We’ re back on the weekly release schedule, and after two jam-packed exciting new builds you might be forgiven for thinking the latest big Insider release would be a little light on new features and… you’ d be wrong.
We’ re back on the weekly release schedule, and after two jam-packed exciting new builds you might be forgiven for thinking the latest big Insider release would be a little light on new features and… you’ d be wrong.
Build 16232 introduces some of the new security features which will be coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, including Exploit Protection, and Controlled folder access in Windows Defender Antivirus. It also introduces improvements for Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) .
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If you’ re not familiar, Windows Defender Application Guard makes use of Hyper-V virtualization technology and is designed to stop attackers from establishing a foothold on your local machine or beyond. If you sandbox Edge in this way, anything you do in the browser will be forgotten once you quit out. This build introduces Edge data persistence to WDAG so you can favorite sites and return to them afterwards. To use this new feature you’ ll firstly have to enable it in Group Policy.
Close all Edge windows and update the Windows Components > Windows Defender Application Guard policy to turn on data persistence. When done, launch the New Application Guard Window from the Microsoft Edge menu, then browse to a site you like and add it to Favorites. This site will now be available for later use, with Microsoft Edge in Application Guard.
Also starting in this build you can make use of Exploit Protection to audit, configure, and manage Windows system and application exploit mitigation settings from Windows Defender Security Center. To access the settings open the Windows Defender Security Center and go to the App & browser control page. You can search for Windows Defender Security Center via the Start menu.
Microsoft warns that this is an early work in progress, so you might encounter errors along the way.
Ransomware is very much in the news again at the moment, and this build can help protect your valuable data from such threats via a new Controlled folder access feature in Windows Defender Antivirus.
To enable the feature, search for and open the Windows Defender Security Center from Start, go to the Virus & threat protection settings section, and set the switch to On .
Other changes, improvements, and fixes for PC include:
Known issues for PC include:
Microsoft also warns that it will be pausing the testing new versions of its inbox apps with Windows Insiders:
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