Helient Systems :

By Armen Gharibian, Desktop & Applications Architect

Microsoft has included the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition (version 1607) update in this month’s Patch Tuesday cycle. Please be advised, this version should be tested thoroughly before being deployed in your environment. Do not forget to download and update your Group Policy ADM/ADMX files for version 1607 here.

Please see below for some of the new features according to the TechNet Blog:

• Windows Information Protection (WIP), which helps to protect enterprise apps and data on enterprise-owned and personal devices against potential data leakage without otherwise interfering with the user experience.
• Improvements to Windows Hello for Business, which now includes both Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport.
• Simplified provisioning with Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD), and the ability to install Windows ICD with the full Windows Assessment Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), or by itself.
• The ability to connect to a remote PC that is joined to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
• Improved taskbar management, including the ability to add and remove pinned apps from the taskbar as an administrator, while still allowing users to pin/unpin apps and change the order of pinned apps on the taskbar after the enterprise configuration is applied.
• Expanded mobile device management (MDM) capabilities.
• Shared PC mode, which optimizes Windows 10 for shared use scenarios, such as touchdown spaces in an enterprise or temporary customer use in a retail business.
• The inclusion of App-V and UE-V as Windows features (instead of inclusion in MDOP, which required a separate download and installation).
• Windows Defender enhancements, including the release of Windows Defender Offline (which allows you to run offline scans), Block at First Sight (which dramatically improves detection times for new malware), enhanced notifications, and potentially unwanted application (PUA) detection.

If you have any questions or would like to request more information on this topic, please contact us at service@helient.com.