Microsoft and Secure Boot

A few document updates from Microsoft on Secure Boot and one news article on Windows hardware requirements:

Justin Hall of Microsoft has updated their document on how to disable Secure Boot:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/disabling-secure-boot

Justin has also updated their guidance on Secure Boot keys:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/windows-secure-boot-key-creation-and-management-guidance

Milad Aslaner of Microsoft has updated their document on how to access UEFI security features in their Surface devices:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/surface/advanced-uefi-security-features-for-surface

The Windows driver doc team has updated their document on Booting and UEFI:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/drivers/bringup/boot-and-uefi

Extreme Tech has a story on Windows hardware requirements increasing:

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/229101-new-windows-10-update-will-change-hardware-requirements-for-the-first-time-since-2009

It mentions that Windows 10 Mobile OEMs must not disable Secure Boot. I have not been following Microsoft’s changes to Secure Boot guidance too closely, this might be a change.