Month: May 2025

Getting started with the Microsoft Purview extension for Google Chrome

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This week is all about the Microsoft Purview extension for the Google Chrome browser. Not because it’s something really new, but mainly to create some awareness around its existence. The Microsoft Purview extension for Google Chrome extends the Endpoint data loss prevention (Endpoint DLP) capabilities to sensitive items in the Google Chrome browser. After the installation of the Microsoft Purview extension for Google Chrome, on Windows devices, organizations get the ability to also monitor attempts to access or upload sensitive items to a Cloud service when using the Google Chrome browser, and to actually enforce protective actions via data loss prevention policies. This post will provide a brief overview of the Microsoft Purview extension for the Google Chrome browser, followed with the steps to automatically …

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Preventing scareware with scareware blocker in Microsoft Edge

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This week is all about a relatively new security feature within the Microsoft Edge browser, and that feature is scareware blocker. Scareware blocker is a security feature to protect against scareware attacks. Scareware attacks often display as full-screen pop-ups with all sorts of warnings claiming that the device has been compromised. The idea behind those attacks is often to frighten users into calling fraudulent support numbers or downloading harmful software. Scareware blocker can automatically detect and stop these attacks, by using machine learning. This post will start with a brief introduction about scareware blocker in Microsoft Edge, followed with the steps to enable it. This post will end with an overview of the user experience. Note: At the moment of writing scareware blocker is still …

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Understanding custom device naming templates for Android devices

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This week is about another nice new feature for the enrollment of Android Enterprise corporate-owned devices, and that feature is the ability to use custom device naming templates. Custom device naming templates enable IT administrators to adjust the name of Android Enterprise corporate-owned devices during the enrollment. That provides IT administrators with the ability to adhere naming conventions to their devices and with that organize the devices neatly within the console. That can also make it a whole lot easier to locate devices. This post will focus on the required configurations for using custom device naming templates for Android Enterprise corporate-owned devices. Note: Keep in mind that custom device naming templates will adjust the management name of the device. Introducing custom device naming templates for Android devices …

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Understanding enrollment time grouping for Android devices

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This week is all about enrollment time grouping for Android devices. More specifically, enrollment time grouping for Android Enterprise corporate-owned devices. The focus of enrollment time grouping for Android devices is exactly the same as for Windows devices; the focus is to speed up app and policy provisioning during the device enrollment. With enrollment time grouping, the IT administrator can add a device to an Entra security group directly during the enrollment of the device. That enables the IT administrator to use that security group for assigning required apps and device configurations. Together that provides a faster delivery of the required apps and device configurations, as the device will be a member of the security group directly after the enrollment. This takes away any delays …

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