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windows/configuration/taskbar/index.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Configure the Windows taskbar
-description: Administrators can pin more apps to the taskbar and remove default pinned apps from the taskbar by adding a section to a layout modification XML file.
+description: Learn how to configure the Windows taskbar to provide quick access to the tools and applications that users need most.
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.date: 04/17/2024
 appliesto:
@@ -47,11 +47,9 @@ Let's review the components of the Windows taskbar by dividing it into three are
     1. Pinned and running apps
 1. The *right area* contains:
     1. The system tray, which displays icons like the pen menu, touch keyboard, virtual touchpad, and any application icons that are running in the background like OneDrive, Teams, or antivirus software
-    1. Quick Actions
+    1. Quick actions
     1. Calendar
-    1. Action Center
+    1. Notifications
-    1. Action center
-    1. Copilot
 
 :::image type="content" source="images/taskbar-sections-11.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Windows 11 taskbar with the three areas highlighted." border="false" lightbox="./images/taskbar-sections-11.png":::
 
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ Let's review the components of the Windows taskbar by dividing it into two areas
     - News and interests
     - The system tray, which displays icons like the pen menu, touch keyboard, virtual touchpad, power, network, volume, and any application icons that are running in the background like OneDrive, Teams, or antivirus software
     - Calendar
-    - Action center
+    - Notifications and actions
 
 :::image type="content" source="images/taskbar-sections-10.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Windows 11 taskbar with the two areas highlighted." border="false" lightbox="./images/taskbar-sections-10.png":::
 

windows/configuration/windows-spotlight/index.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Configure Windows spotlight
-description: Learn how to configure Windows spotlight, a Windows lock screen feature that displays different images.
+description: Learn how to configure Windows spotlight using Group Policy and mobile device management (MDM) settings.
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.date: 04/23/2024
 appliesto:
@@ -27,51 +27,62 @@ Windows spotlight is a Windows feature that displays different wallpapers and of
 
 ::: zone-end
 
->[!NOTE]
->You can use the [Personalization CSP](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp) settings to set lock screen and desktop background images.
-
-## How do you turn off Windows spotlight locally?
-
-To turn off Windows spotlight locally, go to **Settings** > **Personalization** > **Lock screen** > **Background** > **Windows spotlight** > select a different lock screen background
-
-## How do you disable Windows spotlight for managed devices?
-
-Windows spotlight is enabled by default. Windows 10 provides Group Policy and mobile device management (MDM) settings to help you manage Windows spotlight on enterprise computers.
-
->[!NOTE]
->These policies are in the **User Configuration \Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content** path in the Group Policy Management Console, and in the **User Configuration \Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content** path in the Local Group Policy Editor.
-
-
-| **Turn off the Windows spotlight on Action Center** | **Experience/Allow Windows spotlight On Action Center** | Turn off Suggestions from Microsoft that show after each clean install, upgrade, or on an on-going basis to introduce users to what is new or changed | Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, version 1703 |
-| **Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences** | **Experience/Allow Tailored Experiences With Diagnostic Data** | Prevent Windows from using diagnostic data to provide tailored experiences to the user | Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education, version 1703 |
-| **Turn off the Windows Welcome Experience** | **Experience/Allow Windows spotlight Windows Welcome Experience** | Turn off the Windows spotlight Windows Welcome experience that helps introduce users to Windows, such as launching Microsoft Edge with a web page highlighting new features | Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, version 1703 |
-| **Turn off the Windows spotlight on Settings** | **Experience/Allow Windows spotlight on Settings** | Turn off the Windows spotlight in the Settings app. | Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, version 1803 |
-
- In addition to the specific policy settings for Windows spotlight, administrators can replace Windows spotlight with a selected image using the Group Policy setting **Computer Configuration** > **Administrative Templates** > **Control Panel** > **Personalization** > **Force a specific default lock screen image** (Windows 10 Enterprise and Education).
-
- >[!TIP]
- >If you want to use a custom lock screen image that contains text, see [Resolution for custom lock screen image](#resolution-for-custom-lock-screen-image).
-
-Pay attention to the checkbox in **Options**. In addition to providing the path to the lock screen image, administrators can choose to allow or **Turn off fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on lock screen**. If the checkbox isn't selected, users will see the lock screen image that is defined in the policy setting, and will also see occasional messages.
-
 ## Configuration options
 
-There are several options to configure the Windows Start menu.
+There are several options to configure the Windows spotlight.
 
-If you need to configure a device for a single user, you can pin/unpin applications to Start and rearrange them. Start can be further customized from Settings. Go to **Settings** > **Personalization** > **[Start](ms-settings:personalization-start)**.
+If you need to configure a device for a single user, go to:
+
+- **Settings** > **Personalization** > **[Background](ms-settings:personalization-background)**. To change the background image to Windows spotlight, select **Windows spotlight** from the **Personalize your background** drop-down menu
+- **Settings** > **Personalization** > **[Lock screen](ms-settings:personalization-lockscreen)**. To change the lock screen image to Windows spotlight, select **Windows spotlight** from the **Personalize your lock screen** drop-down menu
 
 For advanced customizations and when you need to configure multiple devices, you can use one of the following options:
 
-- Configuration Service Provider (CSP): commonly used for devices managed by a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, like Microsoft Intune. CSPs can also be configured with [provisioning packages](../provisioning-packages/how-it-pros-can-use-configuration-service-providers.md#csps-in-windows-configuration-designer), which are used at deployment time or for unmanaged devices. To configure Start, use the [Start Policy CSP][WIN-1]
+- Configuration Service Provider (CSP): commonly used for devices managed by a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, like Microsoft Intune. CSPs can also be configured with [provisioning packages](../provisioning-packages/how-it-pros-can-use-configuration-service-providers.md#csps-in-windows-configuration-designer), which are used at deployment time or for unmanaged devices. To configure Start, use the [Experience Policy CSP][WIN-1]
 - Group policy (GPO): used for devices that are Active Directory joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid joined, and not managed by a device management solution. Group policy can also be used for devices that aren't joined to an Active Directory domain, using the local group policy editor
 
-> [!NOTE]
+## Policy settings
-> While many of the Start menu policy settings can be configured using both CSP and GPO, there are some settings that are only available using the Start Policy CSP. To learn about the available policy settings to configure the Start menu via CSP and GPO, see [Start menu policy settings](policy-settings.md).
 
-## User experience
+Here's a sorted list of the policy settings to configure Windows spotlight:
+
+::: zone pivot="windows-11"
+|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
+|-|-|-|
+|[AllowSpotlightCollection](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowspotlightcollection)|✅|❌|
+|[AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowthirdpartysuggestionsinwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlight](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonactioncenter)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonsettings)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightwindowswelcomeexperience)|✅|✅|
+|[ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#configurewindowsspotlightonlockscreen)|✅|✅|
+
+::: zone-end
+
+::: zone pivot="windows-10"
+
+|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
+|-|-|-|
+|[AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowthirdpartysuggestionsinwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlight](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonactioncenter)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonsettings)|✅|✅|
+|[AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightwindowswelcomeexperience)|✅|✅|
+|[ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen](/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#configurewindowsspotlightonlockscreen)|✅|✅|
+
+::: zone-end
 
 ## Considerations
 
+In addition to the specific policy settings for Windows spotlight, administrators can replace Windows spotlight with a selected image using the Group Policy setting **Computer Configuration** > **Administrative Templates** > **Control Panel** > **Personalization** > **Force a specific default lock screen image** (Windows 10 Enterprise and Education).
+
+>[!TIP]
+>If you want to use a custom lock screen image that contains text, see [Resolution for custom lock screen image](#resolution-for-custom-lock-screen-image).
+
+>[!NOTE]
+>You can use the [Personalization CSP](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp) settings to set lock screen and desktop background images.
+
+Pay attention to the checkbox in **Options**. In addition to providing the path to the lock screen image, administrators can choose to allow or **Turn off fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on lock screen**. If the checkbox isn't selected, users will see the lock screen image that is defined in the policy setting, and will also see occasional messages.
+
 ### Resolution for custom lock screen image
 
 A concern with custom lock screen images is how they'll appear on different screen sizes and resolutions.
@@ -82,7 +93,24 @@ Lock screen images created at other aspect ratios may scale and center unpredict
 
 The recommendation for custom lock screen images that include text (such as a legal statement) is to create the lock screen image in 16:9 resolution with text contained in the 4:3 region, allowing the text to remain visible at any aspect ratio.
 
+::: zone pivot="windows-11"
+
+:::image type="content" source="images/contoso-lockscreen-11.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Windows 11 lock screen with Windows spotlight enabled over an organization wallpaper.":::
+
+::: zone-end
+
+::: zone pivot="windows-10"
+
+:::image type="content" source="images/contoso-lockscreen-10.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Windows 10 lock screen with Windows spotlight enabled over an organization wallpaper.":::
+
+::: zone-end
+
+## Next steps
+
+To learn more about organizational messages, see [Organizational messages in Microsoft Intune][INT-2].
+
 <!--links-->
 
-[CSP-1]: /windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-admx-windowsstore
+[CSP-1]: /windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience
 [INT-1]: /mem/intune/configuration/settings-catalog
+[INT-2]: /mem/intune/remote-actions/organizational-messages-overview

windows/configuration/windows-spotlight/policy-settings.md

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Windows spotlight policy settings
-description: Learn about the policy settings to configure Windows Spotlight.
-ms.topic: reference
-ms.date: 04/23/2024
-appliesto:
-zone_pivot_groups: windows-versions-11-10
----
-
-This reference article outlines the policy settings available for customizing Windows Spotlight, using Configuration Service Provider (CSP) or group policy (GPO).
-
-Select one of the tabs to see the list of available settings:
-
-::: zone pivot="windows-11"
-|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
-|-|-|-|
-|[AllowSpotlightCollection](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowspotlightcollection)|✅|❌|
-|[AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowthirdpartysuggestionsinwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlight](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonactioncenter)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonsettings)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightwindowswelcomeexperience)|✅|✅|
-|[ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#configurewindowsspotlightonlockscreen)|✅|✅|
-
-::: zone-end
-
-::: zone pivot="windows-10"
-
-|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
-|-|-|-|
-|[AllowThirdPartySuggestionsInWindowsSpotlight](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowthirdpartysuggestionsinwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlight](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlight)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonactioncenter)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightOnSettings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightonsettings)|✅|✅|
-|[AllowWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#allowwindowsspotlightwindowswelcomeexperience)|✅|✅|
-|[ConfigureWindowsSpotlightOnLockScreen](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-experience#configurewindowsspotlightonlockscreen)|✅|✅|
-
-::: zone-end
-
-
-
-This policy setting lets you configure Windows spotlight on the lock screen.
-
-If you enable this policy setting, "Windows spotlight" will be set as the lock screen provider and users will not be able to modify their lock screen. "Windows spotlight" will display daily images from Microsoft on the lock screen.
-
-Additionally, if you check the "Include content from Enterprise spotlight" checkbox and your organization has setup an Enterprise spotlight content service in Azure, the lock screen will display internal messages and communications configured in that service, when available. If your organization does not have an Enterprise spotlight content service, the checkbox will have no effect.
-
-If you disable this policy setting, Windows spotlight will be turned off and users will no longer be able to select it as their lock screen. Users will see the default lock screen image and will be able to select another image, unless you have enabled the "Prevent changing lock screen image" policy.
-
-If you do not configure this policy, Windows spotlight will be available on the lock screen and will be selected by default, unless you have configured another default lock screen image using the "Force a specific default lock screen image" policy.
-
-Note: This policy is only available for Enterprise SKUs