Category Archives: Intune

Microsoft Intune, incorporating Microsoft Intune standalone (cloud) and Microsoft Intune connected to Configuration Manager (hybrid)

A quick look at the Microsoft Intune Cookbook by Andrew Taylor

Posted on May 12, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction There are plenty of really good books recently released right now covering Microsoft Intune, and this one is no exception. This book is called Microsoft Intune Cookbook and it’s from fellow Microsoft MVP, Andrew Taylor. The book is designed … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 3

Posted on May 8, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in part 2 you added the Win32 app, deployed it and saw how it behaved on a Windows Autopilot registered device. In this part … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 2

Posted on April 6, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in this part we’ll add the Win32 app, deploy it and see how it behaves on a Windows Autopilot registered device. This mini series … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 1

Posted on March 31, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows Autopilot allows you to quickly enroll devices using policies, apps and settings applicable to your tenant, and that’s great for deploying new Windows devices. Those devices can be registered as Windows Autopilot registered devices by the OEM (Original … Continue reading →

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Automating Windows 365 part 1 – Introducing Graph and setting up Visual Studio code

Posted on October 31, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction This is Part 1 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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Deploying KB5030310 to devices as a Win32 app for Copilot

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction In a previous blog post I discussed how you can disable (or enable) Microsoft’s new flagship service called Copilot. Copilot is a very hot topic today as it gives the power of AI to all users of Windows. As … Continue reading →

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Using remediation scripts to automate a setting for Copilot

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction In a previous blog post I discussed how you can disable (or enable) Microsoft’s new flagship service called Copilot. Copilot is a very hot topic today as it gives the power of AI to all users of Windows. As … Continue reading →

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How can I disable Copilot ?

Posted on September 28, 2023 by ncbrady

This blog is broken down into the following sections Introduction TLDR Available SKUS & Cost Copilot Availability Temporary enterprise feature control Creating policy in Intune Using Copilot Update Recommended reading Introduction Microsoft held an event last week where they talked … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting SCEP: Certificate enroll failed. Result: (Gateway timeout (504).).

Posted on April 30, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction We had an issue where Windows Autopilot enrollments were hanging (and later failing) in the Account Setup phase.This problem occurred when the device should be applying a certificate targeted to the user via SCEP/NDES, but it was failing. The … Continue reading →

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Automating group tags for Windows Autopilot registered devices

Posted on March 22, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve recently blogged about Provisioning Windows Autopilot devices to get the encrypted with Bitlocker at the factory to speed up compliance. You can review those blog posts below: Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 1 Encrypting … Continue reading →

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Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 3

Posted on March 6, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction Note: This method is not officially supported by Microsoft. That said, this speeds up compliance and more importantly increases security as the device is already encrypted (part 1) before the user logs on (part 2). BitLocker recovery key changes … Continue reading →

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Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 2

Posted on March 2, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows Autopilot preprovisioning (WhiteGlove) is the ability to pre-stage content and policies to devices while it’s been installed in the factory. We had a challenge to speed up the overall compliance of Windows Autopilot devices and the obvious solution … Continue reading →

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Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 1

Posted on February 28, 2023 by ncbrady

Introduction Note: This is not supported by Microsoft and your mileage may vary. That said, this speeds up compliance and more importantly increases security as the device is already encrypted by the time the user logs on (in Part 2). … Continue reading →

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Migrate to the cloud – Part 3. Troubleshooting

Posted on May 31, 2022 by ncbrady

Introduction This blog series is comprised of 3 parts. In part 1 you reviewed a video of the solution and then carried out the initial steps to set everything up. In part 2 you saw how you could modify files, … Continue reading →

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Migrate to the cloud – Part 2. Customization

Posted on May 30, 2022 by ncbrady

Introduction This blog series is comprised of 3 parts. In part 1 you reviewed a video of the solution and then carried out the initial steps to set everything up. In this part, you’ll see how you can modify files, … Continue reading →

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