Intune Newsletter – 29th September 2023

Welcome once again to another Intune newsletter full of exciting content!

Community Content

Video Content

Microsoft Content

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We start this week with the next part of the Intune Starter series from Florian Salzmann, this one looking at configuring and using Autopilot

https://scloud.work/windows-autopilot-setup/

Next, in a follow-up to last weeks post (well worth reading), Peter van der Woude looks at how you can restrict local logon but still allow self-service password reset

Fixing self-service when restricting the local log on

https://www.petervanderwoude.nl/post/fixing-self-service-when-restricting-the-local-log-on/

If you are hitting 0x80070002 errors with Intune app deployment, check out this troubleshooting guide from Prajwal Desai

Fix Intune Win32 App Install Error 0x80070002

https://www.prajwaldesai.com/fix-intune-win32-app-install-error-0x80070002/

This useful remediation script from Michael Meier will verify all of your devices have successfully stored Bitlocker keys into Entra ID

https://mikemdm.de/2023/09/24/intune-remediation-to-verify-bitlocker-keys-are-uploaded-to-entra-id/

Now for two posts from Michael Niehaus starting with a look at how to install updates on Windows 11 during the Autopilot process.

Installing updates during Autopilot: Windows 11 edition

https://oofhours.com/2023/09/25/installing-updates-during-autopilot-windows-11-edition/

This post looks at the best way to customize the start menu for your Windows 11 devices but still allowing users to add their own preferences

Why does Windows 11 make Start menu layout so hard?

https://oofhours.com/2023/09/24/why-does-windows-11-make-start-menu-layout-so-hard/

This post from Rudy Ooms covers the PushLaunch scheduled task and what it does

Along With the Gods: The Two PushLaunch Tasks

https://call4cloud.nl/2023/09/along-with-the-gods-the-two-pushlaunch-tasks/

A lesson in checking test/dev tenants before deleting them here from Simon Skotheimsvik

Autopilot Nightmare: How a Simple Mistake Turned My PC into a Digital Captive!

https://skotheimsvik.no/autopilot-nightmare-how-a-simple-mistake-turned-my-pc-into-a-digital-captive

Learn all about provisioning and deploying your first Windows 365 machine in this post from Tom Machado

First journey into Windows 365 : Provisioning and Deployment

https://poemtomdm.fr/2023/09/26/first-journey-into-windows-365-provisionning-and-deployment/

Next, Somesh Pathak dives into Remote Help for macOS, a very welcome addition!

https://www.intuneirl.com/exploring-microsoft-intune-remote-help-on-macos/

Some exciting news, Windows 10 and 11 now support passkeys to further move towards a passwordless world. Find out more in this post from Kevin Kaminski

https://www.checkyourlogs.net/microsoft-unveils-fido2-passkey-authentication-for-windows-users/

This post from Torbjorn (Mr T-Bone) Granheden looks at the new addition of remote launch for remote help

https://www.tbone.se/2023/09/27/remote-launch-for-remote-help/

There is a lot of excitement around the release of co-pilot for Windows, but outside of a home setting, you will probably want to control who has access to it. Fortunately this post from Jitesh Kumar shows how to control it with Intune and GPO

https://www.anoopcnair.com/turn-off-copilot-in-windows-using-intune-policy/

Niall Brady also runs through blocking Copilot in your organisation here

How can I disable Copilot ?

https://www.niallbrady.com/2023/09/28/how-can-i-disable-copilot/

If you were lucky enough to be at the Workplace Ninja summit this week you may have watched the session from Jörgen Nilsson and Ronni Pedersen looking at community tools. You can find links to them all here

Community tools demoed at WPNinjas 2023

https://ccmexec.com/2023/09/community-tools-demoed-at-wpninjas-2023/

Learn all about Enterprise State Roaming with Niklas Rast in this post

Exploring Enterprise State Roaming (ESR)

https://niklasrast.com/2023/09/28/exploring-enterprise-state-roaming-esr-in-azure-active-directory/

You have a couple of options for managing M365 Apps, one of those is Servicing Profiles which you can learn how to configure in this post from Rahul Jindal

https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/2023/09/servicing-profiles-for-microsoft-365.html

Video Content

Now onto the video content and we start with Jannik Reinhard covering the GPT Intune Device Troubleshooter with Niklas Tinner

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

We have another episode from the intune.training reboot, this one covering macOS provisioning using Apple Business Manager with Adam Gross, Steven Hosking and Jóhannes Geir Kristjánsson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62u9M88Fxjw

We also have another Unpacking endpoint management video with Steve Thomas, Danny Guillory Jr, David Robbins and Bhavana Bhatia looking at what you need to do as an IT admin if you get a subpoena