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Want to learn everything about managing devices in Intune? then THIS book is for you

Introduction It’s not every day that you get asked to technically review a book about Microsoft Intune, but when you do and when you are asked by none other than Paul Winstanley  who is my good buddy and fellow MVP, … Continue reading

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Configuration Manager 2503 is out, 350 bugs fixed

Introduction I noticed the following on Twitter announcing yet another release of ConfigMgr, this time version 2503, with hundreds of amazing new features, oh wait, no that was bugfixes. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2503 The 350 bugs identified and fixed bit is explained in … Continue reading

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Windows app is blank, how to troubleshoot ? part 2

Introduction In a previous blog post I started troubleshooting why my Windows app showed a blank white screen instead of the usual User Interface. I did a bunch of troubleshooting but it didn’t lead anywhere or so I thought. No … Continue reading

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Windows app is blank, how to troubleshoot ? part 1

Introduction I use my Windows app daily from a variety of devices to access my Cloud PC’s. Today like any day I clicked the Windows app icon but this time, nothing happened, the familiar Windows app did not appear. So … Continue reading

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Hotfix rollup KB30385346 released for CM2409 – fixes CMG issues amongst others…

Introduction Last month I posted about my CMG (Cloud Management Gateway) going AWOL (absent without leave) and staying broken, this was in response to a tweet from Panu, and I documented the sorry story here. I tried many things including … Continue reading

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CMG broken after it got an OS upgrade in CM2409 ?

Introduction Panu Sakku posted the following tweet recently asking if anyone noticed their CMG (Cloud Management Gateway) was broken after it got a recent update. I checked my lab, and sure enough, it was also dead in the water, and … Continue reading

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Automating Windows 365 part 4 – Managing your Cloud PC

Introduction This is Part 4 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PCs using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PCs using … Continue reading

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Automated Provisioning of Windows 365 Cloud PCs: Advanced Scripts

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

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

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 ?

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

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

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

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Getting started with Azure Key Vault

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

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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