Intune Newsletter – 16th May 2025

Another week has passed, but the content is still flowing from this community.  Check out an important announcement (here) in the Microsoft content if you are using the Intune Connector for Active Directory, the clock is ticking.


Community Content

We start this week with another excellent iOS app from Somesh Pathak, this one for complete management of your Win365 devices

Zap365: Your Windows 365 Cloud PC Admin Center in Your Pocket


If you’re being asked to plan out a concept for your workplace strategy, you can find some tips here from Roman Padrun
https://www.cloudcook.ch/so-you-gotta-build-a-workplace-concept-rip/


You’ve created your custom PowerBi reports, but would rather not have to keep switching browser tabs to check the status.  Follow this guide from Michael Meier to use Power Automate so they display on any digital signage devices

Use Power Automate to show Power BI Reports on a digital signage display


It’s taken a while, but we finally have naming templates for your coporate Android devices.  Learn more in this post from Peter van der Woude

Understanding custom device naming templates for Android devices


If you’re using CIS baselines but aren’t sure which apply to multi-session hosts, Joe Loveless has done the hard work for you here

https://joeloveless.com/2025/05/cis-benchmarks-avd-multisession/


Whilst there are many tools to document your Intune config, not many visualise it.  Fortunately Jose Schenardie has released a new PowerShell module to create diagrams of your Intune assignments

Intune Mermaid


Now Autopatch is available for the vast majority of licenses, Jon Towles takes another look including the new, significantly easier onboarding

https://mobile-jon.com/2025/05/15/windows-autopatch-revisited-part-1/


Video Content

Now onto the video content, starting with a script from Chander Mani Pandey showing how to bulk deploy on-demand remediations using PowerShell


Next, Manish Bangia compares remediation and platform scripts including a demonstration


We now have two videos from Steve Weiner, starting with a look at the updates in the Autopilot Branding script

As mentioned earlier, the Autopilot Hybrid connector needs updating urgently.  Steve runs through how in this video including how to automate it with PowerShell!


Microsoft Content

And this weeks Microsoft content starting with the all-important Intune connector announcement from the Intune Support Team

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/microsoft-intune-connector-for-active-directory-security-update/4386898


If you’re getting SyncML(500) errors, check out this post from Brett Lock

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/IntuneCustomerSuccess/support-tip-understanding-microsoft-intune-compliance-policies-reporting-syncml5/4412491


Now Hotpatch is here for Windows client, find answers to some popular questions here from Nikita Deshpande

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/hotpatch-for-client-frequently-asked-questions/ba-p/4413582


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

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