Deploy Passwordless Devices for New Users
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...
Category: Intune
Deploy Endpoint Analytics in 30 seconds
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...
How to use Autopilot with Smart Cards
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...
AD FS Authentication Methods supported during Autopilot
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...
Troubleshooting Autopilot Error 0x801C03ED
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...
Collect Windows Event Logs using Log Analytics and Intune
If you’re in a situation where you want to bulk collect logs from Windows Event Viewer, then you’ve come to the right blog! Today we’ll be going over the steps to enable and collect...
Tips for migrating Intune managed Windows 10 devices to a new tenant
Let’s start with the bad news up front – if you need to migrate devices to a new tenant you’ll basically need to reset and re-enroll every device. Why is that? For Azure AD...
Manage and report on Defender Antivirus Signature update versions through Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Microsoft Endpoint Manager provides a ton of functionality for managing Defender Antivirus. In a previous post we dived into configuring Defender Antivirus, so today we’ll be reviewing some of the specifics around Signature updates....
Use Group Policy analytics to convert GPOs to Intune Configuration Profiles
If you’re interested in reducing some of the load on your on-premises environment, transitioning GPOs (group policy objects) to CSPs (configuration service providers) is a great way to start! As a quick background –...
Deploy Microsoft Defender ATP Baseline with Intune (no Defender ATP license required!)
Question: Can you deploy the Defender ATP baseline in Intune without a license for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Defender Advanced Threat Protection)? Answer: Yes! In our last blog post, Configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus...
