{"id":244784,"date":"2026-10-02T05:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/microsoft-enables-windows-settings-backup-by-default-for-orgs"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:31:41","slug":"microsoft-enables-windows-settings-backup-by-default-for-orgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/microsoft-enables-windows-settings-backup-by-default-for-orgs","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft enables Windows settings backup by default for orgs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5-NDM91Q7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft announced that Windows settings backup and restore is now enabled by default on all Microsoft Entra-joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined enterprise systems upgraded to Windows 11 26H2.<\/p>\n<p>The Windows settings backup tool (formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/tag\/windows-backup-for-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Windows Backup for Organizations)<\/a> backs up and restores enterprise users\u2019 Windows settings after a device is reset, replaced, upgraded, or reimaged.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft unveiled it two years ago at the Ignite conference <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2024\/11\/19\/microsoft-ignite-2024-embracing-the-future-of-windows-at-work\/#:~:text=of%20the%20year.-, Endpoint%20Modernization,-We%20continue%20to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in November 2024<\/a> as an opt-in feature (disabled by default), and it reached public preview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/microsoft\/microsoft-introduces-new-windows-backup-tool-for-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in May 2025<\/a> and general availability <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/windows-itpro-blog\/windows-backup-for-organizations-is-now-available\/4441655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in August 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft announced that Windows settings backup and restore is now enabled by default on all Microsoft Entra-joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined enterprise systems upgraded to Windows 11 26H2. The Windows settings backup tool (formerly known as Windows Backup for Organizations) backs up and restores enterprise users\u2019 Windows settings after a device is reset, replaced, upgraded, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}