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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Network Segmentation for All
Episode 99 of The Windows Podcast with Fexingo dives into Microsoft's latest quiet mandate: enterprise network segmentation enforced via Group Policy and Windows Defender Firewall. Lucas and Luna unpack how Windows 11 now requires administrators to define separate network profiles for corporate, guest, and IoT traffic—or risk non-compliance alerts. They examine the technical underpinnings, including Hyper-V virtual switch isolation and the new 'NetworkSegment' policy object, and explore why Microsoft is pushing this now: the rise of IoT devices on corporate networks and the 2024 CISO survey…
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