Microsoft has shared some more insights into its internal Windows 11 upgrade process which saw the company deploy the OS on 190,000 employee PCs in the "smoothest" update ever at Microsoft.
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Microsoft today announced Windows Autopilot support to the HoloLens 2 in private preview. The firm adds that with increasing adoption, it wants to make deployment at scale easy for customers.
Microsoft today announced Microsoft Managed Desktop, an end-to-end device management service that helps enterprises deploy, manage, and support software and hardware for a monthly subscription fee.
Windows Autopilot has a new "Self-deploying mode" to extend the zero-touch experience from IT to the user deploying the device and a new reset feature to redeploy Intune-managed Windows 10 devices.
Dell has announced that it's begun shipping PCs with Windows AutoPilot to its customers in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom making it the first 3rd-prty OEM to do so.
While Microsoft announced that both HP and Lenovo will be the first to use Windows AutoPilot in January, only Lenovo has provided an update. HP has now confirmed that it will use AutoPilot this fall.
Lenovo had initially announced that it would be using Windows AutoPilot back in September, but there hasn't been an update since then. The feature will be coming from the company soon.
Today, during the keynote at Microsoft's Ignite 2017 conference in Orlando, the company announced that both HP and Lenovo will support Windows AutoPilot, beginning next year in January.
Microsoft has outlined a range of new features and enhancements coming in the Fall Creators Update to help businesses deploy and manage devices more efficiently, quickly, and securely.