iOS

Conditional access for browsers

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This week I’ll provide an overview about the latest addition to conditional access, which is conditional access for browsers. It’s a feature that many have been waiting for and a feature that is indeed a pretty welcome addition to conditional access. This post will provide the basics about conditional for browses, the configuration of conditional access for browsers and the end-user experience with conditional access for browsers. It will also be the introduction for something much better next week. Introduction Conditional access allows IT organizations to manage access to corporate email, files and other resources based on customizable conditions that ensure security and compliance. The addition of conditional access for browsers addresses the backdoor that still existed for end-users connecting to the Outlook Web App …

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Quick tip: Available token types for app configuration policies

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This is a quick and short blog post to create awareness about the existence of token types. Token types are basically just variables that can be used within a property list of an app configuration policy in Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. This blog post will provide a quick overview about the available token types with example values. Overview The following table contains the currently available token types for Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. Before going through this table, it’s good to know that the {{ and }} characters are used by token types only and should not be used for other purposes. Token type Example value {{userprincipalname}} pvanderwoude@petervanderwoude.nl {{mail}} pvanderwoude@petervanderwoude.nl {{partialupn}} pvanderwoude {{accountid}} fcc00012-123e-f479-aabe-abe2a1123b45 {{deviceid}} c7d01dd3-136f-40c5-b843-711e958c4eef {{userid}} 2dda638e-28b7-4bdc-a4fd-70faaa811010 {{username}} Peter …

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Microsoft Intune and the AppConfig Community

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This week I would like to write about Microsoft Intune and the AppConfig Community. I want to create some awareness about what the AppConfig Community is and I want to show how even Microsoft Intune can, and will, benefit of that great alliance. What is the AppConfig Community? Let’s start with what the AppConfig Community actually is. I could do that by providing my own explanation about the AppConfig Community, but to prevent any possible misinterpretation from my side, I will provide the good and clear explanation as provided on the AppConfig Community website. The AppConfig Community is a collection of industry leading Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution providers and app developers that have come together to make it easier for developers and customers to …

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The new ability on iOS devices to send diagnostic information

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This week a short blog post about the new ability in the updated Microsoft Intune Company Portal app, for iOS, to send diagnostic information. Before it was always fun to explain somebody the method to get the Company Portal Diagnostic Information, as it would require the end-user to open the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app and simply start shaking the device. Actually, this is still a possibility to get the Company Portal Diagnostic Information. New in the latest update of the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app, for iOS, is the ability to send the Company Portal Diagnostic Information via the menu of the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app. This is a new Microsoft Intune Company Portal app ability and is not related to the iOS …

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The new managed app installation experience on iOS 9 devices

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This week a short blog post about the new managed apps installation experience for end-users on iOS 9 devices, as it was a huge pain. One of the most heard complaints with managed apps, on iOS, was about the fact that the end-user would have to manually uninstall their personally-installed apps. After that the managed app could be installed and it would really work and act like a managed app. New in iOS 9 is the ability to convert a personally-installed app to a managed app. This allows Microsoft Intune (standalone and hybrid) to take the management of a personally-installed app and turn it into a managed app. Of course, only after the users’ permission. This is really an iOS 9 ability and does not …

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Store accounts and the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app

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In this blog post I will answer a question that I get, with a lot of customers, and that’s if it’s required for end-users to have an account for the app store, of their platform, to download the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app. The app store that I mean here is can be the Google Play app store, the Apple app store,  the Windows Phone app store or the Windows app store. All these stores match with their platform and require their own store account to download apps. Before I can answer the initial question, I first have to answer another question. That question is if it’s required to use the Microsoft Intune Company Portal app, simply because a store account is not required if …

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