Teaching you how to be a device management expert
Autopilot / Azure AD / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Mobile Device Management / Windows 10 / Windows 11
by Janusz
Many organizations are moving to cloud native identity and device management. For good reason – it lets your users work from anywhere and reduces the need for maintaining on-prem infrastructure and resources. If you...
Autopilot / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / PowerShell / Windows 10 / Windows 11
by Janusz
Every Windows device starts out with the time zone set to Pacific Time (UTC-08:00). Although not an official reason, it’s easy to assume that’s because Microsoft is based out of Redmond WA, which uses...
Autopilot / Azure AD / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Mobile Device Management / Windows 10 / Zero Trust
by Janusz
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...
Autopilot / Azure AD / Deployment / Hybrid / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Windows 10
by Janusz
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...
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...
You’ve probably created a dynamic Azure AD group for your Autopilot devices – but what does that ZTDID string even mean? Do you have to use that query? In this blog post we’ll explore...
A few months ago I wrote a post on Device Advice about how to lock down devices to your tenant by assigning them to a user. Now this is no longer required! So what...
You may have noticed that there are a TON of reset options in the Intune portal when looking at a device. Even clicking Wipe now includes an additional checkbox, to retain enrollment state. So...
In our last post, discussing locking down Autopilot devices, you may have noticed the branding shown during the out-of-box login screen. Let’s go over how to configure all the user enrollment aspects of branding...
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Azure AD / Intune / Mobile Device Management / Security / Windows 10
Block users from unenrolling from Intune
September 6, 2019
Autopilot / Azure AD / Deployment / Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Windows 10
AD FS Authentication Methods supported during Autopilot
March 15, 2021
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