Tag: Windows 10

  • January 2025 Testing Guidance copy

    January 15, 2025
    Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance.…
  • December 2024 Patch Tuesday Testing Guidance

    December 11, 2024
    Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance.…
  • Transitioning to MIcrosoft AVD

    December 7, 2024
    Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a comprehensive virtualization service that allows organizations to deliver desktop and app experiences from…
  • Readiness and Airlock

    December 3, 2024
    Whitelisting is a proactive security measure that involves creating a list of trusted applications, processes, or entities that are explicitly…
  • The Microsoft MSIX packaging format is designed to simplify and unify the Windows app installation experience, but transitioning to MSIX can present challenges, particularly for organizations with complex legacy systems. MSIX aims to replace older formats like MSI, App-V, and EXE, offering better security and app management features. However, moving to MSIX introduces certain difficulties that developers and IT teams need to address.

    November 22, 2024
    Major Challenges in the move to Microsoft MSIX The Microsoft MSIX packaging format is designed to simplify and unify the…
  • Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. This guidance is based on assessing a large application portfolio and a detailed analysis of the Microsoft patches and their potential impact on the Windows platforms and application installations. For this November release cycle from Microsoft, we have grouped the critical updates and required testing efforts into separate product and functional areas including: Networking: Test end to end VPN, Wi-Fi, sharing and Bluetooth scenarios. Test out HTTP clients over SSL. Ensure internet shortcut files (ICS) display correctly Security/Crypto: After installing the November update on your Certificate Authority (CA) servers, ensure that enrollment and renewal of certificates perform as expected. Test Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and ensure that line-of-business applications are not blocked. Ensure that WDAC functions as expected on your Virtual Machines (VM). FileSystem and Logging: The NTFileCopyChunk API was updated and will require internal application testing if directly employed. Test the validity of your parameters and issues relating to directory notification. I cannot claim to have any nostalgia for dial-up internet access (though I do have a certain Pavlovian response to the dial-up handshake sound). For those who are still using this approach to access the internet, this November update to the TAPI API has you in mind, with a quick test required to ensure you can still connect to the internet via dial-up once you have updated your system.

    November 13, 2024
    Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance.…
  • Challenges in Patching Microsoft Desktops

    November 3, 2024
    Patching Microsoft desktop and server platforms is a critical part of maintaining the security and stability of an organization’s IT…
  • Get Ready for Windows 11 24H2

    October 24, 2024
    Windows 11 24H2 introduces several key improvements, such as AI-powered features, Wi-Fi 7 support, an updated Energy Saver mode, and…
  • Breaking Changes October 2024

    October 21, 2024
    Breaking Changes to MSI Repair Functionality Recently, Microsoft introduced a significant change that fundamentally breaks the MSI repair functionality. This…
  • August Testing Guidance

    August 15, 2024
    Each month, the team at Readiness analyses the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance.…