Enterprise Mobility and the Microsoft Cloud
New enhancements to Autopilot Manager are here. This time I focused on further optional automations of the import process based on customer feedback. Another year is gone and Autopilot Manager once again gets new features. Ironically last time I introduced new features (Evolving Autopilot Manager) was also ~1 year after the initial release. So here…
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In enterprise environments, we have to deal with a lot of requirements when it comes to app management. One of the common challenges is to control the installation moment during enrollment. We already have some basic controls in place. If the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) is configured during the enrollment all device targeted apps are…
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It looks like getting back all the script content in Intune is of high interest 😉, soon after I published how to get back your Proactive Remediation Scripts, I got another request for the Intune Win32 Application scripts (Detection and Requirement scripts). So here we go, another small script to get back all the Win32…
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One of my blog readers kindly asked if I can provide a similar script like the one downloading all Intune PowerShell scripts for the Proactive Remediation Scripts. I’m happy to provide a modified version of my script to do exactly this. It uses the same technique as I used in my old script. There are…
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Today I’m going to show how we can achieve user device affinity with Intune application deployment as known from ConfigMgr. When we are going to deploy applications to users, we are independent of the user’s devices. The application belongs to a user and it can be installed or it gets automatically installed on all his…
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Three years ago, I coded a small utility to decode Intune Win32 Apps and wrote a blog post about it – How to decode Intune Win32 App Packages. In addition to the small Decoder utility, I wrote a short PowerShell script to parse the Intune Management Extension (IME) log file to extract the necessary decryption…
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If you deliver a concept of a modern managed Windows 10 desktop managed with Intune, you take care of security settings and necessary Windows configurations. One part of the important configurations, beside security settings, are the small corporate identity things like corporate logon screen or corporate wallpaper. I’m totally okay with the option in Intune…
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I thought it might be nice to end the year 2020 with a short collection of my most viewed blog articles in 2020. For me the number one is not a real surprise, measured on the feedback it is a real helper for many out there. My own guess would have predicted some other posts…
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Autopilot Manager simplifies Windows Autopilot imports by using a small client program and an Azure app service. It provides end user feedback during import and has several modes to operate at. A self-service mode or an help desk approval mode.
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As a lot of my blog readers probably know :-), I’m working a lot with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Intune and testing a lot of things in the Modern Management approach with Windows 10. It is absolutely necessary to have a good lab setup to test all these new features in a save way. For…
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During some recent automations I got the question about triggering Intune Management Extension (IME) somehow. The typical action I take in my lab environment is to restart the IME service: Of course this will re-initialize everything and also start a new Sync, but I thought there must also be a way to accomplish the Sync…
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Everyone working with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) and using the Intune Management Extension (IME) has seen these log files: Here we find all relevant information about the processing of the Intune Windows Agent. We get deeper understanding what the agent is actually doing and it is the location to start troubleshooting Intune related error regarding…
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If you are running an environment with a modern management strategy where your clients are highly mobile and managed by cloud services, your built-in direct connection based tools like RDP or Remote Assistance are limited in usability for supporting your devices. In general with the mobile workforce nowadays we can’t rely on solutions needing a…
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How to cleanup Windows Autopilot device registrations via PowerShell script and Microsoft Graph.
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Do you ever wanted to know what is going on behind the curtain when clicking MDM Sync on Windows 10? Gaining insights how the SyncML representation protocol is used during device management of Windows 10 clients? With SyncML Viewer you have the chance to easily get deep insights now. I’ve written a small tool to…
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This guide will demonstrate how to enable the BitLocker startup PIN for pre-boot authentication on Windows 10 with Microsoft Intune. I will walk through how to accomplish this in a nearly fully automatic way. Let’s start with some facts around BitLocker to understand the technology more precisely. In fact, I think a pre-boot startup PIN…
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How-to gather on-demand diagnostic data from Windows 10 1903+ by utilizing the DiagnosticLog CSP via a MDM service like Intune.
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Complete process automation of gathering and upload of a device Autopilot information to the Windows Autopilot service with an Azure Automation Runbook.
Read MoreCloud managed environments benefit from the idea of software as a service, you don’t have to think about upgrading or maintenance of the infrastructure itself. But often we need to automate the tools itself. A very good example here is when an employee quits his job, than we need to trigger a lot of processes…
Read MoreThe new Windows 10 Peer 2 Peer feature Delivery Optimization was enhanced by the setting to query DHCP option ID 234 to get a Group ID (DOGroupIdSource). It was implemented into the latest Windows 10 version 1803 based on my feedback. I’m a little proud that the idea was well received and my product feedback…
Read MoreBecause of the popularity of my first blog post Deep dive Microsoft Intune Management Extension – PowerShell Scripts, I’ve decided to write a second post regarding Intune Management Extension to further explain some architecture behind this feature and upcoming question from the community. A deeper understanding helps to successful troubleshoot the feature. Table of content for…
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