Do Offline Store for Business apps update automatically?
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...
Category: Microsoft Endpoint Manager
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...
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...
Exploring Hybrid Azure AD Join with a Provisioning Package
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...
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....
