A technical session on deep dive Windows 10 Deployment and M365 features and functionalities. The session was delivered to a group of IT Professionals (7 participants). The event was held on the 7th of December 2017.
Tag: Windows 10
Speaking Engagement on Windows 10 Security Features and Microsoft Teams
An interactive speaking engagement was delivered for a group of business users on Windows 10 security features such as BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, Windows Hello, Windows Defender, etc. along with on how to communicate and collaborate using Microsoft Teams. The session was attended by 7 Windows users. The session was focused on how to be securely productive in a workplace. The session was delivered on 26th February 2018.
Speaking Engagement on Windows 10 Deployment
A talk on Windows deployment using MDT was delivered to 14 participants. The session followed up with a Q &A session. the session was delivered on the 20th July 2017.
Windows 10 Find My Device
In a mobile first cloud first world, people have started using mobile devices with various operating systems. One such OS is Windows 10. Windows 10 is designed to run on all hardware platforms from Desktops to tablets to Mobile devices. With the increase usage of mobile devices the amount of data/information stored on mobile devices has increased. These data/information range from sensitive corporate information to personal information. In the event that someone loses or misplaces the mobile device which runs Windows 10, how do you find it?
Windows 10 has a feature called Find my device. How do you activate it?
Start => settings =? Update & Security => Find my device
Click on Change and slide the slider to On
If the device is misplaced, to find the device, go to https://account.microsoft.com/devices
Sign in using the Microsoft Account used to login to the device
Scroll down to find the device, if you have multiple devices and click on find my device
It will use Bing maps to find the location of the device and show it in the map
Based on the device, if it’s a Windows phone, you can even erase the content
Windows 10 Privacy for displaying user name
With the release of Windows 10, it enabled users to log in using their Microsoft accounts. This gives a has a privacy issue where, in the lock screen of the computer which is accessible by anyone can view the email address that is used to log in. This could lead to unsolicited SPAM emails and other unwanted risks.
By default there is a setting in the sign-in options to turn on or off to show the account details (eg: email address) on the login/sign-in page. By default this option is switched off and the account details are not displayed.
If this option is turned on, your account details will be displayed on the sign in page to the computer when it starts.
Windows 10 Active Hours
Windows 10 has been delivering loads of updates to its millions of users world wide. Users who are in a corporate or enterprise environment often does not notice this or feel this since the updates are managed by the IT team using products such as Windows Server Updates Service (WSUS). For others who use Windows 10 devices as stand alone, this becomes annoying due to the unscheduled restarts. Although initially it prompts a notification whether to delay the restart, generally users do lose track of time and face these restarts.
With the Windows 10 Anniversary update, a new feature called Active Hours was introduced. By setting this feature, Windows would be notified on when the device is used and the update installation and restart would not occur during the active hours.
To change or set a new active time;
Click on settings in start menu
Click on Update and Security
Click on Change Active Hours
Do the necessary change and click save
Windows Ink Workspace
The Windows 10 anniversary update released in early August 2016, came bundled with many new features. one of the interesting and useful feature was the “Windows Ink Workspace” primarily targeted at devices which has touch and pen capabilities.
This feature makes it fast and fluid to use a stylus with your Windows 10 powered device to execute certain productive tasks.
This feature can be accessed via the system tray on your task bar. After the anniversary update is installed, look for an icon with a pen.
Clicking on this icon will open a detailed menu with the apps available to be used (similar to the start menu). Furthermore, the menu will also give an option to visit the Microsoft app store to download additional apps which supports Windows Ink.
The three default apps Screen sketch, Sketchpad and Sticky Notes are quite interesting and have its own diversification of usefulness.
By tapping the Screen sketch it captures the desktop with whichever the application opened as a print shot to allow us to do annotations, etc.
On the top right hand corner, another sub menu with options are presented for editing and sharing.
The sketch pad will open a window to sketch and color drawings and it goes to an extent to use a ruler to draw fine straight line.
Of course, we all know about the use and how to use the sticky note application.
To enable or disable the Windows Ink Workspace, right click on the task bar and select or de select the option.
Windows Anti Virus
Windows has had the windows defender malware protection for sometime now. With the release of Windows 7, defender was known as a anti spyware protection tool and users were required to either install Microsoft security essentials or any other compatible third party anti virus application to protect your computer against virus attacks.
With the release of Windows 8, both Windows defender and security essentials were merged and released as a single solution against malware.
When you open the Windows defender on your Windows 10 for the first time it prompts you with the option of turning on against virus protection. Click turn on and click close.
Once its turned on, Windows defender would be ready to protect against spyware and viruses.
Furthermore, by visiting Settings ==> Update and security, additional configurations could be seen along with the details that defender is powered by real time cloud based protection.
Speaking engagement on Windows 10 for NIBM
Today, I delivered a session on Windows 10 features, benefits and a demo on the Windows 10 free upgrade offer which is to end on the 29th of July 2016. The session was filled with questions and demos.
The session was delivered at the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) for approximately 100 IT students.
Speaking Engagement: Windows 10 Features and Free Upgrade Demo
Today, I delivered a session on Windows 10 features, benefits and a demo on the Windows 10 free upgrade offer which is to end on the 29th of July 2016. The session was filled with questions and demos.
The session was delivered at the Vocation Training Authority for approximately 100 IT students.
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