set up and pre-configure new Windows 10 devices for your organization, right out of the box, without imaging, with no infrastructure to manage. It can also be used to easily reset, repurpose and recover existing devices. The best part? Your users can go through the process independently, without making any decisions and without needing to involve IT. Want to learn more? Read Modernizing Windows deployment with Windows AutoPilot, watch the short technical walkthrough below, and register for the webcast and live Q&A on Thursday, July 27th. https://youtu.be/4K4hC5NchbE
Group Policy settings to specify default Windows Store Apps?
Any plans for this? It'd be nice to get away from removing these with a script during the image process. For those that weren't removed, it makes it difficult after the fact. I'd like to specify which default ones are allowed and which aren't (Weather vs. Candy Crush).When replacing PCs, how are you migrating files and settings from old to new PCs?
Trying to get a feel for what people are using for migrating the file contents from users' old PCs to their new PCs in large scale deployments (can be to Windows 10 or other versions). What do you do now? 1. Use ConfigMgr OSD and its built-in USMT integration. 2. Use MDT with USMT 3. Use USMT standalone 4. Use PCMover 5. I've built a copy script 6. My users are expected to migrate their own data 7. Everyone is on OneDrive, Box, or Dropbox, so everything they want to keep is already in the cloud
Expert Q&A Hours at Deployment Central
Every day, all day in The Hub at Microsoft Ignite 2019, deployment and management experts are standing by to answer your questions. Look for neighborhood 29 (Windows 10 & Office 365), then venture to the middle to find the Deployment Central and Management Central booths. Each day I'll post the daily schedule - come visit us (you might even see a Ninja Cat prancing about). Thursday, November 7 8:30-9:30 AM Lee Givens Windows 10 + Office 365 ProPlus App Compatibility 9:30-10:30 AM (Still working on it!) 10:30-11:30 AM Rama Shastri, Rahul Gupta Update Staging Lab 11:30-12:30 PM Peter Lurie Modern Microsoft 365 deployment & management with Surface 12:30-1:30 PM Michael Raschko Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) 1:30-2:30 PM Kellie Eickmeyer Deploying specialized devices 2:30-3:15 PM Dave Backman Staying current with Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus 3:15-4:00 PM Deepam Dubey Reducing your TCO with Desktop Analytics 4:00-4:45 PM Randy Cook, Stefan Georgiev MSIX and Windows Virtual Desktop 4:45-5:15 PM Office Rangers Ask Me Anything Wednesday, November 6 8:30-9:30 AM Ali Oberg Expert Q&A: Accessibility features in Windows 10 & Office 365 9:30-10:30 AM Aarthi Thangamani; Vivek Singh Gaur Expert Q&A: Deploying Windows 10, version 1909 10:30-11:30 AM Frank Buchholz Modern M365 deployment & management with Surface 11:30-1:00 PM Steve DiAcetis, Suma SaganeGowda Post-session Q&A: BRK3081 Windows update management 1:00-2:00 PM Matt Call Expert Q&A: Troubleshooting Windows 10 deployments 2:00-3:00 PM Kellie Eickmeyer Post-session Q&A: BRK2230 Deploying Edge 3:00-4:00 PM Heena Macwan, Michael Niehaus, Carlos Brito Post-session Q&A: THR3023 Windows Autopilot/white-glove provisioning 4:00-5:00 PM John Wilcox, Zachary Dvorak Post-session Q&A: DEP30 Stay current w/ Windows 10 and Office ProPlus 5:00-6:00 PM Chasity Westwater & Nick Sajka (Key Bank) Deploying & servicing Windows 10 in the real world Tuesday, November 5 8:30-9:00 AM Jon Gross Expert Q&A: Troubleshooting Windows 10 deployments w/Configuration Manager 10:00-11:00 AM Steve DiAcetis Post-session Q&A: THR3073 Windows 10 Dynamic Update 11:00-12:00 PM Jesse McGatha Expert Q&A: Ring-based Windows 10 deployments 12:00-1:00 PM Aarthi Thangamani; Vivek Singh Gaur Post-session Q&A: THR3117 Deploying Windows 10, version 1909 1:00-2:00 PM Heena Macwan Post-session Q&A: BRK3077 Windows Autopilot 2:00-3:00 PM Ali Oberg Expert Q&A: Accessibility features in Windows 10 & Office 365 3:00-4:00 PM Rama Shastri, Rahul Gupta Post-session Q&A: THR3025 Update Staging Lab 4:00-5:00 PM Narkis Engler, Andy Rivas Post-session Q&A: BRK3078 Delivery Optimization
