90,351 questions with Windows for business-related tags
Cloud vs. Local OS
Hello, We employ a large number of seasonal customer service contractors who use their own personal computers. Instead of purchasing, imaging, and shipping physical laptops back and forth every few months, I'm considering using Windows 365 Enterprise…
I have no microphone connected to my laptop
I apparently have no microphone connected so I can't be heard.
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Silent BitLocker Deployment via Intune for Remote Laptops
Our sales reps frequently travel with company laptops containing confidential client contracts. To mitigate data breach risks if a device is stolen, we want to enforce BitLocker encryption. Can Microsoft Intune be configured to silently enable BitLocker…
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using WSL 2 while ensuring IT maintains full monitoring and compliance
Our software development team insists they need Linux environments to code effectively, so they've been using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 on their corporate laptops. Our security team is panicking because they feel these Linux instances are…
Windows Autopilot pre-provisioning process failing during the application validation phase with error code 0x8103012f
Hi, we are staging a fleet of enterprise workstations using the Autopilot technician flow. The system passes the hardware registration phase and device enrollment checks, but aborts during the app deployment phase with error 0x8103012f. The log indicates…
Automated Servicing
I am the sole IT admin for a company of 80 people, and I spend way too many weekends manually reviewing, testing, and deploying patches. I want to hand this off to Windows Autopatch so it can handle our OS updates, Microsoft 365 Apps, and Edge browser…
PÅlogging med denne konto på annen PC
HVorfor får jeg ikke logget på med [Moderatormerknad: Personlig identifiserbar informasjon er fjernet] @amotarbedierpart.onmicrosoft.com som konto på en helt ny PC?
WSL registration crash: Ubuntu setup fails with error 0x80004005 on Windows
I am trying to deploy Ubuntu on my PC using the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. During the initialization phase, the console stops working and throws the code WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80004005. After that, it just tells me to…
Windoes not recogmizing TV as a sound option after connecting via HDMI Cable
I cab connect the tv to the windows 11 computer fine, computer screen shows on the tv. But the computer does not realize there is a new sound output/speaker available. Video from the TV but sound from the computer, how can I resolve this?
BitLocker and RAID 1 Compatibility
Hello Microsoft Technical Support Team, We want to configure RAID 1 on C and D partitions of a computer encrypted with BitLocker. We have some technical questions: - Is BitLocker's disk encryption mechanism compatible with RAID 1 configuration?…
Hybrid Microsoft Entra ID Joined Devices Showing MDM as "None" and Owner as "None"
Environment Details: We have an on-premises Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller and a Windows Server 2019-member server where Microsoft Entra Connect is installed. As part of the Hybrid Microsoft Entra ID Join configuration: We created a dedicated…
Virtualization Costs
We are designing an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment for our accounting department. To keep cloud costs under control, our cloud architect suggested using Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session instead of giving every single accountant their own…
Application Whitelisting
I've been using AppLocker to manage which applications are allowed to run on our office desktops, but I keep reading that Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is the modern standard. AppLocker is relatively straightforward to configure, so what…
Activation: Not able to active windows 11 pro that is running in a virtual machine QEMU/KVM host
I recently installed Windows 11 Pro in a virtual machine QEMU/KVM in Opensuse Tumbleweed.
OS Editions & Licensing
We are looking to migrate about 650 remote and hybrid workers from Windows 10 before the cutoff date. Our CFO wants a hard justification for paying the premium for Windows 11 Enterprise licenses instead of just sticking with Windows 11 Pro which comes…
Why Perpetual & software subscription end date is of year 9999
why Microsoft subscription for sku Windows Server 2025 Standard - 16 Core License Pack charge end date is 31st December 9999
Implementing Cloud Kerberos Trust with Multiple On-premises AD Forests
I have a question about setting up Cloud Kerberos trust in an environment with multiple on-premises Active Directory (AD) forests that are configured with domain trusts between them. Is it sufficient to configure Cloud Kerberos trust for only one…
eDrive IEEE1667 password
I brought a new SSD supporting SED. I want to enable it. But I saw someone said he enabled the function 'Allow OPAL Hard Drive SID Authentication' in uefi firmware, then he enabled Bitlocker. If he disabled the function in uefi firmware, the uefi…
Can Windows 11 display multiple rows in the taskbar? How?
I want Windows 11 taskbar to display the active applications in multiple rows in the taskbar. (Just like Windows 10) How can I do this?
Windows Defender Antivirus real-time monitoring blocking critical automated file modification macros inside finance tools
Our accounting departments report that their automated currency conversion macros inside enterprise Excel workbooks are completely locking up. The Windows Defender local threat history log reveals that the real-time behavioral protection layer is…