AMA: Windows Autopilot
Join the Windows Autopilot engineering team for a live Ask Microsoft Anything session. We’ll cover the latest updates, but the focus here is on your questions! Bring your concerns, deployment scenarios, and real‑world blockers—this is your chance to speak directly with the engineers building the next generation of provisioning. Speakers: Maggie Dakeva & Deepika Wadhwa Moderator: Joe Lurie This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Let's talk Windows and Intune: 2026 edition
Start your Microsoft Technical Takeoff experience with a forward‑looking perspective from Windows and Intune engineering leaders. They’ll share what they’re learning from IT admins across the community and offer real, no‑nonsense insights on the evolving device, security, and management landscape. You’ll also get a preview of the technical deep dives happening throughout the week—sessions designed to help you tackle today’s challenges and equip your organization for what’s ahead. Speakers: John Cable, Sangee Visweswaran, & Bhavya Chopra This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Resiliency with Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop run on a globally distributed architecture built for resilience against infrastructure, zonal, and regional failures. Tune in for a deep technical walkthrough of how Microsoft delivers resiliency across three pillars: connectivity, management, and workload-level protection. Learn how we engineer for scale, eliminate single points of failure, and enable layered business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR)—from Azure Front Door global connectivity and multi-region management to workload safeguards like availability zones, Azure Site Recovery, and Windows 365 point-in-time restore, as well as cross-region disaster recovery. Gain the architectural insights and guidance you need to ensure resilient deployments. Speakers: Tom Hickling & Andrej Radinger This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.One platform, many industries: smart Android management with Intune
Frontline workers across industries rely on Android devices—yet each sector brings its own security, compliance, and usability requirements. Get tips on how to tailor Android device management in Intune for scenarios in retail, financial services, healthcare, and more. See demos and get tips to help you with configuration, security, and policy settings that help safeguard data while keeping people productive. Speakers: Charlotte Christenson This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Eliminating NTLM in Windows
NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager) in Windows 11 is being phased out in favor of more secure protocols like Kerberos. Learn the history of NTLM and the associated security risks. Explore how auditing can expose legacy dependencies in storage traffic, then find out how IAKerb, Local KDC, and auto-redirect can fill Kerberos gaps so that you feel confident and prepared ahead of NTLM disablement in Windows. Speakers: Mariam Gewida & Steve Syfuhs This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.The AI‑powered admin: emerging trends in endpoint management
Walk through emerging trends in AI‑driven endpoint management, backed by research and real‑world customer learnings. See how Copilot integrations in Intune can help surface insights, automate routine tasks, identify anomalies, and provide recommendations that help you reduce risk and operate at scale. We’ll highlight the outcomes organizations are achieving today—from faster troubleshooting to stronger policy hygiene and more resilient device fleets. Join us to learn what AI means for your day‑to‑day work as an IT admin and where this technology is headed next. Speakers: Eugenie Burrage This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Zero Trust in action: securing endpoints with Intune
Endpoint security is shifting fast, and you need strategies that can keep up with evolving threats and increasingly distributed work. Tune in as we break down the latest trends shaping endpoint protection, including deeper Zero Trust enforcement, compliance, and integrated risk signals. See practical examples and demos of the capabilities within Intune and the Intune Suite that can help you strengthen your security posture without adding complexity. Speakers: Clay Taylor This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Hotpatch updates demystified: answers to real-world questions
As millions of devices begin to receive hotpatch updates, questions naturally follow. Join this special Tech Takeoff session as we expand on frequently asked questions (FAQs) about hotpatch updates for Windows—cutting through existing documentation and offering clearer context on technical requirements. Speakers: Nikita Deshpande This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.Uplevel business continuity with Windows 365 Reserve
Windows 365 Reserve is a standalone solution delivering temporary, secured Cloud PCs to help your employees get back to being productive fast anywhere on any device, without the overhead of maintaining a fleet of loaner devices. Whatever kind of physical PC break/fix and recovery events you might need to navigate - device loss or damage, malware incidents, or regional disruptions - Windows 365 Reserve has you covered. Go under the hood of a Windows 365 Reserve Cloud PC and see the on‑demand provisioning flow and why it’s intentionally designed with strict controls for reliability, predictability, and cost containment. We'll also demo policy setup, rapid provisioning, and deprovisioning plus offer a preview of roadmap investments aimed at cutting time‑to‑productive even further. You will leave with practical guidance and design recovery playbooks to help you get the most from Windows 365 Reserve. Speakers: Logan Silliman This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.The latest in Windows 11 security
Learn how the latest Windows 11 security advancements can help you make your Windows 11 environment stronger, smarter, and ready for what’s next. We’ll walk through new capabilities in malware prevention, identity security, and built‑in platform safeguards—plus updates that help you future‑proof your environment against emerging threats. Get the practical insights you need to plan, deploy, and operationalize modern Windows security in your organization. Speakers: Katharine Holdsworth This session is part of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows + Intune. Add it to your calendar, click Attend for event reminders, and post your questions and comments below! This session will also be recorded and available on demand shortly after conclusion of the live event.
