Microsoft is about to allow IT admins to send messages to the screen or taskbar for employees in the company

Soon, IT admins will be able to send messages to Windows 11 computers, and messages can be displayed on the lock screen, desktop, or on the taskbar.

"As every business is moving to hybrid work (a combination of in-person and online), businesses will have a need to better connect with their employees in a way that suits each situation." , shared by Heena Macwan, Windows product manager. "In a future update, we'll allow IT to send messages to specific groups of users. Messages that IT sends can appear in places like the lock screen, desktop, or taskbar. ".

IT admins can customize messages in Microsoft Endpoint Manager and customize how messages appear, which groups of employees receive which messages, and can even define how often messages appear. The company logo can also appear in the message and the admin can even add the company website.

This feature can be useful when you need to send training materials to all employees or alert employees across the company or specific department about a certain issue.

However, there will be some users or security researchers who do not like this feature. That's because it can be abused to harass or used by hackers to trick employees into clicking malicious links.

Jessica Tanner

Update 14 April 2022