It’s 26H2 week so get ready for even more Copilot, I know you were all definitely looking forward to that appearing in File Explorer! The question is, can it be any worse than native searching in explorer?
Community Content
We start this week with a useful tip from Christopher Mogis on how to convert your macOS dmg packages to pkg at the terminal
https://www.ccmtune.fr/2026/09/how-to-convert-dmg-application-to-pkg.html
If you are looking to get started with Remote Help now it is in your M365 licensing, check out this thorough guide from Michael Frank
https://michaelsendpoint.com/intune/intune_suite/remote_help.html#v2
Michael also looks at the new deployment plans functionality here
https://michaelsendpoint.com/intune/deployments.html
For those of you managing Lenovo devices, learn how to keep the drivers and BIOS updated in this guide from Mads Johansen
https://evil365.com/lenovo/Update-Lenovo-Devices-With-Lenovo-Commercial-Vantage-Using-Intune/
You’ve no doubt heard of the Enterprise App Catalog with your M365 licensing and the “many” apps, but sometimes it’s nice to know which apps are in there, without counting 20 versions of Java as different apps. Fortunately Ben Whitmore has a lovely script here which will tell you exactly which apps and how many versions of each. Plus you can find out how the script works to learn a bit of Graph along the way
What’s in the Microsoft Enterprise App Catalog? Finding Out with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph
For all of the Linux users out there (and I’m sure it’s a growing list), if you still want to be able to access Windows 365, try this guide from Niall Brady
You may or may not have noticed the deployment plans now available in Intune to apply the same approach taken with updates to policies and apps. It has been a popular topic this week, covered here by Peter van der Woude
Getting started with deployments and deployment plans for an automated staged rollout
Jorge Suarez also looks at how to use it here, including some useful PowerShell scripts for those of you who want to automate it (and why wouldn’t you!)
https://www.jorgeasaur.us/intune-deployments-schedule-the-rollout
Another look at deployment plans here from Craig Camacho
Intune Deployment Plans: Because “Assign to All Devices and Pray” Isn’t a Rollout Strategy
Win11 26H2 is here, sadly no Windows 95 style launch video for this one, but I’m sure you’re all very interested to try it. Thomas Marcussen has an excellent run-through of what’s included, what to expect and how to manage the rollout here
Windows 11 26H2 Is Here: What to Do with Autopilot and Intune (and How to Report on It)
For the French speakers, Jonathan Fievet looks at how to deploy 26H2 in this post
Laurent Gébeau also looks at 26H2 here (in French)
This post from Joey Verlinden looks at some of the new security features available in 26H2 as well as how to deploy it
https://www.joeyverlinden.com/upgrade-to-windows-11-26h2-via-intune/
Away from Windows, a lot of new functionality has been added in the 2609 Intune release for Android Enterprise as covered here by Nicky De Westelinck
Jeroen Burgerhout completes the series looking at Windows 365 by covering the dedicated Windows 365 Link device and how to manage it with Intune
https://www.burgerhout.org/p/windows-365-wednesday-windows-365-link-and-intune
If you’re looking for ways to manage elevated permissions, or dealing with an estate full of admins, this post from Dustin Gullett is for you. It looks at Admin Protection and EPM, the use cases for each and how they can help
https://zerototrust.tech/administrator-protection-vs-intune-epm-high-noon-for-local-admin/
You can now have some control over app launches on your macOS fleet as covered here in this comprehensive post from Somesh Pathak
Video Content
Now for this weeks video content (and there is a lot), starting with two videos from Liam Robinson, the first covers a few different methods to remove Windows 11 bloatware
Liam’s second video looks at the new deployment plans in Intune and how to get up and running
Dean Ellerby also looks at the new deployment plans here
This video from Steve Weiner also covers the new Deployments functionality
It’s been a popular feature this week, Chander Mani Pandey also looks at deployment plans in the first of two videos this week
Chander has been quick off the mark with the second video, covering how to deploy Win11 26H2
Learn how to setup App Inventory in this video and blog post from Mark Oldham
If you’re running hybrid and trying to work out which wins between Intune and GPO, watch this video from Jonathan Edwards
Microsoft Content
Onto the Microsoft content we go, starting with the official 26H2 announcement with all of the information you need from Aria Hanson
Aria also has a new podcast which I would definitely recommend signing up for here, the first episode covers update management which is something everyone should know about
The Intune Support team also cover the new Settings Catalog updates for 26H2 here
Learn about all of the latest goodies in Windows 365 here from Sylvia Liu
That’s all for this week, have an amazing weekend!