Teaching you how to be a device management expert
This post makes frequent references to a previous blog post I wrote specifically on deploying passwordless devices: Deploy Passwordless Devices for New Users – Device Advice. I split out the FIDO2 key section because...
If you ran the PC Health Check app from Microsoft and got an error stating that your somewhat new device can’t run Windows 11, it’s likely due to your motherboard not having the firmware...
App Deployment / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Mobile Device Management / Windows 10
No – even though Offline Store for Business apps sync automatically with Intune, end users need to reinstall them to get the latest version. Let’s dive in and see how. If you’ve never set...
Autopilot / Azure AD / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Mobile Device Management / Windows 10 / Zero Trust
There’s a lot of great discussion going on these days about getting rid of passwords – because they’re unsafe, hard to remember, frequently reused, etc. In that spirit, I’ve been exploring just how to...
Go to endpoint.microsoft.com > Reports > Endpoint Analytics. In the Endpoint analytics tab, select which devices to collect data from (default is all cloud-managed devices), and click Start. Congrats – you’re done! You can...
Your organization may have a hard requirement to use smart cards (or PIV, CAC, etc.) for authentication. Maybe they’re also using ADFS, disabling passwords, and really don’t want to let anyone have a temporary...
In testing a provisioning package deployment, I found out that you can apply the PPKG to a domain-joined device so that it effectively becomes Hybrid Azure AD Joined. Although I’m not exactly sure if...
One of the key benefits of Windows Virtual Desktop is that it provides access to a special version of Windows 10, known as Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops. As far as I know,...
If your organization is using AD FS, you may start running into errors when you try testing Autopilot. Reason being – not every AD FS authentication method works during the out-of-box-experience. Let’s take a...
During some recent self-deploying Autopilot testing, I ran into an error with “device preparation” so I thought I’d share the simple resolution in case anyone runs into the same issue. From the event log...
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Azure AD / Intune / Mobile Device Management / Security / Windows 10
Block users from unenrolling from Intune
6 Sep, 2019
