Easy and Effective App Management in Intune

16. December 2023 jannikreinhard

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 where Application Manager by Recast Software (makers of Right Click Tools) comes into play. With Application Manager you can keep your third-party applications as up to date as possible. This way you can focus on more pressing projects, while resting easier knowing that your endpoints are more secure.

The easy way to make data science with Intune

26. November 202326. November 2023 jannikreinhard1 Comment

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.

Detect new Intune Management Extension Updates

12. November 202312. November 2023 jannikreinhard1 Comment

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 will let you know what was changes.

How to enroll device to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and how does it work (1/2)?

8. October 2023 jannikreinhard5 Comments

Do you know that you can deploy configurations to devices without enrolling them to Intune? No than follow this blog how to enroll devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE).

In this blog I want to show you how you can onboard your devices in MDE. In the next blog I will show you what are the cababilities and features in the MDE Admin center.

The Magic of the GPT Intune Device Troubleshooter

10. September 202310. September 2023 jannikreinhard22 Comments

I am more than happy to release my new tool the GPT Intune Device Trouleshooter. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you have an assistant which you explain what you want to do in Intune an he do the job for you? This dream will now become reality with the GPT Intune Device Troubleshooter.

How to activate the uninstallation feature in the Company Portal

6. August 202319. February 2024 jannikreinhard1 Comment

It is a feature where a lot customer waiting since a long time. Now it is here. The possibility to uninstall apps from the company portal. In this short blog post we want to have an look how you can configure this and how the user flow looks like.

Azure Monitor Agent to monitor Windows devices (1/2) – Setup

30. July 202330. July 2023 jannikreinhard1 Comment

In this blog post we want to have an closer look into an way how you can collect data from an client system to monitor them. With endpoint analytics Microsoft provides an very powerful way to analyse clients, remediate potential issues or also detect anomalies in the field. If you are interested in unaggregated and more detailed data to build custom solutions than the log analytics management agent is the right solution for you. This is the first part of an small series with two parts. In this part we will check how this service works and how to setup und in th eother part how you can work with the data.

Diagram shows monitored object purpose and association.

Get started with Intune driver update management

23. July 2023 jannikreinhard1 Comment

A lot of Intune admins waited for the feature Intune driver update management. Now it is here. In this blog post I want to describe whats behind this feature, how it works and how you can start with.

Using Microsoft Fabric to export Intune data into the OneLake for PowerBi reporting

16. July 202316. July 2023 jannikreinhard

Intune provides a lot of data that can be exported via interfaces. But wouldn’t it be cool if you could have everything from the data export to the powerbi dashboard in one place in a portal and additionally query the data Graph provides you with via SQL to build complex querys. That’s exactly what Microsoft Fabric delivers. In this blog we would like to take a closer look at this new platform.

Management of external devices (peripherals) with Intune

11. June 202311. June 2023 jannikreinhard3 Comments

To reduce the security risk of the end devices and to protect them from data loss or malicious devices, it makes sense to also deal with the management of peripherals. Intune also has an answer for this with attack surface reduction policies. We would like to take a closer look at this topic in this blog post.