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💡 Exploring Windhawk – The Windows Customization Powerhouse If you’ve ever wished Windows offered more control over its interface — from the taskbar height to the Start menu layout — Windhawk is worth a look. Unlike most tweak tools, Windhawk isn’t just a one-size-fits-all utility. It’s a customization platform where you can browse, install, or even build your own mods to modify Windows behavior safely and flexibly. 🧩 Key highlights: Modular “mod marketplace” for tweaks. Lightweight and open-source. Lets you customize UI elements, system behavior, and app interactions. Community-driven with transparent code for every tweak. It’s a great example of how open-source projects can make Windows more personal and efficient without compromising stability. 👉 Check it out here: https://windhawk.net

Yesterday, we introduced updates that turns every Windows 11 PC into an AI PC with Copilot at the center. Whether you are budgeting for a trip, looking for tech support, or making a dinner reservation: meet the computer you can talk to.   Copilot Voice lets you speak naturally to your PC: say "Hey Copilot" to start the conversation and "Goodbye" to end. Copilot Vision, with your permission, gives your PC the ability to see what you see, offering contextual support across your desktop, apps, and documents. Copilot Actions will take real action on your behalf, starting with local files.

Need to automate your applications migration from on prem to Intune but don't have the expertise, or the time? Stuck migrating large (+10Gb) Win32 applications to Intune? Rimo3 has the answer! A customer has been using Rimo3 to consistently migrate many large complex applications, including customized CAD apps, from SCCM to Intune without the need for any external packaging teams or in house expertise, saving days of time and money. Uploading large Win32 apps (over 10GB installers) to Intune is a hugely frustrating process for customers due to frequent timeouts, browser limitations, and inconsistent upload reliability. The Rimo3 platform streamlines this process through automation and bypasses manual uploads and pushes apps directly into Intune, making large app deployment fast, reliable, and hassle-free. Learn more about how we're accelerating the SCCM to Intune migration process here: https://lnkd.in/e_VUftcZ   #Rimo3 #automation #microsoftintune #appmigration

📅 Microsoft 365 Copilot is now integrated into the People and Files apps, making it easier than ever to find what you need and stay focused. https://msft.it/6042t8Z4w The new companion apps can surface key insights, recent communications, and file context directly from your Windows taskbar. With Copilot in People and Files available now and Calendar coming soon, you can work smarter, stay connected, and move projects forward effortlessly. Read our latest blog by Yash Kamalanath, a Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft 365 companion apps team. https://msft.it/6042t8Z4w #Microsoft365Copilot #Windows11 #Aitools #ProductivityApps #FutureOfWork

🔧 TL;DR: AltSendme is a cross-platform P2P desktop app for direct file transfers using iroh and Blake3 integrity checks. ✨ KEY FEATURES: • End-to-end encrypted transport via QUIC + TLS 1.3 • Blake3-verified streaming and resumable downloads • NAT hole punching with relay fallback, cross-platform desktop UI 🚀 USE CASES: • Private large-file exchange without cloud accounts • Collaboration workflows mixing GUI and sendme CLI interoperability 💡 BENEFITS: • Direct sender-to-receiver transfers for privacy and control • Chunked integrity checks reduce retransfer overhead on interruptions AltSendme combines modern transport primitives (iroh, QUIC, TLS 1.3) with fast hashing (blake3) to provide a practical P2P desktop sharing option; note that current macOS builds are unsigned and may trigger Gatekeeper warnings pending code signing in future releases. #p2p #blake3 #tool https://lnkd.in/dAsBVm5B

Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps as Win32 app in Intune. The video covers: - Benefits over M365 built-in apps which includes features as requirement, dependency. - The use case of Win32 apps could multiple, such as: - Using M365 win32 apps to be deployed only during OOBE (Windows Autopilot) utilising custom requirement feature using PowerShell script. - Using custom requirement to deploy app specific plugin if M365 app is present. - Setting up dependency for another app, to get Microsoft 365 app installed if missing. M365 App creation requires: - Office Deployment tool (ODT): Actual setup file, which further downloads other binaries - Office customization tool: To create xml file, the instructions used for setup.exe to install specific components. https://lnkd.in/gMNTtpqk

A few months ago, I was ready to throw away my 2019 iMac. It had become totally unusable — freezing every few minutes, unable to run Adobe apps, Microsoft Office, or Chrome. Even native Safari struggled hard. And it wasn’t “old.” It was six years old. Why should a device made just six years ago be considered old?! The problem wasn’t the hardware — it was absolutely flawless. The problem was progress. During the last six years, I had accepted every suggested update, trusting the system: new macOS, newer macOS, the newest macOS, browser updates, any app update... — until one day, the software totally and irreparably outgrew the machine. So I went backwards. And downgraded to macOS Mojave (10.14) — the system it originally shipped with. And suddenly, everything flew: fast, clean, stable. It felt like I’d peeled off layers of forced evolution and found the machine’s true self again. But here’s the irony: now many modern apps simply refuse to run. Not older versions — entire applications are unavailable. Perfectly good hardware, and perfectly built compatibility walls. That’s not innovation. That’s engineered obsolescence! If a 2019 computer only works with 2019 (plus minus a few years) tools, what exactly are we calling “progress”? Shouldn’t devices be supported from cradle to coffin — not just until the next product cycle? What is the purpose of an arms race with gradual changes, where perfectly functional hardware is called old and forced into replacement with new? For the sake of being new? To accumulate waste? Maybe real innovation isn’t about faster sales and faster updates? Maybe real innovation isn’t the business of making things obsolete? Maybe real innovation is the intelligence to design things that last?

🚨There’s only one week left until Microsoft ends free, automatic support for Windows 10, resulting in around 400 million PCs being unable to upgrade to the next OS. If they stop being used, this could generate over 700 million kilograms of e-waste. Ironically, this will happen on #EWasteDay and just four days before International #RepairDay. But we don’t have to accept fast tech or this tsunami of e-waste coming our way. We’re urging Microsoft to extend free, automatic support for Windows 10 via an open letter and asking the European Commission to introduce EU Ecodesign requirements for laptops, guaranteeing at least 15 years of software updates. 👉 Share this post and tag Microsoft and CEO Satya Nadella, and EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall — we demand longterm software updates for all devices with a plug or battery, and this includes our laptops. 🔗 Visit https://repair.eu/ to read how communities across the world have been taking action. #RepairDay #RightToRepair #Ecodesign #NoPlannedObsolescence #Windows10 HOP - Halte à l'obsolescence programmée The Restart Project Repair Cafe Danmark European Environmental Bureau ECOS Techniek Nederland Back Market Swappie Repair Together Asbl Repair&Share

Jamf Pro 11.22.0 released today Including some valuable updates to take in consideration for Apple environments: - Jamf Conditional Access app, which is part of the Jamf management framework installed on enrolled computers and used for device compliance with Microsoft Entra, can now report on Microsoft Entra ID Platform SSO registration status and provide additional information about the registration state, including device ID and user UPN. - You can migrate iOS and iPadOS devices from another MDM server to the Jamf Pro server while preserving installed apps and data. - Mobile device PreStage enrollments include a new setting to install apps before Setup Assistant. - The "Permitting Inbound/Outbound Traffic with Jamf Cloud" IP list and changelog technical articles have been archived and replaced with a new publication featuring auto-generated IP lists and changelog articles. #macOS #JamfPro #EntraID #SSO