Intune Newsletter – 11th August 2023

Community Content

We start this week with two posts from Christopher Mogis, the first looking at the new uninstall functionality in company portal, how to enable it and the user experience.

https://www.ccmtune.fr/2023/08/microsoft-intune-uninstall-win32-app.html

The second post from Christopher demonstrates how to block drive redirection when using Windows 365 via Intune

https://www.ccmtune.fr/2023/08/windows-365-disable-local-drive.html


Jannik Reinhard also covers the new uninstall option in this post

https://jannikreinhard.com/2023/08/06/how-to-activate-the-uninstallation-feature-in-the-company-portal/


Learn how to protect against password spray attack using Entra in this post from Rahul Jindal

https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/2023/08/use-microsoft-entra-id-password.html


For anyone getting started with Entra and Intune, or just want a test lab, follow this guide from Gannon Novak

https://smbtothecloud.com/a-guide-to-creating-an-entra-intune-lab/


Now for some excellent automation from Sander Rozemuller showing how to automate autoscaling for AVD personal pools

https://www.rozemuller.com/configure-autoscaling-for-personal-avd-host-pools-automated/


Niklas Rast takes an in-depth look at the Intune Management Extension here

https://niklasrast.com/2023/08/08/deep-dive-into-the-intune-management-extension-ime-on-intune-managed-windows-endpoints/

A second post from Niklas looking at the Company portal uninstallation option

https://niklasrast.com/2023/08/10/company-portal-self-service-uninstall/


A deep dive into Defender for Endpoint on Linux devices here from Thomas Verheyden. Well worth checking out if you have Linux devices in your estate

https://vertho.tech/2023/08/04/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-security-management-mde-attach-v2-on-linux-a-deep-dive/


On a similar note, learn how to enrol workgroup joined Windows devices into MDE here from Vidya M A

https://www.anoopcnair.com/workgroup-joined-device-enrollment-to-mde/


It’s a week for MDE posts! Carrying on the theme, Jeffrey Appel runs through how to onboard your non-persistent VDI machines

https://jeffreyappel.nl/onboard-and-configure-defender-for-endpoint-for-non-persistent-vdi-environments/


Now for two posts from Anand P, starting with a useful guide on using Apple Business Manager (ABM) with Intune to add, assign and remove Apple devices

https://www.cloudtekspace.com/post/using-apple-business-manager-abm-assign-or-remove-a-device-from-intune

Anand’s second post shows how to renew the SCIM token used between Apple Business Manager and Azure AD

https://www.cloudtekspace.com/post/renew-the-scim-token-from-apple-business-manager-in-azure-ad


An exciting new addition to Windows 365 has now gone into public preview, Windows 365 Switch. Find out more in this post from Dominiek Verham

https://techlab.blog/introducing-windows-365-switch/


This post from Snehasis Pani runs through how to create custom attributes for your macOS devices

https://www.anoopcnair.com/create-custom-attributes-for-macos-using-intune/


Next, Damien Van Robaeys has released the next part of the excellent series on using Log Analytics, this one covers how to send data to your new workspace from an Azure automation runbook

https://www.systanddeploy.com/2023/08/starting-with-log-analytics-part-8.html


For Windows 10 users, this post from Kevin Kaminski shows how to install Winget onto your machines, including a useful script

https://www.checkyourlogs.net/installing-winget-on-windows-10/


Niall Brady and Paul Winstanley have released the next part of their excellent series on Windows 365, this one looking at the new Windows 365 Switch functionality

https://www.niallbrady.com/2023/08/10/getting-started-with-windows-365-part-9-windows-365-switch/


This post from Philip Jorgensen shows how to enable logging for Lenovo Commercial Vantage via Intune and Config Manager

https://blog.lenovocdrt.com/#/2023/cv_su_logging


If you have been using the OneDrive Sync Health report and it has stopped working, or want to start using it, check out this post from Maurice Daly

https://msendpointmgr.com/2023/08/11/the-curious-case-of-the-missing-onedrive-sync-app-health-reports/


Video Content

Now onto the video content, starting with a look at migrating your GPOs to Intune with Manish Bangia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCXKKIIDyxI


This video from Snehasis Pani covers the Microsoft Enterprise SSO plugin for macOS in depth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVXTaAXajWs


As mentioned earlier, Windows 365 boot is now in public preview. To learn everything from the creators, watch this video. Featuring Christiaan Brinkhoff, Elina Luthra, Arjun Rohilla, Parmita Chatterjee, Matt Fei and Siddharth Srivastava

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3-BdWH65Sg


The first of two videos from Harjit Dhaliwal, this one features Sean McLaren and looks at speeding up your Windows 11 deployment and covers some perceived blockers along the way. The clock is ticking on Windows 10!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSOMqx-pF3I


The second video from Harjit taking a proper look at the myths around hybrid joined devices, featuring Michael Hildebrand and Dave Davies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEMZLfiYjuM


The latest Intune.training show has arrived. This one features Adam Gross and Steven Hosking looking at Defender for Endpoint on Android (if you want to learn about iOS, check the previous video in the series)

Microsoft Content

Now onto the Microsoft content, starting with exciting news from Mike Danoski that all endpoint security policies are now migrating to the unified settings catalog (which should make things easier to automate)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/endpoint-security-policies-migrating-to-the-unified-settings/ba-p/3890989


Another look at Windows 365 switch from Christiaan Brinkhoff

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-365-switch-now-available-in-public-preview/ba-p/3891857?WT.mc_id=EM-MVP-5004114


Remote Help is coming to Android soon (public preview). Find out more here from Jessica Yang

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/remote-help-for-android-coming-soon-to-public-preview/ba-p/3893441


A look at other Android upcoming features from Bethany Foyt

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-intune-blog/intune-helps-frontline-workers-get-their-device-to-work-for-them/ba-p/3894426


Intune will support Android 14 from release as covered here by the Intune Support Team

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/day-zero-support-for-android-14-with-microsoft-intune/ba-p/3895509


If you are experiencing reboots during Autopilot, have a look at this article from Juanita Baptiste

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/support-tip-troubleshooting-unexpected-reboots-during-new-pc/ba-p/3896960


That’s it for this week, stay safe and have a great weekend!

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