Autopilot Manager v2

It’s been a while since I updated the Autopilot Manager solution but here we go with an update to support Windows Corporate Identifiers. Maybe a quick recap of what Autopilot Manger is. The idea is a more user friendly on-the-fly Autopilot hardware hash upload to the Intune tenant. Or with the new version publishing of…

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SyncML Viewer Update with Autopilot hash decoding

I spent some time to further enhance the SyncML Viewer utility (see here to learn more about the tool). This release (Version 1.4.0) fixes some minor bugs, and added some new features. Three of them are worth mentioning here. So, I’m showing them quickly in this update post. First of all, I have to thank…

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How to enable Pre-Boot BitLocker startup PIN on Windows with Intune

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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Enabling BitLocker on non-HSTI devices with Intune

This is a post about enabling BitLocker on non-HSTI devices with Windows 10 version 1809 and standard user permissions. First of all a little background on HSTI. HSTI is a Hardware Security Testability Interface. It is an interface to report the results of security-related self-tests. Its purpose is to provide high assurance validation of proper security configuration.…

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Part 2, Deep dive Microsoft Intune Management Extension – PowerShell Scripts

Because 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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How to disable SMBv1 with Intune [deep dive analysis]

I recently got motivated to research a bit about new MDM settings available in the latest Windows 10 Insider Build (17074) and how to configure them. Settings available in preview Windows 10 versions normally do not have a lot of technical documentation for it or there is even no documentation for a particular feature and…

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Configuring Windows Defender Credential Guard with Intune

The Windows Defender Credential Guard is a feature to protect NTLM, Kerberos and Sign-on credentials. Windows 10 Enterprise provides the capability to isolate certain Operating System (OS) pieces via so called virtualization-based security (VBS). NTLM and Kerberos credentials are normally stored in the Local Security Authority (LSA). Once VBS is enabled the LSASS process will…

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