Microsoft brings new features in Windows 11

Microsoft has announced significant updates in Windows 11 and Windows 365 for commercial customers in the areas of management, security, and productivity and collaboration.

Zero Trust chip-to-cloud security in Windows

With built-in chip to cloud protection, Windows 11 is here to help organizations meet the new security challenges of the hybrid workplace.

Windows 11 is introducing two powerful new features that strike against the most common cyberattack techniques: Phishing and targeted malware.

· Enhanced phishing detection and protection is built into Windows with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. This new feature will help protect users from phishing attacks by identifying and alerting users when they are entering their Microsoft credentials into a malicious application or hacked website.

· Smart App Control uses code signing alongside Microsoft’s powerful artificial intelligence models to ensure that only trusted applications are run, blocking one of the largest attack vectors on Windows by-default.

Microsoft is also looking to bring the power of the cloud to hardware with the flexible, updatable Microsoft Pluton security processor. Built on the principles of Zero Trust, the hardware security features in Windows 11, including the TPM 2.0, firmware and identity protection, Direct Memory Access and Memory Integrity Protection, help protect core parts of the OS as well the user’s credentials as soon as the device powers on. While those features provide protection from many attack patterns we see today, we know that attackers have shifted their sights to hardware which is why we’re looking ahead to the Microsoft Pluton Security Processor as an innovative solution to securing that critical layer of computing.

More inclusive, accessible, and intelligent Windows

Windows 11 is the most accessible and inclusive version of Windows ever. New features like Focus Sessions, system wide Live Captions, and Voice Access empower everyone, including people with disabilities, to do more.

· Focus Sessions make it easier for information workers, and people with ADHD, to build healthy digital habits and be more productive.

· System-wide Live Captions in Windows 11 make it easier for everyone, including people who are hard of hearing or deaf and language learners, to understand spoken content.

· Voice Access makes it possible for everyone, including people with limited mobility and people with repetitive stress injuries like carpal tunnel, to control their device and dictate content using their voice.

· The redesigned, cloud-powered File Explorer makes it easier to find what users are looking for, allowing them to see all files in one centralized place. Users can also pin files and create tabs in File Explorer, bringing what used to take six clicks to get to an important file to one.

Each of these experiences was created in partnership with people with disabilities and extended to many other Windows users.

Empowering IT with streamlined Windows management

Through Endpoint Manager IT can manage Windows 365 Cloud PCs alongside their physical PCs. Here are some ways on how Microsoft is simplifying endpoint management for IT with Windows in Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

· Microsoft introduced a new intelligent managed service, Windows Autopatch that can help reduce the load on IT by automating updates for Windows, Microsoft Edge, and Office, ensuring they’re always up to date.

· Also coming to Windows 11 is application management for Microsoft Edgetoprovide more flexibility in how and where employees work. When employees need to use personal devices to check in on work or perform tasks, Microsoft wants to help IT ensure that end users can access corporate resources in a secure way.

· Microsoft also shared its plans for premium endpoint management that will bring together mission critical endpoint and security management tools into a single, cloud powered solution.

Removing boundaries between the PC and the cloud

Microsoft will soon deliver new integrations that bring the power of Windows 11 and Windows 365 together. Integrations include Windows 365 Switch for seamless movement between Cloud PC and Local PC with a single click, Windows 365 Boot to be able to boot straight to Windows 365 Cloud PC in just one step.

Windows 11 and Windows 365 are ready to take everyone into the next era of hybrid work. Microsoft is building Windows for the future, to support the future of business, offering organizations the most secure, manageable, and productive Windows experience on the planet.