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Microsoft has been paying attention to how people use Windows. One of the reasons the Start Menu (as known in the days of XP) is gone is because people were spending a lot of time doing mouse movements and clicks just to launch a program. So when you look at the ease of use, clicking and moving the mouse (sometimes subtly depending on your monitor resolution) in an exact fashion just to write a Word document was not very efficient.

Windows + X is one of the best examples of the work Microsoft has done to optimize the user experience and make it more efficient:

Look at the options available. Most administrative tools can be opened with a simple key combination and a click. This is great!

Windows action center is another great resource that is an example of Microsoft thinking ahead for productivity and efficiency. If enterprise environments could customize this experience, it would be even more awesome. Given Microsoft has https://businessstore.microsoft.com/en-us/store capabilities, it isn't hard to imagine feeds or other capabilities coming for the action center.

One thing we haven't discussed so far is the usage of Microsoft Intune to help organize and patch devices. Some of the things people want to modify are now managed via MDM. Microsoft InTune is a great way to push MDM settings to enterprise devices and also integrates with on-site SCCM environments.

If you choose to use this tooling the settings that can be manipulated and managed are documented are at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/deploy-use/windows-10-policy-settings-in-microsoft-intune.