Author Archives: ncbrady

Automated Provisioning of Windows 365 Cloud PCs: Advanced Scripts

Posted on January 11, 2025 by ncbrady

Over the recent months, Paul Winstanley and I have been working on a series of blogs about using Microsoft Graph with your Windows 365 Cloud PC devices. We published part 3 at the end of 2024, with a couple more … Continue reading →

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Fixing Windows Hello for Business PIN setup error, something went wrong – error code: 0x801c0451

Posted on January 2, 2025 by ncbrady

Introduction This is a quick post to share how I got a user back up and running after encountering this Windows Hello for Business PIN setup error on an Intune managed device today. The problem The issue occurred when the … Continue reading →

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A quick look at using Windows 365 Cloud PC’s via Motorola Thinkphone

Posted on December 20, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows 365 Cloud PC’s  have evolved a lot in the last couple of years, and with the Windows app you can access them from practically any device. The Android based Motorola ThinkPhone is not new however, but I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Configuration Manager 2409 is globally available, what’s in it for you ?

Posted on December 19, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Shortly after Technical Preview 2411 was released I predicted that Configuration Manager 2409 would be released within a couple of days, and it was more or less, well… 4 days later. This production release was late and people were … Continue reading →

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Technical Preview 2411 is out, upgrade now before your lab times out

Posted on November 29, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have announced Technical Preview 2411 via a tweet from Bala and a blog post. This release is interesting as it precedes the yet to be released Configuration Manager 2409 production release, and many of the features in this … Continue reading →

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Automating Windows 365 part 3 – Provisioning Cloud PC’s

Posted on November 25, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction This is Part 3 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PC’s using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PC’s using … Continue reading →

Posted in automating, azure ad join, Windows 365 | 1 Comment

Getting started with Azure Key Vault

Posted on October 21, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In previous blog posts such as this one, I’ve shown you how to create http triggers within Function apps in Azure to do magic with Intune managed devices, however in my examples for brevity I used secrets, and pointed … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 has blank icons on the taskbar ? try this fix

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve had an ongoing issue recently on multiple Windows 11 computers where seemingly random icons pinned to the taskbar no longer show properly and instead are blank. This is pretty annoying so I tweeted about it on Twitter, and … Continue reading →

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Updating the Windows app to the latest version

Posted on September 27, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction The Windows app (formally the Windows 365 app) is a unified way of securely connecting to your Windows 365 Cloud PCs (and other resources such as Azure Virtual Desktops, Remote Desktop Services, and more) from any device as long … Continue reading →

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Confused about Microsoft 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 11 Subscriptions ?

Posted on August 27, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft naming and subscriptions seem to change frequently causing a lot of confusion. I stumbled upon a PDF from Microsoft explaining how these subscription plans can be explained in graphical detail so I thought I’d share it here, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Securing your Windows 365 PC’s

Posted on July 31, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Switch

Posted on July 6, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Frontline

Posted on June 30, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Boot

Posted on June 23, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the Windows 365 Boot content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 GPU

Posted on June 22, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the Windows 365 Boot content here for … Continue reading →

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