It’s a Tech Takeoff special this week (with another following soon) so make sure you check out the video section, there is a lot in there! We have plenty of community content here as well so I would get comfy before delving in…
Community Content
We start this week with the next in the series on securing your Business Premium licensed tenant from Sebastian Markdanner, this one looks at your collaboration tools
https://www.chanceofsecurity.com/post/securing-microsoft-business-premium-part-06
If you have ever wondered what is happening during OOBE, Joymalya Basu Roy has released part two of the series looking at what happens during provisioning
You can now block personal devices from enrolling via Work or School account as covered here, with a demonstration, from Peter van der Woude
Shehan Perera also looks at this new functionality here
With SSD prices going through the roof, I am sure many of you are trying to get as much life as possible out of your devices. Should your devices be mysteriously running out of disk space, rather than just throwing in a new drive, check out this issue and fix from Mads Johansen
https://evil365.com/epm/EPMandMSI-Shenanigans/
For those using AVD, be prepared for the outbound internet access being removed. To keep internet connectivity, follow this guide from Johan Vanneuville
Get AVD hosts outbound internet access in 2026 using a NAT Gateway
Damien Van Robaeys has a very useful script here to find platform scripts which contain a specific string
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2026/02/list-all-intune-plaform-scripts.html
This post from Ben Whitmore looks at the various Security Copilot Agents available within Intune
If you want a deep dive into authentication on iOS and Android, check out this post from Somesh Pathak
Under the Hood: How Brokered Authentication Works on iOS & Android
This post from Mark Orr runs through some useful tools to quickly enrol test virtual machines
If you are struggling with Edge sync, try this fix from Jan Mulder
Learn how to properly configure App protection for unmanaged devices in this post from Joost Gelijsteen
Designing an App Protection Policy that don’t backfire on your unmanaged devices
Next, Kevin Malinoski looks at the new Autopatch reports
Windows Autopatch Reports Are Live – Time for Your Endpoints to Join the Journey
Jon Jarvis looks at the agents in Windows 365 here
Video Content
Now for the video content, starting with a visual guide on blocking personal enrollment from Chander Mani Pandey
Learn how to use Azure Monitor Agent to grab Windows event logs in this video from Steve Weiner
Jonathan Edwards covers how to use App Protection for BYOD management here
Time to the Tech Takeoff, starting with this introduction and look at what is to come from John Cable, Sangee Visweswar and Bhavya Chopra
This video looks at all of the latest additions to Windows security from Katharine Holdsworth including the exciting new hardware-accelerated BitLocker
Learn all about Windows 365 reserve with Logan Silliman
Something which I find is not used as much as it really should be is Hotpatch. Here, Nikita Deshpande covers everything hotpatch, what they are, how to get started and some regular questions and answers
It’s finally time for NTLM to retire, Mariam Gewida and Steve Syfuhs look at what this means for you and what to replace it with
Next, Tom Hickling and Andrej Radinger have an in-depth look at resiliency available in AVD and Windows 365
This video is all about Zero Trust in Endpoints, a very important part of your device management from Clay Taylor
One many of you probably want to know about, what are the emerging AI trends within the endpoint management space from Eugenie Burrage
Learn all about Android management in Intune here with Charlotte Christenson including some key features and what is coming soon
We all love an AMA and this one is all about Autopilot with Joe Lurie, Maggie Dakeva and Deepika Wadhwa
Microsoft News
Now for the Microsoft news and the first thing is one many of you have been asking for, Autopatch Readiness reporting is now here. Learn more in this post from Cassidy Fein
We also have the all important February Windows news you can use and this one is definitely worth reading, many new announcements and a lot of information about the secure boot certificates. Learn more here with Chris Morrissey
Mike Bell looks at using Universal Print for Windows here
Entra self-service recovery is now in preview as covered here by Farooque Mohammad
Ramya Sharma looks at the new button to stop personal device enrollment when adding a work or school account
That was a lot of content, but you have now reached the end (and hopefully the end of your working day). Have a fantastic weekend!