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A year ago, we made a promise to simplify and help secure our customers’ lives, and what an amazing journey it’s been. We have been humbled by the love we have received over the past 12 months. We’re grateful to you, our customers, for trusting Microsoft Autofill to secure your passwords and other data and helping us with your feedback. We’ve heard you and made a lot of improvements along the way, and we thank you for that! Today is a special day not just because it’s our 1-year anniversary, but also because starting today you can use Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator to help protect your online accounts by generating strong, unique passwords. If you’re looking to protect your digital life or simply save time and effort when filling...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.651 (KB5012643) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel who are on Windows 11. This update includes the following improvements: New! We added improvements for servicing the Secure Boot component of Windows. We fixed an issue that causes the AppX Deployment Service (AppXSvc) to stop working after you install certain MSIX apps. We fixed a race condition that occurs early in the startup process that might cause a stop error. We improved the Autopilot client to process updated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) capabilities that support self-deployment and pre-provisioning scenarios. We changed the timeout for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) registration from 60 minutes...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 21H2 Build 19044.1679 (KB5011831) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10. This update includes the following improvements: New! We added improvements for servicing the Secure Boot component of Windows. We changed the timeout for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) registration from 60 minutes to 90 minutes for hybrid Azure AD-joined Autopilot scenarios. This also addresses a race condition that causes an exception at timeout. We fixed an issue that causes a remote desktop session to close or a reconnection to stop responding while waiting on the accessibility shortcut handler (sethc.exe). We fixed an issue that delays OS startup by approximately 40...

If you recently started your journey learning web development and if you are interested in building apps without having to also learn about iOS, Android, or desktop app development, then you’re about to fall in love with Progressive Web Apps. Starting on February 14th 2022, we ran a series of blog posts which lasted for 30 days, and covered all aspects of Progressive Web Apps development: what they are, how they’re built, what special powers they have, how to create, debug, test and optimize them, and how to publish them to app stores! Whether you just started with web development or have experience already, there should be a little bit for everyone in this blog series. Learn more about the series, jump right in and start learning...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22598 to the Dev and Beta Channels. TL;DR We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. Like last week, this build includes only a handful of changes and improvements but includes a good set of fixes that will improve Insider’s overall experience on their device. We’re rolling out a new update to Media Player for Windows 11 (Version 11.2203.30.0) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel – details below. Changes and Improvements [General] We are now offering new builds to Windows Insiders in China on Lenovo PCs starting with Build 22598. These users should connect to the internet for a minimum of 15 minutes to allow the Lenovo PC...