Remote Desktop Biometric Connections Arriving at Windows 10

Microsoft has opened a new front in its war on pbadwords with the release of Windows 10 test build 17713.

Windows 10 users can already connect to their PC with Windows Hello, the biometric technology of Microsoft In the next major update of Windows 10 features, scheduled for this fall, the operating system will allow business users to connect to remote desktop sessions using their faces or fingerprints.

The feature requires users to have their identities established in Azure Active Directory or Active Directory and configured with Windows Hello for Business, which uses two-factor authentication to enhance the security of business user accounts.

Hello for Business, Windows remembers how you logged in and automatically selects Windows Hello for Business to authenticate to your RDP session [Remote Desktop Protocol] but you can n click More Choices to choose d. other identifying information, "says Dona Sarkar, Microsoft's Windows Insider Early Access Program Manager, and Brandon LeBlanc, Senior Program Manager, in a blog post.

Microsoft is also introducing a new Windows 10 PC connection feature called Web Login. It allows users of non-Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) identity services to securely access their systems. For shared PCs, there is a new fast connect feature, which, as its name implies, dramatically reduces the time required to connect to a PC with multiple user accounts.

In terms of security, Windows Defender Application Guard includes interface that facilitates the management of the technology of threat isolation. Users of stand-alone implementations can now make changes without changing the operating system registry. On systems managed by business policies, users can view the interface to check their settings and better understand how their systems are protected.

Notepad learns the new tricks

Notepad, the venerable text editor bundled with Windows also learned some new tricks.

The find / replace feature in Notepad now includes a loopback feature that allows users to continue searching after the end of the document. It automatically populates the search field with highlighted text and can store information about a previous search and its selected options.

Users who are tired of squinting at Notebook pages can now use the application's new native zoom feature. menu or using the keyboard shortcuts and the action Ctrl + Mouse wheel. Microsoft has also added line numbers to word-wrap display mode and accelerated application performance when opening large files.

Microsoft Edge obtains new controls that allow users to set browser autoplay options. They can also now find highlighted word definitions in the browser's reading view, books, and PDF rendering modes.

Meanwhile, the latest version of Windows Server 2019 preview is available for download. And while it may be lightweight on new features, it includes a new, important addition, Hyper-V Server. Build 17709 also brings improvements to the reliability and scalability of containers that use group-managed service accounts when accessing network resources.