As yet another Java update (only thing more frequent is Adobe) is installed on my work PC, I wonder how many people have disabled auto updates or fail to deploy updates in a \u201cmanaged\u201d environment. This morning, I woke up, checked my iPad *gasp* and noticed there was an update to the Netflix app to solve a login problem I\u2019d been having. Nice, and a bunch of other apps wanted updates too. Sure, why not? I\u2019d update the lot with a click.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve spent some time with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview then you\u2019ve seen something similar. The Store tile updates with a number to show how many updates are available, which you can then install with a tap\/click.<\/p>\n
Metro apps van only be installed\/updated via the Store. That means as soon as a publisher has a new version, they load it into the store, and we just update. So in theory, if they fix something (a bug or security issue), we can update with a click.<\/p>\n
That should<\/em> increase our security levels. We\u2019ll be aware of updates via the tile, just like when the AppStore icon on iOS shows a red number in the corner. The question is, will the users click that? Remember that rule #1 says users are stupid. <\/p>\n I hope businesses get a way to force updates. I\u2019d love to see the Windows Update service pull down and install Metro app updates. We can force that nicely, and it would give us a single update mechanism. But the flaw there is those consumer focused WOA (Windows on ARM) tablets with no domain membership. We\u2019ve heard whispers of a business friendly app store. Maybe that will exist, and maybe it\u2019ll give us an update policy engine. Who knows!?!?!? I guess we\u2019ll learn more in the coming months.<\/p>\n But what I do know is, that updates will be easier and quicker for publisher and user alike, and will make the app on the desktop more secure.<\/p>\n As yet another Java update (only thing more frequent is Adobe) is installed on my work PC, I wonder how many people have disabled auto updates or fail to deploy updates in a \u201cmanaged\u201d environment. This morning, I woke up, checked my iPad *gasp* and noticed there was an update to the Netflix app to … Continue reading “Will Windows 8 Metro & Microsoft Store Increase Our Security?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[190,109],"class_list":["post-12292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-desktop","tag-security","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t