The April 2026 Windows update cycle includes several changes that matter to IT administrators.
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Windows 11 point-in-time restore: configuration, limitations, and requirements
Windows 11 is getting a new recovery feature called point-in-time restore, currently available as a preview in the Canary...
Windows 11 update control: Skip, pause, and restart without forced installs
Microsoft is rolling out several long-requested changes to the Windows Update experience in Windows 11. You can now skip...
Remove Copilot and bloatware from Windows 11 with Rufus 4.14
Rufus is a free, open-source tool that creates bootable USB drives for installing Windows. Version 4.14 Beta, released on...
Windows 11 Insider builds: Administrator Protection, NPU monitoring, console updates
Microsoft released new preview builds across three Windows Insider channels. The Dev and Beta channels (Builds 26300.8142 and 26220.8138,...
Upgrade Windows 10 and 11 to Windows 11 25H2 with the Installation Assistant
Microsoft released a new dedicated upgrade tool called Windows 11 Installation Assistant 25H2 that lets you perform an in-place...
Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26300 and 26220: Policy-based removal of preinstalled apps
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8068 (KB 5079464) to the Dev Channel and Build 26220.8062 (KB 5079458)...
Enable Windows 365 Reserve on a Windows 365 Boot device
Windows 365 Reserve and Windows 365 Boot are two complementary Microsoft cloud services that, when combined, let employees resume...
Windows 11 preview builds: built-in Sysmon, taskbar network speed test, Windows Backup for Organizations, Quick Machine Recovery
Microsoft has released Windows 11 builds 26100.7918 (version 24H2) and 26200.7918 (version 25H2) to the Release Preview Channel via...
Enable DoH (DNS over HTTPS) in Windows Server 2025 DNS server, configure Windows 11 DNS clients
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol that encrypts Domain Name System (DNS) queries and transmits them over HTTPS....
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1611: Native support for Sysmon, new Windows Share interface
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1611 for the Canary Channel is a relatively small but important update that primarily...
Windows 11 KB5074110 and KB5074111 updates enhance setup and recovery
Microsoft released two dynamic updates for Windows 11 on January 29, 2026, targeting the setup and recovery infrastructure. KB5074110...
Hacking Windows 11 Administrator Protection – What administrators need to do
Google Project Zero researcher James Forshaw discovered nine critical vulnerabilities in Windows 11's Administrator Protection feature during its preview...
Sysmon in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26300.7733 (KB5074178) and 26220.7752 (KB5074177)
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.7733 (KB5074178) and Build 26220.7752 (KB5074177), to the Dev and Beta Channels,...
Microsoft discontinues support for answer files (unattend.xml) in Windows Deployment Services (WDS): Reasons and alternatives
Microsoft is disabling hands-free WDS deployments that use unattend.xml answer files due to security concerns (CVE-2026-0386), with the feature...
Download and install Windows 11 26H1
Windows 11 26H1 is a platform update designed primarily for next-generation ARM processors rather than a traditional feature-rich release....
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 (KB5074157) brings dark mode improvements and performance fixes
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 (KB5074157) to the Beta Channel on January 16, 2026. This update...
Windows Secure Boot certificates expire in 2026
Microsoft has started automatically updating Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems with the January 2026 security update....
Uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 with RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp Group Policy
Microsoft has introduced the new RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp Group Policy that allows IT administrators to uninstall the Microsoft Copilot app on...
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7535 (KB5072046): Copilot image descriptions in Narrator, Spotlight refresh, and developer improvements
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7535 (KB5072046) is now available for both Dev and Beta Channels. This release extends...
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