Windows 10

Combining the powers of the Intune Management Extension and Chocolatey

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A bit more than a week ago the Intune Management Extension was added to Microsoft Intune to facilitate the ability to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 10 devices that are managed via MDM. That addition opens a whole new world for managing Windows 10 devices via MDM. Looking at app deployment specifically, this enables the administrator to look at something like Chocolatey for deploying packages. That would make the app deployment via Microsoft Intune suddenly flexible. In this blog post I’ll start with a little introduction about the Intune Management Extension and Chocolatey, followed by the configuration of a PowerShell script to install Chocolatey packages. I’ll end this post by looking at the end result. Introduction Let’s start with a short introduction about the awesome …

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Auto-enroll Windows 10 devices using Group Policy

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This week is all about creating awareness for the automatic MDM enrollment feature, using ‘Group Policy, that is introduced in Windows 10, version 1709. In some scenarios that might not sounds very interesting. Especially when looking at cloud only scenarios. However, this feature is very interesting in scenarios when organizations want to move to the cloud. Think about co-management. Co-management helps organizations to slowly move their device management capabilities to the cloud, by allowing multiple device management agents on a single device. Microsoft just released co-management in Microsoft Intune and co-management is also available in the latest Technical Preview releases of Configuration Manager. So, imagine a scenario in which a currently Configuration Manager managed device can receive a Group Policy setting to also auto-enroll the …

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MDM Migration Analysis Tool

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This week something completely different compared to the last few weeks, maybe even months. This week is all about creating awareness for the MDM Migration Analysis Tool (MMAT). MMAT is created to make the transition to MDM easier. At Ignite it also got some attention and I thought it would be good to add some more attention to it. Even though it already exists for a while. I’ll start this post with an introduction to MMAT, followed by the usage of MMAT. I’ll end this post with example results of MMAT. Introduction to MMAT Before looking at the technical transition to MDM policies, via Microsoft Intune (hybrid or standalone), or any third-party MDM, start with MMAT. MMAT is a tool created by Microsoft to help …

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Conditional access and terms of use

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This week more about conditional access. More specifically, the ability to require end-users to consent to a terms of use, which is currently still in preview and was also highlighted during a couple of sessions on Microsoft Ignite. In this post, I’ll provide more information about the terms of use requirement and I’ll show how to configure that requirement. I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Introduction It’s now possible to require an end-user in a tenant to consent to a terms of use before being granted access to a resource. Something like this was already possible for Microsoft Intune hybrid enrollment and Microsoft Intune standalone enrollment. However, that is Microsoft Intune only. This new requirement can be applied to any configurable Cloud app …

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Managing User Account Control settings via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area of the Policy configuration service provider (CSP), to manage User Account Control (UAC) settings on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1709, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This week a blog post about managing User Account Control (UAC) settings via Windows 10 MDM. The ability to manage UAC-settings is new in Windows 10 MDM. Windows 10, version 1709, introduces the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area in the Policy CSP, which also contains settings to manage UAC. This is the same area, in the Policy CSP, as my last post, but this time a different group of settings. The frequent readers of my blog might recognize some bits and pieces, but that’s simply because …

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Managing local policies security options for accounts via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area of the Policy configuration service provider (CSP) to manage local policies security options on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1709, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This week a blog post about managing local policies security options via Windows 10 MDM. More specifically, local policies security options settings related to accounts. For example, to block the usage of Microsoft accounts. I might address the other areas of the local policies security options in later blog posts, but that will be more of the same. The ability to manage local policies security options is something new in Windows 10 MDM. Windows 10, version 1709, introduces the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area in the Policy …

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More differentiation options for device health attestation

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This week a short blog post, as it’s written during my vacation, about the new differentiation options in device health attestation for compliance policies. This post is basically an addition to my post about conditional access and health attestation. Back then, a compliance policy could only check for the overall health status reported by the Health Attestation Service. That is changed now. Now it’s possible to differentiate between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. In this post I’ll briefly go through these new configuration options for Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. Configuration Now let’s have a look at the new configuration options for the differentiation between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. Below are the configuration guidelines …

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Easily configuring Windows Update for Business via Windows 10 MDM

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This week a blog post about easily configuring Windows Update for Business (WUfB). I call it easily, as I did a post about something similar about a year ago. That time It was required to configure everything with custom OMA-URI settings. Starting with Configuration Manager 1706, an easier configuration option is available for the most important settings, by using the Configuration Manager administration console. For Microsoft Intune standalone this was already available for a while. In this post I’ll walk through the easy configuration options for Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone and I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Configuration Now let’s start by walking through the configuration steps for Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone. However, before doing that it’s good to mention that …

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Super easy Office 365 ProPlus deployment via Windows 10 MDM

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This week a blog post about a very nice new app type in Microsoft Intune standalone. The Office 365 Pro Plus Suite (Windows 10) app type. This app type makes it very easy to assign Office 365 ProPlus apps to managed Windows 10 by utilizing the Office CSP. Additionally, it also allows the installation of the Microsoft Project Online desktop client, and Microsoft Visio Pro for Office 365. I know, I’m not the first to write about this app type, nor will I be the last, but this app type needs all the attention it can get. It’s that nice. I’ll start this post with some prerequisites and important information, followed by the configuration. I’ll end this post with the administrator experience. Good to know …

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Set default app associations via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post will be about setting default app associations, or file type associations, on Windows 10 devices. Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, it’s possible to set the default app associations via Windows 10 MDM. In this post I’ll briefly go through this setting and I’ll show how to configure the setting via Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Configuration Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, a new setting was introduced that allows an administrator to set the default file type and protocol associations. When set, default associations will be applied on sign-in to the PC. Every sign-in. In other words, the end-user can make adjustments. However, once the end-user signs-out and signs-in again, …

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