From 945b02e61d8bcc86465baee35b790322244aeb58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Miller Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:48:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Windows Insider release notes to Insider page Adding several new features to the Windows Insider page. Key points on FIDO, Voice commands, Flashing, and provision via USB. @scooley --- devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md b/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md index 633f296a3e..580dc86a34 100644 --- a/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md +++ b/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ ms.date: 1/6/2020 ms.reviewer: manager: dansimp appliesto: -- HoloLens (1st gen) - HoloLens 2 --- @@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ Welcome to the latest Insider Preview builds for HoloLens! It’s simple to get ## Start receiving Insider builds -On a device running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, go to **Settings** -> **Update & Security** -> **Windows Insider Program** and select **Get started**. Link the account you used to register as a Windows Insider. +On a HoloLens 2 device go to **Settings** -> **Update & Security** -> **Windows Insider Program** and select **Get started**. Link the account you used to register as a Windows Insider. Then, select **Active development of Windows**, choose whether you’d like to receive **Fast** or **Slow** builds, and review the program terms. @@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Select **Confirm -> Restart Now** to finish up. After your device has rebooted, ## Stop receiving Insider builds -If you no longer want to receive Insider builds of Windows Holographic, you can opt out when your HoloLens is running a production build, or you can [recover your device](hololens-recovery.md) using the Windows Device Recovery Tool to recover your device to a non-Insider version of Windows Holographic. +If you no longer want to receive Insider builds of Windows Holographic, you can opt out when your HoloLens is running a production build, or you can [recover your device](hololens-recovery.md) using the Advanced Recovery Companion to recover your device to a non-Insider version of Windows Holographic. To verify that your HoloLens is running a production build: @@ -52,3 +51,53 @@ Please use [the Feedback Hub app](hololens-feedback.md) on your HoloLens to prov ## Note for developers You are welcome and encouraged to try developing your applications using Insider builds of HoloLens. Check out the [HoloLens Developer Documentation](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/mixed-reality/development) to get started. Those same instructions work with Insider builds of HoloLens. You can use the same builds of Unity and Visual Studio that you're already using for HoloLens development. + + +# Windows Insider Release Notes + +HoloLens 2 Windows Insider builds are full of new features and improvements. Sign up for Windows Insider Fast or Slow flights to test them out! +Here's a quick summary of what's new: + +- Support for FIDO2 Security Keys to enable secure and easy authentication for shared devices +- Seamlessly apply a provisioning package from a USB drive to your HoloLens +- Use a provisioning packages to enroll your HoloLens to your Mobile Device Management system +- Use Windows AutoPilot to set up and pre-configure new devices, quickly getting them ready for productive use. Send a note to hlappreview@service.microsoft.com to join the preview. +- Dark Mode - many Windows apps support both dark and light modes, and now HoloLens customers can choose the default mode for apps that support both color schemes! Based on customer feedback, with this update we are setting the default app mode to "dark," but you can easily change this setting at any time. Navigate to Settings > System > Colors to find "Choose your default app mode." +- Support for additional system voice commands +- Hand Tracking improvements to reduce the tendency to close the index finger when pointing. This should make button pressing and 2D slate usage feel more accurate +- Performance and stability improvements across the product +- More information in settings on HoloLens about the policy pushed to the device + +Once you’ve had a chance to explore these new capabilities, use the Feedback Hub app to let us know what you think. Feedback you provide in the Feedback Hub goes directly to our engineers. + +## FIDO 2 support +Many of you share a HoloLens with lots of people in a work or school environment. Whether devices are shared between students in a classroom or they're checked out from a device locker, it's important to be able to change users quickly and easily without typing long user names and passwords. FIDO lets anyone in your organization (AAD tenant) seamlessly sign in to HoloLens without entering a username or password. + +Read the [passwordless security docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-authentication-passwordless-security-key) to get started. + +## Provisioning package updates +Provisioning packages let you set HoloLens configuration through a config file rather than going through the HoloLens out of box experience. Previously, provisioning packages had to be copied onto HoloLens' internal memory, now they can be on a USB drive so they're easier to re-use on multiple HoloLens and so more people can provision HoloLens in parallel. + +1. To try it out, download the latest version of the Windows Configuration Designer from the Windows store onto your PC. +1. Select **Provision HoloLens Devices** > Select **Provision HoloLens 2 devices** +1. Build your configuration profile and, when you're done, copy all files created to a USB-C storage device. +1. Plug it into any freshly flashed HoloLens and press **Volume down + Power** to apply your provisioning package. + +## System voice commands +You can now can access these commands with your voice: +- "Restart device" +- "Shutdown device" +- "Brightness up" +- "Brightness down" +- "Volume up" +- "Volume down" +- "What is my IP address?" +If you're running your system with a different language, please try the appropriate commands in that language. + +## FFU download and flash directions +To test with a flight signed ffu, you first have to flight unlock your device prior to flashing the flight signed ffu. +1. On PC + 1. Download ffu to your PC from: [https://aka.ms/hololenspreviewdownload](https://aka.ms/hololenspreviewdownload) + 1. Install ARC (Advanced Recovery Companion) from the Microsoft Store: [https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P74Z35SFRS8](https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P74Z35SFRS8) +1. On HoloLens - Flight Unlock: Open **Settings** > **Update & Security** > **Windows Insider Program** then sign up, reboot device +1. Flash FFU - Now you can flash the flight signed FFU using ARC From 7ea3887253a1eb48425fa8fc6635deb5048f1765 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Miller Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:14:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updating headers to Insider release notes --- devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md b/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md index 580dc86a34..9e30e0d48f 100644 --- a/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md +++ b/devices/hololens/hololens-insider.md @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Please use [the Feedback Hub app](hololens-feedback.md) on your HoloLens to prov You are welcome and encouraged to try developing your applications using Insider builds of HoloLens. Check out the [HoloLens Developer Documentation](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/mixed-reality/development) to get started. Those same instructions work with Insider builds of HoloLens. You can use the same builds of Unity and Visual Studio that you're already using for HoloLens development. -# Windows Insider Release Notes +## Windows Insider Release Notes HoloLens 2 Windows Insider builds are full of new features and improvements. Sign up for Windows Insider Fast or Slow flights to test them out! Here's a quick summary of what's new: @@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ Here's a quick summary of what's new: Once you’ve had a chance to explore these new capabilities, use the Feedback Hub app to let us know what you think. Feedback you provide in the Feedback Hub goes directly to our engineers. -## FIDO 2 support +### FIDO 2 support Many of you share a HoloLens with lots of people in a work or school environment. Whether devices are shared between students in a classroom or they're checked out from a device locker, it's important to be able to change users quickly and easily without typing long user names and passwords. FIDO lets anyone in your organization (AAD tenant) seamlessly sign in to HoloLens without entering a username or password. Read the [passwordless security docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/authentication/howto-authentication-passwordless-security-key) to get started. -## Provisioning package updates +### Provisioning package updates Provisioning packages let you set HoloLens configuration through a config file rather than going through the HoloLens out of box experience. Previously, provisioning packages had to be copied onto HoloLens' internal memory, now they can be on a USB drive so they're easier to re-use on multiple HoloLens and so more people can provision HoloLens in parallel. 1. To try it out, download the latest version of the Windows Configuration Designer from the Windows store onto your PC. @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Provisioning packages let you set HoloLens configuration through a config file r 1. Build your configuration profile and, when you're done, copy all files created to a USB-C storage device. 1. Plug it into any freshly flashed HoloLens and press **Volume down + Power** to apply your provisioning package. -## System voice commands +### System voice commands You can now can access these commands with your voice: - "Restart device" - "Shutdown device" @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ You can now can access these commands with your voice: - "What is my IP address?" If you're running your system with a different language, please try the appropriate commands in that language. -## FFU download and flash directions +### FFU download and flash directions To test with a flight signed ffu, you first have to flight unlock your device prior to flashing the flight signed ffu. 1. On PC 1. Download ffu to your PC from: [https://aka.ms/hololenspreviewdownload](https://aka.ms/hololenspreviewdownload)