Autopilot Device Preparation – Add Service Principal

Whilst looking at the docs for Autopilot Device Preparation, I spotted an error on the page for creating the device group: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/autopilot/device-preparation/tutorial/user-driven/entra-join-device-group#create-a-device-group The instructions for the missing Service Principal use the AzureAD module which is now deprecated. I’ve created a pull request to get the official page updated, but in the meantime, if you want … Read more

EUCToolbox – Introducing App Check

A new addition to EUCToolbox – App Check I often spend far too much time working out which package manager is most appropriate for a customer by looking through their app list and seeing which has the most supported apps. Currently this is a long process involving moving between multiple different sites, searching on each … Read more

ZeroTouch – One tool to rule them all?

There has been a lot of excitement around ZeroTouch.ai and after looking at it previously for my post comparing package managers, I was lucky enough to be onboarded so I can now check out what else it has to offer. One thing to note, ZeroTouch can run as a self-contained multi-platform MDM in it’s own … Read more

Announcing EUCToolbox.com

I am very excited to announce the launch of EUCToolbox.com where you can find all of my SaaS apps to work alongside Intune and take your management further. https://euctoolbox.com The best part, you can access everything for $99 per month via the GitHub Sponsor program It includes: Deploy Intune – Sponsored A new look to … Read more

Autopilot Device Identifier with Graph – Now in Get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity

I have just published an update to the get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity PowerShell script available here: https://github.com/andrew-s-taylor/WindowsAutopilotInfo/blob/main/Community%20Version/get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity.ps1 Or from the PS Gallery Install-Script -Name get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity This new version has options to work with the new Autopilot Device Identifier functionality: New parameter “-identifier” tells it to use the new functionality and not the hash Thie can be used with … Read more

Comparing Package Managers

Introduction Ease of app deployment Updating apps Cost Application Catalogue macOS Support User Experience Requirements Multi-tenant support Customization API Support Data Sovereignty Conclusion Introduction Packaging, deploying and updating applications can be hugely time consuming, especially when trying to keep on top of the latest zero-day exploit in your apps (I’m looking at you Chrome!) Fortunately … Read more

Planning your Intune/Autopilot Migration

Moving to a fully managed Intune/Autopilot/Entra ID setup is not an overnight task, it needs careful planning and migration, no-one is expecting you to wipe every device and instantly move to Autopilot, that simply isn’t realistic for larger organisations. That’s not to say give up now and don’t bother, especially with Windows 10 EOL looming … Read more