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Document and unrecommend Cloud Experience Host
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Removing Cloud Experience Host has caused many unexpected issues
for users (see #99, #64, #67). It's now excluded from "Strict"
recommendation pool until a better warning mechanism is implemented.
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undergroundwires committed Dec 13, 2021
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parameters:
packageName: Microsoft.Windows.CapturePicker
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name: Cloud Experience Host app (breaks Microsoft cloud/corporate sign in) # Allows to connect to corporate domains or Microsoft cloud based services
recommend: strict
name: Cloud Experience Host app (breaks Windows Hello password/PIN sign-in options, and Microsoft cloud/corporate sign in)
docs:
# Allows to connect to corporate domains or Microsoft cloud based services
# ❗️ Uninstalling it breaks:
# - Sign-in to Windows using Microsoft account (cloud-based sign-in)
# https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/99
# https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/64
# - Password and PIN sign-in options in Settings > Sign-in Options
# https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/67
# Its functionalites include
# - Microsoft accounts
# Used to connect Microsoft accounts
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/applocker-csp
- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cant-login-to-microsoft-account-because-of-cloud/0861c72d-3621-45bc-bae0-67d13121f526
# - Corporate login
# Cloud Experience Host is an application used while joining the workplace environment or
# Azure AD for rendering the experience when collecting your company-provided credentials.
# Once you enroll your device to your workplace environment or Azure AD, your organization
# will be able to manage your PC and collect information about you (including your location).
# It might add or remove apps or content, change settings, disable features, prevent you
# from removing your company account, or reset your PC.
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-how-it-works-technology#cloud-experience-host
# - PIN/Biometric/Device authentication
# Used for Windows Hello, that allows authentication through device, or a biometric or PIN code
# Allows joining a machine to Azure AD or on-premises AD domain
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-how-it-works-provisioning
# - OOBE troubleshooting
# It also helps to detect blocking errors occurring during OOBE (Out-of-box experience) flow
# OOBE consists of a series of screens for license agreement, internet connection, loggining in etc.
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/customize-oobe # More about OOBE
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/required-windows-11-diagnostic-events-and-fields#cloud-experience-host-events
# recommend: strict (Unrecommended until better warning mechanism is implemented)
call:
function: UninstallSystemApp
parameters:
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