There's been some movement on a semi-smart feature phone with the KaiOS platform, which I think is based on an older Firefox OS (although I think there's work with Mozilla to modernise this).

I have a Nokia 8110 4G, but had to quit using it due to the tiny T9 keypad and ergonomics. I had my fingers crossed for KaiOS port of the Signal app, but it's only got 'useful' 3rd party apps influenced by some of the big name investors in the platform (It's probably very easy to guess why they're interested and keeping fingers in this pie). I'm waiting for the Nokia 2720 Flip to come on sale, maybe have another go at it.

@Obsolesce just overlap in the older security baselines, device configuration and new dedicated sections for security (like ASR). was looking forward to not touching it again for a while.

Intune Device Configuration Profile vs Baseline vs Endpoint Security (migrating / changing profiles - AGAIN ) was already bad enough...

Can't wait for the new Microsoft "Suprise" notifications

a little late - but clocked a a small amount of time on this

Just had a quick look at whats available, I'm on an Insider build so winget is installed

PS C:\> (winget search).count
169

Apparently there's issues with dependency-resolution though.

Not really adding anything constructive, but definitely echoing the sentiment of just building something from a minimal Linux install. I'm currently experiencing the issue of a commercial NAS making some simple things much harder than they should be. All I can put it down to is the tangle of customization and variance from general standards they do behind the scenes.

I wont be replacing them with newer versions - I'm nearly at the point of ripping their storage for dedication to a Linux VM setup to do the same duties.

@JaredBusch - have you had any luck? I've not had to lock USB down here (yet), but I have had issues with Intune configuration policy (re)application and general "fuzziness". I've been keeping an eye on this thread.

I will second @notverypunny on the register cleaner tools sometimes being a possible help. I have to deploy Office 2019 here (MS punish Admins who haven't been able to acquire click-to-run product licencing, with this product ). Some install errors were fixed with registry cleanup provided by a portable version of a mentioned application.

Without knowing if this is a professionally refurbished / checked unit and as you've not given details as yet, I'd offer that if it has a RAID card, check for a battery unit attached. Some of these can become swollen and leak with age - potentially damaging and dangerous.

Just a precaution.

Otherwise - like @scottalanmiller suggested, load up a hypervisor like XCP-ng, Proxmox VE, or your preferred Linux persuasion ( Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos, Debian ) and use those as your virtualisation and / or containerisation platforms. Microsoft flavour preference? Try Hyper-V Server. Note these are solely examples, other options exist!

JumpCloud Free version now has the System Insights feature included

" A core philosophy at JumpCloud has always been to provide tremendous functionality to customers, including free accounts with up to 10 users and systems. It’s critical that IT admins can fully deploy and use our platform without restrictions, especially during times when managing a remote workforce is necessary.

To support this, we've made our new premium feature System Insights available to use for all JumpCloud free accounts like yours. System Insights provides critical visibility into OS configurations and security settings on JumpCloud-managed systems. We hope that you’ll use and enjoy this new and exciting feature to:

• Remotely collect data on OS version, patches, kernel info, and app versions in order to find recently reported security vulnerabilities and take appropriate action
• Track the applications end users are installing on systems to find out-of-date software and licenses
• Troubleshoot user issues and mitigate them with easy access to system data such as uptime, network interfaces, shared resources, hardware, and more
• Gather deep insights from 64bit Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems "

PowerToys updated recently, v 0.16.0 - looks like it's already in Chocolatey (public)

Noticed it here -> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-updates-windows-10-powertoys-with-new-utilities/

github link -> https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.16.0

Has a "Bulk image resizer", SVG preview pane add-in etc

What caught my eye was "Window walker" (alt tab replacement) ..... anyone used it?