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Technical Preview 2202 – delete collection references
Introduction Microsoft have released another version of Configuration Manager (Technical Preview), this time it’s version 2202. It’s got a list of new features detailed here. One of those new features is the ability to delete a bunch of collections referenced … Continue reading
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Technical Preview 2201 – Tenant attach is now GA
Introduction Microsoft recently released Technical Preview 2201 of Configuration Manager. Here is the official information about that release and here are the features. One of the listed new features is the fact that tenant attach is now GA. What is … Continue reading
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Zscaler SSL inspection throwing a wobbler during OOBE in Windows Autopilot
Introduction Note: We’ve been using Windows Autopilot with Zscaler configured with Microsoft URLs whitelisted without issue for a long time, this latest problem is new. Read on for more… I needed to setup a virtual machine for a colleague, and … Continue reading
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Technical Preview 2201 – A closer look at content distribution status
Introduction Microsoft have released another Technical Preview of Configuration Manager, this time it’s version 2201. Here is the official blurb. One of the cool new features is the ability to see the status of your content as it’s being distributed … Continue reading
Do you have required Win32 Apps skipping Windows Autopilot ESP or not installing until after login ?
Introduction I saw an interesting tweet from @brucesaaaa where he talked about issues observed in multiple tenants during Windows Autopilot enrollment with required Win32 apps. The following was seen for required deployments of Win32 apps during Windows Autopilot enrollment: ESP … Continue reading
Posted in Intune, IntuneWinAppUtil.exe, win32 app, Windows AutoPilot
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Moving virtual machines from one hyper-v server to another ?
Introduction This week started off pretty badly for me, in that I attempted to repair a noisy fan on my Lenovo Thinkpad P1 (Generation 1) and sadly that went south very quickly. To cut a long story short, there are … Continue reading
Posted in hyper-v, Lenovo, P1 Mobile workstation, ThinkPad
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How can I renew an expired secret in an Azure Function app
Introduction If you’ve been looking at my guides, you’ll know that I’ve used httptriggers in functionapps to add functionality to Windows Autopilot, below are some examples of that. Adding devices to an Azure AD group after Windows Autopilot is complete – part … Continue reading
Posted in AzureAD, functionapp, httptrigger, secret
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Are non compliant devices dangerous ?
Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E, you can find each episode that I’ve blogged about (including this one) below: Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy … Continue reading
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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 9 renewing expiring certificates
Introduction This is part 9 in a series of guides about cloud attach in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, with the aim of getting you up and running with all things cloud attach. This part will focus on renewing expiring certificates. This … Continue reading
Prompting standard users to confirm or change Regional, Time Zone and Country settings after Windows Autopilot enrollment is complete
Introduction When users complete Windows Autopilot Out of Box Experience (OOBE), they can be asked to confirm Country and Keyboard settings, based on what is configured in the following Windows Autopilot Deployment Profile settings. Below is the Windows Autopilot deployment … Continue reading
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Checking for network cable connections before deploying an OS from the CMG via Software Center
Introduction Note: In a previous blog post I showed you how you can deploy an Operating System from a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) using bootable media. That blog post assumed you had a working network connection (wired) and also required … Continue reading
1E Tachyon 8 – focusing on what really matters
Introduction I’m no stranger to Tachyon, I’m currently blogging about it in this series. When I heard that a new version was about to be released I was definitely interested. I signed up and watched the 1E Tachyon 8 Launch … Continue reading
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How to USB boot a Microsoft Surface Laptop 4
Introduction I wanted to capture the (Intel based) factory image from a Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 before testing the equipment, and to do so I had to figure out how to boot from USB. This was a little bit tricky … Continue reading
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Using the updated & secure Retire My PC app via Company Portal
Introduction I previously posted a blog post showing you how your users can decommission their old domain joined PC using the Retire My PC app. I showed you how to create the app and deploy it via Software Center to … Continue reading
Posted in Azure AD, BitLocker, Intune
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Problems setting a timezone using Set-TimeZone
Introduction This is just a quick post to give some detail about a problem I dealt with, because when searching for it I got no direct hits to my specific problem, at least not for “Singapore Standard Time”. We prompt … Continue reading
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