Microsoft Removes the Ability to Install Windows 11 via a Local Account; Online Accounts Are Now Required to Complete Setup

So I guess all workstations for air gapped secure environments will stop using Microsoft and go to something like redhat with a friendly shell on top of it for the end users that need to run on airgapped local only systems.

I'm ok with this. Tired of MS making it harder to be secure for professionals.
 
Grimlakin said:
So I guess all workstations for air gapped secure environments will stop using Microsoft and go to something like redhat with a friendly shell on top of it for the end users that need to run on airgapped local only systems.

I'm ok with this. Tired of MS making it harder to be secure for professionals.
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It's not like you CAN'T have a local account at all, just not at initial setup.
 
not exactly running through Window setup in an enterprise environment anyways. We do that once, clean up everything that needs cleaning, install what needs to be installed, make an image and deploy that.
 
Yeah, for now there are work arounds and I imagine there always will be for enterprise users. I will say though that enterprise 365/Azure admins have a ton of options for device management and OS installs so it's almost pointless to even want a local account anymore. However, at least when it comes to personal devices, not so thrilled about them going in this direction.
 
Peter_Brosdahl said:
Yeah, for now there are work arounds and I imagine there always will be for enterprise users. I will say though that enterprise 365/Azure admins have a ton of options for device management and OS installs so it's almost pointless to even want a local account anymore. However, at least when it comes to personal devices, not so thrilled about them going in this direction.
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We use InTune and O365 to manage everything. We can send someone a laptop with a fresh install of W11 that hasn't gone through setup. All the end user is doing is connecting to their network, logging in with their O365 account, InTune takes over and pushes all their software. Easy peasy
 
Doesnt matter, no one will care, microsoft could update everyones desktop with a cloud streaming desktop and 95% of the population would not notice.

Looking forward to my cloud desktop one morning.
 
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