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Microsoft is revisiting how search functions in the Windows 11 taskbar, while users could also soon get a small shield icon on their taskbar's system tray to indicate when a PC is connected to a VPN.

Microsoft has officially announced a bunch of interesting and much-needed updates for the taskbar. Some of them are documented in the release notes for the latest Beta build, while others are hidden.