What timing! Build 26300.8289 FINALLY replaces the spinning dots on the login screen and shutdown/restart/etc. screens with the newer spinning animation seen on the boot screen. 🥳

is my dev channel vm rolling back to stable or what's happening

"If you're stuck without access to tech support – say, half way to the Moon" and the opening line of the year goes to el reg

John Apple www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

The error is not found and it's forbidden to try again

TIL ADIbizaUX - (Active Directory Ibiza UX) is an Active Directory Portal extension for Ibiza portal (portal.windowsazure.com)

Disable Get Started This policy setting turns off the Windows Get Started experience. If you enable this policy setting, Get Started will not launch automatically and close immediately if launched manually. Related background tasks will not run. 26300.8170

Build has total 99 sessions. Any idea what the 27 of them are about?

Build 2026 Session Catalog build.microsoft.com/sessions/

RIP NTLM

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

Chrome Beta now launches when Windows starts so you can begin browsing instantly. You can turn this off in settings.

Let Windows apps access text content from foreground applications This policy setting specifies whether Windows apps can access text content from foreground applications. You can specify either a default setting for all apps or a per-app setting by specifying a Package Family Name... 26300.8085

Entra Backup and Recovery solution enables you to quickly recover from malicious attacks or accidental changes by reverting your core tenant objects to any previous state within the last 5 days. With automated backups and granular recovery capabilities, it ensures minimal downtime and supports...

Microsoft Fabric disaster recovery sounds like, uh, a "fun challenge": www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftF...

Entra Backup Administrator Assign the Entra Backup Administrator role to users who need to do the following tasks: List all the snapshots in the tenant Compare states of changed directory objects that are in backup and recovery scope ...

Windows 11 has finally RTMed

First ever Hotpatch OOB support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/...

#Microsoft and #Windows hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold. My blog: www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03...

Windows Server is getting Sysmon, just like its little brother W11. Nice

Let apps access Passkeys This policy setting specifies whether apps can access passkeys 29550.1000

Those aren't mountains They're waves Brad, Doyle, back to the Ranger now! We're not leaving without our data

E7: The Frontier Suite E9: The Final Frontier E11: To Infinity and Beyond E13: By Grabthar’s Hammer, What A Savings* * when compared to purchasing à la carte

Microsoft 365 E7 will be available for purchase on May 1 at a retail price of $99 per user per month, and includes Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent 365, Microsoft Entra Suite, and Microsoft 365 E5 with advanced Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview security capabilities www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

Turn off application inbox dependency component This policy controls the state of the application inbox dependency component. The application inbox dependency component tracks application dependencies for compatibility problems. 26300.7965

"What I regret is that we didn't put the hardware and software together soon enough" - Steve Ballmer www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

The data from your Meta Ray Bans is used to train Meta's AI, which most people don't understand means that humans are looking at the most intimate details of their lives. www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

Microsoft's long-rumored M365 E7 subscription may arrive soon. Here's what we're hearing about it so far: www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-36... #MSLicensing #MSTech

Project Firenze, or... Copilot Canvas 🥸 Dev: firenze-fd-dev-f3d8duacg9ggbrcz.b01.azurefd.net Prod: fz-app-prod-drh4g5e0gpfxd0h3.b01.azurefd.net

The February 2026 non-security update for Windows 11, version 26H1 (KB5077239)

Make Print Screen key yieldable This policy setting determines whether the Print Screen key can be yielded to other applications. If you enable this policy setting, the print Screen key can be intercepted by applications, allowing them to override the default screenshot functionality. 26300.7877

Windows Krypton

I can't download Windows Server vNext, not even from a VM running on Azure techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/...

The Windows Roadmap - Mary Jo Foley - 2007/06 @maryjofoley.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nl...

Windows 11 version 26H1 is an oddball support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/...

Disabling NTLM by default: Next version of Windows Server

Sysmon Windows 26300.7733

3D Viewer is deprecated and will be removed from the Microsoft Store on July 1, 2026... learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

"Surface is about to catastrophically fail in a very public way"

Microsoft Claims 15 Million Paid M365 Copilot Seats. (Is that good?) And more takeaways from its Q2 FY26 earnings call: www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/microsoft-cl... #MSTech #MSLicensing

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

When were Group Policy Logging and Tracing options removed from Windows? Anyways they're back in Windows 26300.7674

Enable Windows Restore This policy setting allows administrators to configure and manage Windows restore for their organization. Windows 26300.7674

Configure the whether to use the modern or classic run dialog This policy setting controls whether to use the modern or classic run dialog. Windows 26300.7674

Disable File Explorer feature to prelaunch a window in the background This policy prevents users from enabling the Prelaunch feature in File Explorer, which creates a window in the background to accelerate the launch experience and improve responsiveness. Windows 26300.7674

Out-of-band-Out-of-band learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

Windows App forgets how to log in with first security update of the year

Google Meet show how late people will be based on meeting history