Microsoft is testing a brand new coverage that permits IT directors to uninstall the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant on managed gadgets.
The brand new RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp coverage started rolling out in the present day to techniques within the Dev and Beta Insider channels which have put in Home windows 11 Insider Preview Construct 26220.7535 (KB5072046).
Because the Home windows Insider workforce defined in a weblog submit in the present day, Copilot will probably be uninstalled after the coverage is enabled on endpoints managed through Microsoft Intune or the System Middle Configuration Supervisor (SCCM).
The brand new coverage will apply to gadgets the place the Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot are each put in, the Microsoft Copilot app was not put in by the consumer, and the Microsoft Copilot app was not launched within the final 28 days.
“Admins can now uninstall Microsoft Copilot for a consumer in a focused method by enabling a brand new coverage titled RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp,” the Home windows Insider workforce stated.
“If this coverage is enabled, the Microsoft Copilot app will probably be uninstalled, as soon as. Customers can nonetheless re-install in the event that they select to. This coverage is out there on Enterprise, Professional, and EDU SKUs.
“To allow this coverage, open the Group coverage editor and go to: Consumer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Home windows AI -> Take away Microsoft Copilot App.”
At the moment’s beta construct additionally fixes a recognized File Explorer subject that causes the explorer.exe course of to crash when invoking the desktop context menu, and a bug that might trigger the Home windows Replace settings web page to hold throughout loading.
The Home windows Insider workforce can also be working to deal with a number of points in this preview construct, together with a crash within the Settings app when interacting with audio gadgets and an issue the place the Begin menu will not launch when clicked (though it opens with the Home windows key), which can additionally have an effect on the notification heart (which opens with WIN + N) and fast settings (with WIN + A).
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