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Windows 11 Quietly Deprecates Enterprise Group Policy Preferences
Episode 66 of The Windows Podcast with Fexingo dives into a quiet but seismic shift in Windows 11: the deprecation of Group Policy Preferences (GPP), a feature enterprises have relied on for over a decade to map drives, set registry values, and manage printers. Lucas explains how Microsoft is steering IT admins toward Policy Analytics and MDM, while Luna notes the real-world crunch—one Fortune 500 admin told her his team spent 400 hours rewriting GPP-based drive mappings into CSPs. They break down the timeline, the fallout for legacy shops, and why this signals a deeper move to cloud-first…
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