I've successfully banished all Microsoft trash from my home network but I also work at an MSP all day while having "God damn it Microsoft" tourette syndrome 8 hours a day so I think I might become an evil villain if/when that goes live.
When using Microsoft products and accepting their incomprehensible terms and conditions, you have no say and your opinion doesn't matter.
Group policy doesn't matter, domain administrator, GPO rules, all of it- none of it matters.
You'll get dogshit and you will like it. (Friendly reminder that it was extremely overpriced also) That's the tax you pay for being in their horrible, horrible "ecosystem" from hell. Enjoy! Grease up or take it dry, you're "taking it" either way.
If you still "dual boot", be advised that Windows is a piece of shit and will almost always cause this with a "build" update.
Highly, highly recommend having Linux and Windows (shame on you) on separate physical drives.
For the same reason Audi didn't sell the Audi "5", Pontiac never sold a "6LE". and Saab didn't try to sell the "9 turbo".
It sounds more impressive with the zeros added.
Get a (decent) PAID mailbox somewhere else. PAY FOR IT. There is NO "good, acceptable policies" free mail host on Earth. I won't recommend any, people have opinions on all of them and most of them are wrong- I'm not here to have that conversation.
Buy and use your own domain. Example: custom domains are supported by some if not all of of the PAID mail providers. That way if you ever move services again, you can take your [email protected] WITH you.
Get it operational and set your old mailbox to have an inbox rule that forwards incoming mail ONLY FROM THE STUFF YOU WANT TO SEE to your new mailbox.
Now you'll have time to switch online services/memberships to the new, proper username/email in your own time.
Once you no longer need that forwarder, destroy the old mail account and let it die forever.
Grew up with 2 passions- cars and computers. Wound up working at dealerships for 12 or so years.
One day I'd been with this dealer for about 4 years, I got passed over for a better position because "You're too good at what you do to move you out of it."
I'd been looking for an excuse to go back to computers, and that was it. Quit on the spot, took my tools home and started tech school.
No argument there. Right now the realistic choices are standard Android, standard removed, or borderline broken/fringe products. Nothing "good" yet.