Simply enabling Windows Sandbox

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This blog post uses Containers-DisposableClientVM, to enable the Windows Sandbox feature on Windows 10 devices. This is available in Windows 10 Insider build 18305 or later. This week is all about enabling a recently introduced Windows Feature. That Windows Feature is Windows Sandbox. Windows Sandbox is a lightweight desktop environment that is specifically created for safely running applications in isolation. It provides an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where users can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to their device. Any software installed in Windows Sandbox stays in the sandbox and cannot affect the host. The installed software is permanently deleted, once Windows Sandbox is closed. Windows Sandbox is part of Windows 10 (Pro and Enterprise) Insider build 18305 or later. In this …

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Easily controlling the Office update channel by using administrative templates

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Let’s start this new year about a specific use case for the recently introduced feature to configure administrative template settings via Microsoft Intune. That specific use case is to easily control and configure the Office update channel by using the Administrative Templates profile type within Microsoft Intune. Before, this configuration would require ingesting a custom ADMX and creating custom OMA-URI settings, for configuring the Office channel, based on the information in the ingested custom ADMX. That’s not necessary anymore, as Microsoft Intune now provides a built-in list of available administrative template policy settings. In this post I’ll show the configuration steps, followed by the configuration results on a Windows 10 device. Configuration Before looking at the actual configuration steps, it might be good to first …

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Windows Insider MVP 2019!

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Yeah! I just received a great email stating that I’m awarded the Windows Insider MVP! What a great way to start the new year! An unexpected, but really great start of the new year! Just awesome! I feel really honored and privileged to be awarded my first Windows Insider MVP award and to already been holding the Microsoft MVP (Enterprise Mobility) award for four years! Just awesome! Of course none of this would be possible without the support of my great family I love them and couldn’t do this without their support! Just awesome! Ready for another great year! 

Offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile

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This week is all about Windows Autopilot. More specifically, about offline Windows Autopilot deployment profiles. The use case for an offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile is simple, a migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for existing devices. It enables organizations to reimage devices for one last time and provide those devices with an offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile. That will make sure that those devices will contact the Windows Autopilot deployment service, without first being registered. In this post I’ll look at getting the offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile, followed by a look at the explanation of the attributes in the offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile. I’ll end this post by looking at the usage of the offline Windows Autopilot deployment profile and a …

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Block access to a device until specific apps are installed

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This week a short blog post about a recently introduced feature in the Enrollment Status Page (ESP). The ability block access to a device until specific apps are installed. I also tweeted about that feature recently and I thought it would be good to document the use case, the configurations and the end-user experience. Introduction Let’s start with a short introduction. The ESP is strongly recommended with Windows Autopilot. The idea of the ESP, is to block the device until the device is ready for usage by the user. This new feature enables an administrator to only block the device until the most important apps are installed for the user. That enables the user to be earlier productive. The administrator simply chooses which apps are …

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Conditional access and Outlook on the web for Exchange Online

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This week a blog post about conditional access. More specifically, about conditional access and enforced restrictions with Outlook on the web for Exchange Online. This can be used to provide users with access to Outlook on the web, but still protect company data. That can be achieved by configuring a limited experience for users with regards to attachments. The enforced restrictions can enable a read only option for attachments in the browser and can completely block attachments in the browser. In this post I’ll walk through the required configurations, with the focus on conditional access, and I’ll show the end-user experience. Configuration Let’s start with looking at the configuration. The main focus in the configuration is conditional access, but as that configuration has no use …

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Quick tip: Intune Diagnostics for App Protection Policies via about:intunehelp

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This week a relatively short blog post about a feature that already exists for a long time, but that is not that known. That feature is the Intune Diagnostics for App Protection Policies (APP). The Intune Diagnostics can be really useful with troubleshooting APP. Especially when looking at APP for apps on unmanaged devices.  The Intune Diagnostics provides information about the device, provides the ability to collect logs and provides the ability to look at the applied APP for the different apps. The Intune Diagnostics can be accessed on iOS devices, by using the Intune Managed Browser or by using Microsoft Edge. In this post I’ll only look at the experience when with the Intune Diagnostics. The experience Let’s start at the beginning, which is …

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Hybrid Azure AD join with Windows Autopilot

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This week is all about a very often requested feature, which is the ability to hybrid Azure AD join a device when using Windows Autopilot. The combination of the latest updates to Microsoft Intune with Windows 10, version 1809, provides just that! The ability to hybrid Azure AD join a device when using Windows Autopilot! In other words, the device will join the on-premises Active Directory and register in Azure Active Directory. In this blog post I’ll start with a short introduction about the hybrid Azure AD join with Windows Autopilot, followed by the most important configurations. I’ll end this post by looking at the experience. Introduction Let’s start with a little introduction about the hybrid Azure AD join through Windows Autopilot. A short summary …

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Require an Internet connection during device setup

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This week I’m going to look at a well hidden configuration option that is recently introduced and can be really useful in specific scenarios. That configuration option is to require an Internet connection during the device setup. Requiring an Internet connection during device setup can be useful when trying to prevent users from resetting the device (either accidently or on purpose) and configuring it without an Internet connection, as configuring a device without Internet connectivity would enable a user to configure the device with a local user and without enrollment. In this blog post, I’ll start with a short introduction about why this configuration option would be useful and what the options are with this configuration option. Followed by the configuration steps and the end-user …

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Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode

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This week a new blog post about Windows Autopilot. More specifically, Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode. Autopilot self-deploying mode is really useful for devices that are function specific, like for example kiosk devices. The biggest benefit is that a device with a wired network connection (with Internet) can be completely configured without any user interaction. Simply connect the device to the wired network and power it on! Real zero touch provisioning! In this post I’ll provide the configuration steps to create that experience, followed by some known errors and the end-user experience. Configuration Let’s start with a few important requirements and limitations: The device must run Windows 10, version 1809 or later; The device can only be Azure AD joined (Active Directory join is not supported); …

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