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Re: Should "Don't be afraid..." be the title for DNS Scavenging in the Windows Server doco?
Yeah, that's pretty weird. Also, why is this "how-to" article in the "troubleshooting" section? If you feel the urge, you can actually propose this change directly through GitHub, as documented here: Edit Microsoft Learn documentation in the browser - Contributor guide | Microsoft Learn You may find, as I did recently, that your pull request goes ignored for months on end, and the contributor assigned to review your request does not provide any updates. If this is the case, that contributor is in violation of the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct, which requires all contributors to be welcoming and respectful. You can report this by sending an email to the email address on that page. If your report is accepted, your pull request may be "escalated" to another contributor, who will ensure it actually gets merged. Don't expect any kind of apology or acknowledgement of wrongdoing, however. After reflecting on my recent experience, I realized that my time can be better spent than performing unappreciated free technical writing labour for a trillion-dollar multinational tech company. Don't let that discourage you, though 🙃 Edit: It looks like the Code of Conduct I linked to is an old version. I believe this one is more current: Code of Conduct for Microsoft open source projectsRe: Did expediting the 2024-08 Quality Updates fail for anyone else?
Well, it took eight months, and I had to beg for help on social media for a member of the product team to intercede on my behalf, but I am told this issue is fixed. Edit: I was lied to. The issue is not fixed, at least not on Windows 10.Re: Did expediting the 2024-08 Quality Updates fail for anyone else?
Well, it took eight months, and I had to beg for help on social media for a member of the product team to intercede on my behalf, but I am told this issue is fixed. Edit: I was lied to. The issue is not fixed, at least not on Windows 10.Tech Community navigation broken
I'm not sure when this started, but I've discovered that navigating to a previous page with the Back button in the browser is broken in certain scenarios. Steps to reproduce: Sign in to Home | Microsoft Community Hub Click on your avatar and select Profile. You should now be on your profile page Click on a reply to a post in the list of Recent Discussions Click on the Back button in your browser Expected result: You are back at your profile page Actual result: You are still viewing the post you clicked on in step 3. If you click the Back button a second time, you will be taken to the page you were on before you opened the Tech Community home page. Edit: Further testing reveals this happens specifically when you click on a reply to a post in "Recent Discussions".Re: The new tech community is user hostile
I don't think anyone has provided similar feedback thus far I hope "nobody is complaining" isn't the metric by which you are judging success. I agree with much of what DanielNiccoli has said, but I'm not as inclined these days to provide what is effectively free UX consulting services to a trillion-dollar company. And to DanielNiccoli : come and join us at https://www.reddit.com/r/entra/. It provides a much better experience, in my opinion, and you may even get a response to your product question from an actual Microsoft employee, which rarely seems to happen here.Re: OneNote vs. OneNote for Windows 10
Still trying to get used to OneNote M365. I've been using the "History > Recent Edits > All pages sorted by date" option (three clicks! ugh!) in place of the missing Recent Notes view. Today, however, it's completely blank. On a hunch, I went in and had a look at the Application log in Event Viewer and sure enough, the Windows Search index got corrupted and is being rebuilt. Recent Notes and Search in OneNote for Windows 10 is still working just fine, of course. Microsoft, if you're listening: please reconsider retiring OneNote for Windows 10. 😥OneNote vs. OneNote for Windows 10
I received an email this morning reminding me of the impending end of support for the OneNote for Windows 10 app. As I do periodically when I am reminded about this, I launched the OneNote on Windows (OneNote M365) app and lamented how much less user friendly it is than its doomed cousin. The lack of a "Recent Notes" view is my biggest gripe, but the awkward "pop-over" search comes a close second. The tabs and search result are on an ugly grey background and everything is just slightly too small to read comfortably. Am I the only one?Re: Define Patch Approvals in WSUS but pull patches from Windows Update (Internet)
So is there a way for us to continue to define the approved patches/metadata via WSUS but have the system pull the patches files from the internet (Windows Update) source? Perhaps this is possible with MECM? Yes, if you are managing updates with MECM, it is possible to have your endpoints download the content from Microsoft Update. See the "If software updates are not available on distribution point in current, neighbor or site boundary groups, download content from Microsoft Updates" setting documented at Manually deploy software updates - Configuration Manager | Microsoft Learn. That being said, I would recommend taking a closer look at Windows Update for Business. You can use it alongside Software Updates in MECM. I think you can even use it alongside WSUS by configuring a Scan Source policy: Use Windows Update for Business and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) together | Microsoft Learn
