Microsoft Ignite 2023 - "Windows App" revelead

Microsoft just announced at Ignite 2023 a new app called..."Windows app". This new app, still in preview, that you can get right now, is available for iOS, the web and Windows.

It enables users to connect to various types of Windows "machines" like Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Dev Box, or a personal Remote Desktop PC.

At the moment, there's no much information about the app but screenshots in Windows Store shows PCs and also a list of apps, which may indicate that users will be able to launch apps remotely installed on other devices.

If you're curious about this new app, go ahead and installed it from the Windows Store:
Windows Store - Windows App

Powershell - Exchange Online - Shared Mailboxes - Enable automatic copy of sent items

 

When you create a shared mailbox in Exchange Online (EXO) by default the sent items will end up in your main mailbox sent items.

That's a bit annoying since if you want others, that have access to the shared mailbox, to see your replies, you'll need to manually copy, or create a rule for it.

But there's a solution, and you just need to follow these steps using PowerShell:

1. Connect to Exchange Online:
   Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName yourusername@upn.com
   
   
2. Next, if you what check the current status for sent items:
   Get-Mailbox sharedmailbox | select MessageCopyForSentAsEnabled
   
   
3. To enable automatic sent items copy:
   Set-Mailbox sharedmailbox -MessageCopyForSentAsEnabled $True

And you're done! :)

Windows 11 23H2 - How to enable/access Copilot in Europe

 

So, you've already using the new Windows 11 23H2 Feature Update and you notice that on of the most awaited features is nowhere to be found?
If your living in Europe, you can give many thanks to Digital Markets Act (DMA) for blocking it in EU.

Well, but this is technology so...there's always workarounds...here's one while we wait for DMA to unblock Copilot:

1. Create a shortcut (Right-click > New > Shortcut)
2. For the item location write down "microsoft-edge://?ux=copilot&tcp=1&source=taskbar" and click Next
3. Now type your preferred name for the shortcut, Copilot for example and click Finish

Now just try it out. Copilot will open exactly like other guys have outside EU.

If you want to have a nice Windows Copilot icon, just download this one:

Windows Copilot Icon

Windows 11 23H2 - How to force upgrade with Enterprise SKU

 
If you're using a Windows 11 Enterprise SKU, you may not automatically receive 23H2 update right now. Even if you enable the "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" and then check for updates, the Feature Update may not be available today.

This was the easiest and fastest way to upgrade my machine from 22H2 to 23H2 and for obvious reasons it's fine for an isolated upgrade, and not for an enterprise-wide rollout. For that kind of scenario you should use Windows Update for Business; VLSC; etc.

So, just follow these steps:

1. Download Windows 11 Installation Assistant from here
2. Double-click, next, next next
3. Wait....
4. Done!

Don't be afraid because this will upgrade your Windows version and not wipe out your disk.

After the upgrade, open Windows update and install the latest quality update, which for the moment I'm writing this article is this one: 
2023-10 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5031455)