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Windows 10 - UE-V Deployment Guide UE-V in Windows 10 is setup pretty quickly but the documentation for Group Policy and expected outcomes is all over the place.  In order to help other IT Pro's navigate their UE-V implementation I have documented my configuration with observations. Folder and Executable Reference Table Templates folder                    = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\UEV\Templates InboxTemplates folder           = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\UEV\InboxTemplates Scripts Folder                         = C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\UEV\Scripts SettingsStoragePath                = Central UNC Share i.e \\ServerName\UEVData\%UserName% SettingsTemplateCatalogPath = Central UNC Share i.e \\ServerName\UEVCatalogPath UEVAppMonitor.exe                  ...

Software Updates - Feature Upgrade - Windows 10 Software updates within an Enterprise organisation has been fairly straight forward until you attempt to use it for Feature Upgrades of Windows 10.  SCCM is very reliable at delivering the updates (Rollups, Updates, Upgrades) and as i have previously proved is UWF aware in Windows 10. However, the Feature Upgrade does require a bit of prep work if you do not want the new Appx Applications installed as part of the Upgrade. Moving between the 1507-1703 branches each Feature upgrade would reinstall the Appx Applications that you previously removed. Microsoft has addressed this in the 1703 - 1709 feature upgrade and if you removed an application it will not come back.  However, if the new branch has a new application this will get installed. Uninstalled in-box apps no longer automatically reinstall Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, in-box apps that were uninstalled by the user won't automatically reinstall as part of the featur...