Blog Posts

Reenrol devices without wipe

Enrolled Intune devices occasionally face trust issues due to MDM or Microsoft Azure certificate problems, among other factors. While wiping and re-enrolling is a standard fix, it’s straightforward for regular devices, with minimal data loss thanks to services like OneDrive. However, this process is more complex for specialized field devices,…

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GPT Remediation creator

Remediations play a pivotal role in effective client management, allowing organizations to proactively identify and resolve end-user issues. Additionally, they serve as a valuable tool for enforcing specific settings or configurations that may not be natively supported in Microsoft Intune. However, the process of crafting these scripts can often be…

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Easy and Effective App Management in Intune

This is the first guest post from my partner Recast Software. Managing an ever-growing array of systems and permissions, SysAdmins often find third-party application patching slipping through the cracks. Despite best efforts to keep Windows updates in check, the other applications on our endpoints too frequently get overlooked. This is…

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The easy way to make data science with Intune

As you know I like everything what is related to data science and Intune. In this blog I will show you a solution how you can get some insights about your Intune environment you did not have bevor. Content Prerequisites The prerequisites to use the solutions are really low. The…

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Detect new Intune Management Extension Updates

You know there are regular changes and updates on the Intune Management Extension (IME). Sometimes it can be the cause of an issues or it is also interesting to see what was changed. To detect this changes I wrote an script which notifies you in case of an change and…

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Mastering Intune Reporting and Analytics

In this new blog post I want to give you an overview hot you can start with reporting analytics with Intune. I already wrote several blogs how to create custom reports via mail or team, to to export and automate things. I also wrote an blog with an overview of…

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Intune AI Voice Bot

In the todays blog, I will announce the release of our experimental AI-driven voice assistant for Microsoft Intune-related questions. As you know, I am an huge fans of automation and AI technologies. I teamed up with Fabian Peschke to develop this innovative voice bot that aims to help users with…

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How to get an report with all new enrolled devices

Keeping track of newly enrolled devices in your organisation can be a challenging task when relying solely on the Intune console. Wouldn’t it be awesome to receive a comprehensive report automatically via email? As you know, I love automating things. In this blog post, we’ll explore a simple and efficient…

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How to use Custom Compliance Script + Example script

Compliance policies are essential for ensuring that devices meet all the necessary requirements set by the company, such as a minimum OS version. Previously, Microsoft provided predefined policies that could be used, but with the service release 2208, support for custom compliance checks was added, enabling the freedom to query…

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Get assignments of an device via Powershell

Via the MEM UI in the device overview you can see all assignments of a certain device. In the service release Service release 2206 even the function to see the group members of a device was included. But if you want to create automations it is helpful to be able…

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Do you already know Intune scope tags?

Intune scope tags allow you to manage a large organisations IT infrastructure while giving each department/region/sub company/… the flexibility to configure their own settings. Scope tags in Microsoft Intune allow administrators to divide devices in their organization into logical groups. These groups, also known as tags, can be used to…

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Intune Quick Start Guide

Remote working is the new normal and this is exactly what has contributed to the spread of intune. Intune gets a large number of new users/devices every day and is also being developed at a rapid pace. Intune is an extremely good platform to manage devices regardless of their location…

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System Information and Self Service Tool

In this blog I would like to introduce you to my new System Information Tool. The System Information Tool is a software that displays various system information, such as the serial number, IP address, username and logged-in user, and many more. It also provides functions for troubleshooting and analysing problems…

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The new multiple administrative approvals (MAAs)

Are you looking to add an extra layer of security to your device configurations in Microsoft Intune? The new multiple administrative approvals (MAAs) feature, introduced in the November 2211 service release, may be just what you need. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the process of setting up…

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Deploy Windows Store Apps via Intune

This blog post is my take about how to install Windows Store Application via Intune. this feature makes it much easier to deploy apps via Intune. Intune provides all apps that are available in the winget repository and you can easily select them via a very large software catalog in…

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Intune mass export with the Graph Report API

There are many ways to export information from Intune. For example, you can use Log Analytics, the Data Warehouse or the Graph API. But if you want to export several thousand devices or apps via Graph, it can happen that Graph has a paging. Paging means that you only get…

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How to setup Organizational messages

With the service release 2211, microsoft has brought a cool new feature called organizational message. These are different ways to contact users via different good looking messages to improve end-user communication and experience. This offers additional possibilities to the existing Notification Bar messages from Windows 10 and older.These messages can…

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Intune Device Inventory UI

Anyone who has been working in the area of device management for a while knows that a good inventory is a very important prerequisite for good device management. A very desired feature from you is to have a custom inventory directly in Intune with which you can then continue to…

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How to enroll a ubuntu device in intune

Since a few weeks there is a new icon in the Intune console and this is linux. The linux support is a very long awaited feature and there was good feedback from the ommunity. Currently the feature set is still a bit limited, there is currently only the possibility to…

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Overview of Analytics capabilities in Intune

A lot has changed from the traditional on premise managed workplace to the modern workplace managed via cloud power. You no longer have to worry about infrastructure, you can work securely from anywhere and you save money. But where do we go from here? The topic of analytics and user…

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Whats new in 2210

Glad to publish today my second installment of my Intune Whats new series. This month was ignite and what you need to know that during this time very many are busy internally at microsoft through the Ignite. Nevertheless, the changes in the new service release are very noteworthy. In this…

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Deep Dive into delivery optimization

You can imagine that when a new Windows patch or a new version of a software is released and has to be installed on every Devices and many PCs start to download the content at the same time from a destination outside the corporate network, the Internet break outs are…

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How to skip the ESP for a single app installation

Unfortunately, there is no setting in Intune with which you can determine whether an app should be installed during ESP (Enrollment Status Page) or only after ESP. Of course, it is a huge advantage to install as many apps as possible during the ESP or even better during the white…

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Whats new in 2209

Every month there is a new service release of Intune with new features and bug fixes. With this blog I would like to start a new series and take a closer look at the new features in new Intune releases. The release that was released on Thursday was the 2209…

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Deep dive into the IME Health check

In one of my last posts we took a closer look at how the Intune Management extension works and even looked behind the scenes directly into the code. In this post I have already mentioned the ClientHealthEval.exe and I would like to take a closer look into this. What is…

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Check Autopilot enrollment prerequisite

Everyone who has enrolled a few devices with autopilot in his life and has encountered errors knows the problem that it can quickly be very cumbersome to find the problem why an enrolment fails. Especially when it comes to network endpoints that are not reachable it can be very time…

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How to import custom ADMX/ADML into Intune

With the Intune service release 2208 there is a really nice feature that provides the support to import ADMX and ADML templates very easy into MEM. This helps to create configurations for e.g. 3rd party products. How this work I will explain based on a Firefox. Upload ADMX and ADML…

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Activate Mac FileVault using Intune

Encrypting the disk of a workspace is one of the basic settings that every managed device should have. Everyone who manages Windows PCs knows BitLocker. The solution that is integrated in MacOS to encrypt disks is called FileVault. In this blog I want to explain you how to configure this…

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Change Windows 11 Context Menu with Intune

Windows 11 has brought some changes to the Windows Explorer, including the way the context menu looks. By default, the context menu is reduced to the really necessary functions. This is sufficient for most users. However, if you often need functions that are not in the reduced view, then this…

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Introduction of the Intune Device Troubleshooter

If you follow my blog, you know that there are two things I really like: helping people with their problems, and automating or simplifying processes. In this blog, I want to introduce you to my new tool, the Intune Device Troubleshooter. This is a PowerShell UI application that will help…

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Summary of the Intune Management Extension

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I mention the Intune Management Extension (IME) in several of them. The IME is a powerful tool that help you to manage your devices. In this blog, I’d like to go into more detail and take a look behind the scenes…

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Using MacOS custom attributes in Intune

Intune already has a basic inventory of MacOS devices. On the one hand, there is a hardware inventory in which you have everything from the serial number to the free memory, but also os information. In addition, you can see in the discovered apps which applications are installed on the…

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Use Endpoint Analytics to clean up the disk

I have already written several blog posts about endpoint analytics. In the Microsoft Tech Community the question came up how to clean up the disk using Intune. This is a question that is difficult to answer generically as it is always very specific. Through more and more applications and data…

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A default set on assignment Filter

In one of my posts I have explain how you can create an apply assignment filters. Is a very powerful feature to refine the assignment of group. For example, you can assign a config profile to all devices and apply a filter to apply the config profile only on Windows…

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Sync Azure AD Group with Kiosk Config Profile

I have already described in a previous blog how to deploy a device as a kiosk device using Intune. This actually works really well. There is only one small thing that is really inconvenient. If Azure AD user or group is selected as logon type (only specific users are allowed…

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Applicability Rule: Gone but still there

With the introduction of Assignments filter, the value of Applicability rules has diminished. With Applicability rules you could define on which OS versions a Configuration Profile should work. Unfortunately, the ability to configure or delete applicability rules for some configuration profile types from the console has also been removed. It…

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How to update Quick assist with Intune

Quick assist was a cool windows out of the box tool that can get or provide PC support via a remote connection. Because Quick Assist is a pre-installed app in Windows, it can also be used to provide support during setup via e.g. Autopilot. The experience for the user was…

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Use Endpoint Analytics to find slow internet breakouts

Users always complain that the network is slow. This can also be measured centrally using various network monitoring tools. However, this monitoring can only provide complete insight if the user is actually onsite in the corporate network. If the user is sitting in the home office and is connected to…

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Company Portal System Tray Icon

It is difficult for support engineers to guide users to the company portal because the company portal is called differently depending on the system language. In german, for example, the Company Portal is called “Unternehmensportal”. To simplify this and make access faster I have written a small system tray icon.…

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How to encode an Autopilot hash

You may have noticed that, an autopilot hash looks a little different every time you create it. In this blog I want to show you how to encode an autopilot hash and display the content of it. What is a hardware hash To enroll a device as an autopilot device…

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How to create a Windows 11 Hyper-V VM

With windows 11, the hardware requirements have been increased. It is no longer possible to start a Windows 11 machine in Hyper V without additional settings. What you need to do to run Windows 11 in a VM I explain in this blog post. Activate Hyper V First of all,…

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How to backup and restore the Registry

When I try something out or develop something new I don’t always do this in a VM, I use directly my productive system (I wouldn’t recommend it but I do it anyway). But by changes in the registry you can bring the PC in such a state that you have…

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Remove Windows 11 build-in teams app with Intune

A build in teams client is shipped with Windows 11. This client can only be used with a personal Microsoft account. This client is usually not welcome in corporate environments. How to remove this build-in client with the help of Intune I will show you in this blog post. Remove the…

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Install Windows 11 without TPM

With Windows 11, microsoft take the decision that a TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) is mandatory to run windows 11. Due to this prerequisite, Windows 11 cannot be installed or upgraded on many computers. In this blog, we’ll look at what a TPM is, how to check if you have…

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The ultimate MEM tour part 5 – User and Groups

In the previous blogs we have looked at all the features Intune offers for device management, application management, endpoint security and reporting. Now we will look at the User and Groups menu. This blog will be the last blog in this series. More blogs from this series: Part 1 -…

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