Support for eDiscovery (Purview)
I have an issue with eDiscovery (purview). I have been tasked with obtaining the OneDrive of another employee, and I manage to download the data, but the FILENAMES are all encrypted, but I didn't select or even see an option to do that. Regular support…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
Windows 11 mandatory profiles, start menu not working.
We’re in the process of implementing a mandatory user profile for students in an educational environment running Windows 11. However, we’re encountering an issue where the Start Menu fails to load or function correctly when using the mandatory…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Directory services | Active Directory
How I can Play Andriod game on PC
I am looking for suggestion How I can play android game on my personal computer .I have window 10 installed on pc.
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other

How do I delete the EFI partition and then expand another partition
I first opened this issue in the MicrosoftAnswers community and before I could report back, it was Locked and moved somewhere (message did not indicate where). I was making progress and am pretty close to the end. I hope I am in the right place. I was…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up, install, or upgrade
Windows Server 2019 AD & DNS replication
Hello, I'm running into issues with AD & DNS replication on a recently joined server in our environment. Environment: Three writable DCs in separate sites: Server A (Site A) – Windows Server 2019, AD DS & DNS (healthy) Server B (Site B) –…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Other
DFS Replication - from where and to where are all synchronized?
Hello, in ocean of servers I see on one server directory, which is in sync via DFS Replication (I hope). Now I need to find on which server is created DFS replication? which all servers are in sync of this DFS replication? How to find server where is…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Directory services | Other
The local administrator account is disabled when on-premises LAPS is decommissioned and the device is moved to Intune as co-managed, without a corresponding Windows LAPS policy being applied for the same local account
Hi All, I have an on-premises legacy LAPS server managing local administrator passwords for end-user machines. As part of our modernization efforts, I’ve configured Windows LAPS in Intune and transitioned the end-user devices to a co-managed state. After…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Configure application groups
Task scheduler - Condition on time of day
I want to set a task to run on log on, but only if the time lies in a predefined range, e.g. between 08:00 and 20:00. Is there a way to do this with task scheduler? If not, what would be the recommended alternative? Interpose a powershell script and…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
Universal Print access Error 401
Hi there, I am trying to setup our service accounts to administer Universal Print. Previously had access to it via our normal work accounts but moving away from it. I have assigned GA, Printer and Intune admin role with E3 Windows Enterprise license to…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
BSOD Minidump
Hi Can someone assist me with why my machine keeps giving me a blue screen? W11 machine. https://1drv.ms/f/c/13c29c87c1d5042a/Eg28jreCKylKt-jKyYYJ67kB-37i9NiVdH8VEmE0gSyd5A?e=FjQbWH
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
why windows 11 upgradation is taking alot of time
Windows 11 update is taking a lot of time. how to make it fast?
Windows for business | Windows Server | Performance | Windows desktop and shell experience
Application Issues Post Windows Updates
Could you please confirm if the recent patch update is causing the following issues across multiple systems? Windows license activation errors Applications such as Excel and Outlook not functioning properly We would appreciate your guidance on…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
QuickAssist - remote session ended - we ended the connection because the minimum security requirements on the helper side were not met
We are experience issues when devices are connected to our corporate network where QuickAssist does not connect and gives us an error stating "security requirements on the helper side were not met" and it immediately ends the session. If we…
Windows for business | Windows 365 Enterprise
EUROPE: WSUS Server download failure all customers since 09.07.2025 this night
EUROPE: WSUS Server download failure – all customers since 09.07.2025 during the night Many customers in Europe, from BSB to Enterprise, are facing an urgent problem with the Windows Update Server (WSUS). The SYNC failed during the night of 09 July 2025,…
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Networking | Other


Chinese input method Changjie cannot output Chinese characters correctly
Hi, The Chinese input method Changjie cannot output Chinese characters correctly after the latest Windows update in July (KB5062554) on Windows 10. Has anyone got this issue? Has Microsoft already noticed this issue with this update?
Windows for business | Windows 365 Business
Stop win 10 log in screen popups
Win 10 update royally screwed my OS. I had to make a clean install with the latest download from MS. Now when I reach the user log in screen, I get a whole bunch of really annoying pop ups, news, weather and such trivia. Now it is annoying the hell out…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
Web Deploy v4.0 x64 download files are missing
Web Deploy v4.0 x64 download files are missing from the download link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=106070 Why?
Windows development | Internet Information Services
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
Switch over SQL Server instance on DC VM machine to DRC environment
Hello Expert, is it probably moving current System/Data (include SQL Database instance) on Data Center into Machine on DRC environment Without Replication or High availability system installed before ..? the case scenario is machine on Data Center will…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
Get RDS (session broker) to accept any connections
I am configuring the RDP proxy using the Citrix ADC but after months of trying, I am still unable to RDP back to Windows machine with Session Broker farm. I am able to connect to standalone Windows machine but failed on those RDS farm (Session broker…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Set up, install, or upgrade
Windows search bar not working after cumulative update
My windows search bar stopped working after taking june cumulative updates , i just took julys and it isnt fixed. The search bar just keeps trying to load but nothing happens. Any one expierence this? I already tried using the index troubleshooter etc