My god dude move on. The level of bitching is just crazy. You've spoken your frustrations, so move on and don't worry about them anymore.

I'm assuming you're aware of all other "limitations" of BP vs E3 such as not being able to manage Office Business via Group Policy, maximum of 300 users, etc. None of these are a deal breaker for us, but just making sure.

Your Office version will change from ProPlus to Business. Not much difference for most people. It should be painless enough to reinstall using their deployment tool.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-of-the-office-2016-deployment-tool

• Our on premise exchange would not be accessible from the outlook clients anymore since the business premium is only cloud based

I've only used Business Premium and don't have local Exchange, but I'm not sure why this would be true. It doesn't make sense so I would verify.

• we have some internal services that rely on our on premise exchange server to send some automated email (ie. Veeam Backup Notifications), would them be influenced by these changes?
• we have some distribution group configured on the on premise exchange, would them be influenced by these changes?

Maybe during the transition from E3 to BP, but otherwise no shouldn't have any effect.

• Some users don't work on their local machine, they instead RPD to a way more powerful Hyper-V VM (one VM for each user), will this still work with Business Premium licenses?

Yes, Business Premium now allows shared licensing... https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-365-Business-Blog/Shared-Computer-Activation-for-Office-in-Microsoft-365-Business/ba-p/472994

Mine is likely consuming Audit Log data to monitor logins and other activity. Haven't gotten this as automated yet as I'd like.

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Pelosi calls for family 'intervention' with Trump

The US House of Representatives' Democratic leader has said President Donald Trump's family should stage an "intervention" with him.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said she was concerned for the president's well-being, a day after he abruptly cut short a meeting with her.

Nancy Pelosi calling out Trump about his well-being and saying he needed intervention....

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

This is my current front runner. Thoughts?

https://us.amazfit.com/shop/stratos?variant=373265

I don't see anywhere it mentions that this watch runs Google Wear OS. Was that supposed to be a requirement?

Ah, it does not, that's true.

why ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huami.watch.hmwatchmanager&hl=en
is available for androids.

Let's try this again...

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

Just because it's compatible with an Android device doesn't mean it runs Google's Wear OS. Fitbit doesn't run Wear OS, yet it connects to Android phones. Two separate things.

did you even click on the link?
You download the software to run the smart watch .

My Fitbit has an app that runs on an Android phone. It does not run Wear OS. It runs its own OS that then communicates with my Android phone via the Fitbit app in the Google Play Store. The same appears to be true about the Amazfit watch.

My moto Runs Wear OS - Had to download the Wear OS as an App onto my Smart Phone to get it to sync with the Watch that was already running Wear OS. So you're basically saying that I need to have 2 OS's on my phone , one to run the watch then another to run the phone?

Which.. Isn't that the same thing that your fit bit is doing... ?

Yes, your Moto 360 is running Wear OS (likely Android Wear technically depending on updates it's received lately). I did not realize you had to install a Wear OS app on your phone to get it to sync. I understand now why my analogy might have been confusing.

No, you don't need two OS's on your phone. You need one on your phone (Android) and one on your watch (Wear OS, FitbitOS, or Amazfit's proprietary OS). However, in order to have the full functionality of seeing all your data from your phone, that's where installing the Amazfit Watch app comes in.

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

This is my current front runner. Thoughts?

https://us.amazfit.com/shop/stratos?variant=373265

I don't see anywhere it mentions that this watch runs Google Wear OS. Was that supposed to be a requirement?

Ah, it does not, that's true.

why ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huami.watch.hmwatchmanager&hl=en
is available for androids.

Let's try this again...

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

Just because it's compatible with an Android device doesn't mean it runs Google's Wear OS. Fitbit doesn't run Wear OS, yet it connects to Android phones. Two separate things.

did you even click on the link?
You download the software to run the smart watch .

Do you understand what Wear OS is? It's not an app for Android. It's a watch operating system. My Fitbit has an app that runs on an Android phone. It does not run Wear OS. It runs its own OS that then communicates with my Android phone via the Fitbit app in the Google Play Store. The same appears to be true about the Amazfit watch.

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

This is my current front runner. Thoughts?

https://us.amazfit.com/shop/stratos?variant=373265

I don't see anywhere it mentions that this watch runs Google Wear OS. Was that supposed to be a requirement?

Ah, it does not, that's true.

why ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huami.watch.hmwatchmanager&hl=en
is available for androids.

Let's try this again...

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

Just because it's compatible with an Android device doesn't mean it runs Google's Wear OS. Fitbit doesn't run Wear OS, yet it connects to Android phones. Two separate things.

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That pretty much sums it up. I was literally going to order a Huawei watch this week because I thought that the price and look was amazing. But no, that seems like a bad idea now (if they figure things out, I'll totally buy one to support them later.) Right now I need one this week to wear to Europe (smart watches are an important part of effective travel.) I want something attractive and very functional.

The Samsung is nice, but too pricey. I'm thinking $150 - $200. This is a utilitarian travel device not a fancy watch. Right now from quick research, I'm seeing a lot of love for Fossil and Amazfit. Anyone have experience or thoughts?

I have this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NC8PMUK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't even realize Lenovo made watches. Not surprised, they are quite big.

That link goes to a Motorola Moto for me. What are you seeing?

https://www.google.com/search?q=does+lenovo+own+motorola&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS819US819&oq=does+lenovo+own+&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.2887j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

ok?
So google sold motorola to Lenovo..
What's so bad about that?

Search on ML for Lenovo. Literally the most evil company in the tech industry.

I mean I know they've done some shady things but....

For someone else to gain BIOS access, all they need to do is be within wifi range when you reboot. That's for starters.

My point is that there's a lot of evil likely going down in tech companies far beyond what Lenovo has done. That's not to minimize Lenovo, just saying it feels like a bit of hyperbole.

@WrCombs said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@zachary715 said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

@scottalanmiller said in Looking for a Google Wear OS Watch:

This is my current front runner. Thoughts?

https://us.amazfit.com/shop/stratos?variant=373265

I don't see anywhere it mentions that this watch runs Google Wear OS. Was that supposed to be a requirement?

Just because it's compatible with an Android device doesn't mean it runs Google's Wear OS. Fitbit doesn't run Wear OS, yet it connects to Android phones. Two separate things.