[prmoustache]

> Is there any application of "Modern Standby" that is actually delivering significant value to customers somewhere?

I guess the value is for enterprise users because the ecosystem is so bad.

When I return from sleep on my laptop, my VPN is disconnected and can't reconnect itself automatically as I need to go through the auth + 2FA phase. I am also logged of all Azure AD authenticated web apps and Microsoft web apps like Teams and Outlook are so bad they don't automatically sign in back when you have signed on on other Azure AD resources.

I haven't started my corporate laptop on the original windows 10 for years so I can't compare but I imagine a "modern standby" would have some keepalive on the VPN connections and apps like teams so they don't sign you out?

But in the end this is kind of useless on those Dell laptops because it drains the battery so fast and they have such a low battery life that you just want to shut them down if they are not connected to their docking statino. I guess it serves the people who are on-prem and close the lid to go from one meeting room to another.

But when I was working on-prem I would just configure it to just lock the laptop and would use the sleep shortcut to put the laptop to a normal sleep. Apparently most people were too dumb to figure that out and would walk between their desk and the meeting room awkwardly with the lid up, I can't believe they have managers roles or are even allowed to work in the IT industry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[InfamousRece]

Keeping VPN connections alive could be beneficial. Most current laptops do not have cellular modem though so they will have no internet connection while being transported. VPN will therefore stop working anyway. In fact the entire laptop will stop working when it overheats in the bag.