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The Windows Podcast with Fexingo: Microsoft, PC, and Enterprise Windows Conversations
Lucas and Luna look at Windows from the enterprise IT perspective — not consumer reviews, not gaming benchmarks. Each episode picks a single thread inside the Microsoft PC ecosystem: the security architecture of a specific Windows 11 Enterprise build, the licensing math behind a volume agreement, the compatibility cost of a deprecated API, or the deployment reality of a new Group Policy feature. Lucas walks through the technical detail with a journalist's precision; Luna asks the deployment and…
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The Windows Podcast with Fexingo: Microsoft, PC, and Enterprise Windows ConversationsWindows 11 Enterprise Is Quietly Killing the Reboot
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is redefining the traditional reboot cycle. With the rise of hotpatch for security updates…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Moves to Passwordless Recovery
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Microsoft's quiet push to eliminate passwords from Windows 11 enterprise recovery scenarios. They discuss how the shift…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Printer Management in 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is transforming printer management in 2026. They dive into the shift from traditional print…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Hardware Lifecycle Management in 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into how Windows 11 Enterprise is changing the way IT departments handle hardware lifecycles, from procurement to…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Autopilot and the End of Imaging
In Episode 165 of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is quietly retiring the traditional imaging process. They dive into a…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Local Admin Passwords Are Disappearing
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a quiet but significant shift in enterprise security: Windows 11 is moving away from the…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Rethinking Printer Management in 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the quiet revolution happening in Windows 11 Enterprise printer management. With the legacy print spooler finally…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Redefining Update Pacing
This episode of The Windows Podcast digs into the quiet overhaul of Windows 11 Enterprise update management in 2026. Lucas and Luna explore how Microsoft's…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Redefining the Admin Password
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna dig into a quiet but significant shift in Windows 11 Enterprise: the gradual phasing out of the…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Print Nightmare Two Years Later
In 2024, a critical vulnerability nicknamed 'Print Nightmare' forced IT admins to rethink Windows print architecture. Two years later, in August 2026, the…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Phishing Protection in 2026
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into how Windows 11 Enterprise is quietly redefining phishing resistance for the modern workforce…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Rethinking App Compatibility
Enterprises are still running apps written before Windows 11 existed, and that's a problem for the 2026 IT team. In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into how…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Moves to Cloud-Based Update Management
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is shifting update management to the cloud with Windows Update for Business deployment rings…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Backup Goes Cloud-First in 2026
Microsoft is quietly shifting Windows 11 Enterprise backup from on-premises servers to a cloud-first model, and IT admins are feeling the impact. In this…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Kiosk Mode Is Now a Real Security Boundary
This episode drills into how Windows 11 Enterprise's kiosk mode has quietly evolved from a fragile lockdown into a genuine security boundary — and what that…
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Windows 11 Security Baseline and the Death of the Admin Password
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into Microsoft's 2026 security baseline for Windows 11 Enterprise, which quietly phases out the local admin password in…
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Why Windows 11 Enterprise Is Rethinking the Local Admin Account
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into a quiet but significant shift in Windows 11 Enterprise: the gradual removal of the default local admin account. They…
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Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise Upgrade Lessons from 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into one specific number: the 14 percent of enterprise PCs still running Windows 10 as of mid-2026, and what that means…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Backup Is Quietly Becoming Cloud-First
Episode 151 of The Windows Podcast digs into how Windows 11 Enterprise is shifting from traditional on-premises backup to cloud-first recovery, a change IT…
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How Windows 11 Is Reimagining the Enterprise Desktop
In this milestone 150th episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 is quietly transforming the enterprise desktop experience, from the shift to cloud-based…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Moves to Zero Trust DNS
On this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is quietly adopting Zero Trust DNS, a security model that treats every…
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Windows 11 Enterprise IT Admin Time Savings in 2026
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the quiet revolution in IT administration happening on Windows 11 Enterprise. They dig into the shift from traditional…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Rethinking Local Admin Rights
Episode 147 of The Windows Podcast digs into a quiet but significant shift in enterprise Windows management: the move away from always-on local administrator…
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Inside Windows 11 Enterprise's New Print Architecture
In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack Microsoft's quiet overhaul of the enterprise print stack in Windows 11. They focus on the shift from legacy print…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Moves to Secured-Core PCs
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 11 Enterprise is making Secured-Core PCs the default for new deployments. They break down what Secured-Core…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Moves to AI-Driven Support
Episode 144 of The Windows Podcast with Fexingo digs into the quiet shift inside Microsoft's enterprise support engine: Windows 11 is now routing a growing…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Quietly Moving to Passwordless Sign-In
Windows 11 Enterprise is quietly shifting away from traditional passwords, but not in the way most people think. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down how…
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Windows 11 Turns Ten: The Enterprise Legacy of Windows 10
This August marks ten years since Windows 10 launched, and for enterprise IT it was the last traditional OS upgrade. Lucas and Luna explore how Windows 10's…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Quietly Deprecates Legacy VBScript
Microsoft is quietly winding down VBScript support in Windows 11 Enterprise, and it's a bigger deal for IT admins than the usual deprecation notice. In this…
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Windows 11 Enterprise AI Copilot Subscription Fees Shake Up IT Budgets
Microsoft has finally announced pricing for the Enterprise AI Copilot on Windows 11: $12 per user per month starting September 1, 2026. This episode unpacks…
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Windows 11 Ends NTLM Authentication for Enterprise
In this episode, Lucas and Luna discuss Microsoft's official deprecation of NTLM authentication in Windows 11 Enterprise as of mid-2026. They explain why NTLM…
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How Windows 11 Recall Handles Enterprise Data Privacy in 2026
Microsoft's Windows 11 Recall feature is now shipping on enterprise PCs, but the corporate version differs sharply from the consumer one. This episode breaks…
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How Windows 11 Is Phasing Out On-Premises SCCM
Microsoft recently announced that Windows 11's next feature update will drop support for the classic on-premises version of System Center Configuration…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Is Moving to Continuous Innovation Updates
Microsoft has quietly shifted Windows 11 Enterprise to a continuous innovation update model. Instead of annual feature updates, capabilities now arrive as…
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Windows 11 Cloud-Only Identity Overtakes On-Premises AD
In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down a turning point for enterprise IT: Microsoft's 2026 Digital Transformation Report reveals that over 60% of new…
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Windows 11 AI Features Face a Hardware Hurdle in Enterprise
Episode 134 dives into the challenge Microsoft faces as it pushes AI-powered features like the Windows Copilot Runtime to enterprise customers. Lucas reveals…
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Windows 11 Hotpatch for Enterprise Security Updates Without Reboots
Episode 133 dives into Windows 11's Hotpatch feature for Enterprise, which lets IT admins apply security updates without forcing system reboots. Lucas and Luna…
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How Windows Autopilot Is Transforming Enterprise Device Deployment
Episode 132 explores Windows Autopilot—the cloud-first provisioning system that’s changing how IT departments handle new PCs. Lucas and Luna break down a…
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How Windows 365 Cloud PC Is Changing Enterprise Device Management
Enterprise IT teams are increasingly adopting Windows 365 Cloud PCs as their default deployment model, shifting away from traditional imaging and on-premises…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Replaces Group Policy with MDM
Episode 130 of The Windows Podcast explores Microsoft's quiet but deliberate shift away from traditional Group Policy in Windows 11 Enterprise. As of the July…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise FIDO2 Passkey Enforcement
Microsoft has quietly updated Windows 11 Enterprise to require FIDO2 passkey enforcement for all Azure AD-joined devices, effective with the 2025 H2 feature…
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How Windows 11 Mandates Enterprise Cloud Kerberos Trust
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into Microsoft's quiet mandate for Cloud Kerberos Trust in Windows 11 Enterprise, a feature that…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Escape Hatch for Unsupported Hardware
Lucas and Luna dig into a little-known policy buried in Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2: the 'UnsupportedHardwareNotification' group policy that lets IT admins…
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How Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise WDAC
Episode 126 of The Windows Podcast explores a quietly enforced security policy in Windows 11 Enterprise: WDAC, or Windows Defender Application Control. Lucas…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Microsoft Account Sign-In
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna uncover a quietly enforced change in Windows 11 Enterprise: the new requirement for a Microsoft account…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Uses Pluton Security Chip
Microsoft Pluton is a security chip designed into the CPU itself, not soldered onto the motherboard like a TPM. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down how…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Kerberos Armoring
Episode 123 of The Windows Podcast dives into a security feature Microsoft is quietly requiring for enterprise Windows 11 deployments: Kerberos armoring, also…
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How Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Network Segmentation
Episode 122 of The Windows Podcast uncovers a little-known but significant change in Windows 11: the quiet mandate for network segmentation in enterprise…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Certificate-Based Authentication
In this episode of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into Microsoft's quiet mandate for certificate-based authentication in Windows 11 Enterprise…
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How Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Local Administrator Password Solution
Microsoft has quietly made its Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) a mandatory configuration for Windows 11 Enterprise devices joined to Azure AD or…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise BitLocker Device Encryption
Episode 119 of The Windows Podcast digs into Microsoft's latest quiet mandate: BitLocker device encryption is now the default for all Windows 11 Enterprise…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Azure AD Hybrid Join
Microsoft is quietly tightening the screws on Windows 11 Enterprise deployments. As of the July 2026 security update, all new Windows 11 domain-joined devices…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Universal Print
Microsoft has quietly made Universal Print a mandatory feature for Windows 11 Enterprise deployments as of the 2026 feature update. Lucas and Luna explore what…
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How Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Virtualization-Based Security
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Microsoft's quiet enforcement of Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) for Windows 11 Enterprise devices. They unpack the…
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How Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Credential Guard
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Microsoft's quiet mandate for Windows 11 Enterprise: Credential Guard must be enabled on all new deployments. They…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Quietly Mandates Zero Trust DNS
Microsoft is rolling out a quiet but significant policy shift in Windows 11 Enterprise: mandatory Zero Trust DNS enforcement via the Windows DNS client. In…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Kernel DMA Protection
Microsoft has been quietly tightening Windows 11 Enterprise security requirements, and the latest mandate is Kernel DMA Protection for all new certified PCs…
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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise TPM 2.0 for All Deployments
In Episode 112 of The Windows Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into Microsoft's quiet tightening of TPM 2.0 requirements for Windows 11 enterprise…
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Windows 11 Enterprise Quietly Mandates Secure DMA Protection
Microsoft is adding a new security requirement to Windows 11 Enterprise: Secure DMA (Direct Memory Access) protection must be enabled on all devices with…
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How Windows 11 Enterprise Hardens Print Drivers
In episode 110 of The Windows Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore Microsoft's latest quiet mandate: Windows 11 Enterprise now requires all print drivers to be…