Community Content
We start this week with a look at the new preview functionality to further increase security when dealing with cloud machines (W365 and AVD) on users personal devices with MAM for Windows 365 as covered here by Sune Thomsen
https://blog.mindcore.dk/2024/08/enhancing-security-with-intune-mam-preview-for-windows-365/
Next, Jörgen Nilsson has updated the script to customize the taskbar on Windows 11, including removing the Copilot icon
https://ccmexec.com/2024/08/customizing-taskbar-and-start-in-windows-11-23h2-with-powershell/
If you use 3rd party AV and are noticing some performance issues, it could be smart app control, but tread carefully! Learn more in this post from Jesse Weimer
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/smart-app-control-a-surprise-pain
If your execs need charts and diagrams to function, this script from Curtis Cannon will help get device compliance data into a spreadsheet
https://traversecloud.co.uk/generate-a-device-compliance-report-using-powershell/
Learn how to add non-ABM enrolled devices into ABM and Intune using the iOS Apple Configurator app in this post from Gannon Novak
Next, Jon Towles looks at Autopilot Device Preparation
https://mobile-jon.com/2024/08/20/windows-autopilot-device-preparation-are-we-there-yet/
If you have users who need to access Google Workspace, you can still limit which domains they can access. Follow this guide from Shehan Perera to learn how
https://emsroute.com/2024/08/19/google-wp-01/
Quickly remove any local admins on your devices with this remediation script from Damien Van Robaeys
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2024/08/automatically-removing-local-admin.html
MFA will soon be forced on all Microsoft admin portals, learn more here from Jan Bakker
macOS management has massively improved in Intune recently. In this post from Jannik Reinhard you can see what it can do and also the current limitations
https://jannikreinhard.com/2024/08/18/simplifying-mac-management-with-microsoft-intune/
Not all of you want Teams to auto-start on login and you may have noticed the previous method doesn’t work with new Teams. Fortunately Eswar Koneti has a script here to stop it
https://eskonr.com/2024/08/disabling-auto-start-for-the-new-microsoft-teams/
This excellent script from Martin Himken runs through all network requirements for Intune and Autopilot and reports a pass fail for each step. An essential item in your troubleshooting toolbox
https://manima.de/2024/08/intune-network-requirements-everything-i-learned/
Learn how to configure Storage Sense natively in Intune in this guide from Jatin Makhija
https://cloudinfra.net/configure-storage-sense-using-intune/
We finally have a fix for the Enterprise Subscription activation bug, learn all about the issue and the fix here from Rudy Ooms
https://call4cloud.nl/2024/08/subscription-activation-mfarequired-user/
Video Content
Now for the video content starting with a look at using MDE to block applications from Steve Weiner
Steve also has a follow-up to the excellent packaging guide, this one looking at executables
And part three looking at multi file installations
A look at the new Windows App and what’s coming soon in the latest Windows in the Cloud episode from Christiaan Brinkhoff and Joydeep Mukherjee
Microsoft Content
Onto Microsoft content, starting with a new script from Jonas Ohmsen to migrate SCCM apps into Intune for you
Compare your home screen options for Android Enterprise devices in this article from Abigail Stein
That’s it for this week, have a fantastic weekend!