diff --git a/windows/privacy/manage-windows-1903-endpoints.md b/windows/privacy/manage-windows-1903-endpoints.md index f73b24241a..5364d2ae65 100644 --- a/windows/privacy/manage-windows-1903-endpoints.md +++ b/windows/privacy/manage-windows-1903-endpoints.md @@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ Some Windows components, app, and related services transfer data to Microsoft ne This article lists different endpoints that are available on a clean installation of Windows 10, version 1709 and later. Details about the different ways to control traffic to these endpoints are covered in [Manage connections from Windows operating system components to Microsoft services](manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md). -Where applicable, each endpoint covered in this topic includes a link to specific details about how to control traffic to it. +Where applicable, each endpoint covered in this topic includes a link to the specific details on how to control that traffic. We used the following methodology to derive these network endpoints: 1. Set up the latest version of Windows 10 on a test virtual machine using the default settings. -2. Leave the devices running idle for a week (that is, a user is not interacting with the system/device). +2. Leave the device(s) running idle for a week ("idle" means a user is not interacting with the system/device). 3. Use globally accepted network protocol analyzer/capturing tools and log all background egress traffic. 4. Compile reports on traffic going to public IP addresses. -5. The test virtual machine was logged in using a local account and was not joined to a domain or Azure Active Directory. -6. All traffic was captured in our lab using a IPV4 network. Therefore no IPV6 traffic is reported here. +5. The test virtual machine(s) was logged into using a local account, and was not joined to a domain or Azure Active Directory. +6. All traffic was captured in our lab using a IPV4 network. Therefore, no IPV6 traffic is reported here. +7. These tests were conducted in an approved Microsoft lab. It's possible your results may be different. +8. These tests were conducted for one week, but if you capture traffic for longer you may have different results. > [!NOTE] > Microsoft uses global load balancers that can appear in network trace-routes. For example, an endpoint for *.akadns.net might be used to load balance requests to an Azure datacenter, which can change over time.