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For a transcript, please view the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4z5N5XCsA.
The most important lesson learned during this deployment, according to Jaysingh, was the use of Windows Update for Business deployment service. Jaysingh shares how the tool helped create the “smoothest deployment” in the history of Windows releases by supplying a single, simple plan for IT admins to follow.
“In our experience, with every passing day, we are noticing the value it delivers in their day-to-day lives—working remotely or working in-person,” Jaysingh says.

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