Welcome to this weeks Intune newsletter and now Halloween is over, I can feel the run-up to Christmas. Last weeks email newsletter sent ok from the new system, but didn’t look great, hopefully this one will be better.
I’ve also switched the site to ClassicPress, but apart from quicker loading times, hopefully that change is less obvious!
Community Content
We start this week with a KQL query to quickly identify any users with a mobile device from Eswar Koneti
Identify Users’ Enrolled Mobile Devices (iOS and Android) with KQL
For those of you with on-prem file shares, this script from Valentin Valeanu will help deploying drive mappings
Some countries now have rules that employees cannot access work apps outside of working hours. If this applies to you, check out this post from Peter van der Woude
Now for two posts from Rudy Ooms, starting with a look at how to use Windows Performance Recorder for Autopilot troubleshooting
The Incredible story of using the Windows Performance Recorder to troubleshoot your Enrollments.
Rudy’s second post looks at how you can use PS Scripts and Settings Catalog to reduce the OOBE screens in Autopilot Device Prep
Streamlining the OOBE Experience with Autopilot Device Preparation (AVP2)
Next, James Robinson has an in-depth look at Connected Cache for Enterprise and how it could make things so much better for cloud native endpoints.
https://skiptotheendpoint.co.uk/connected-cache-for-enterprise-a-cloud-native-game-changer/
Johan Vanneuville has released part two of the guide to configure AVD traffic using Terraform, this one uses IP groups in the firewall configuration
Configure AVD traffic on Azure firewall with IP Groups and Terraform Part 2
Learn all about Config Refresh, how it works and how to configure it in this post from Torbjorn (Mr T-Bone) Granheden
This post from Florian Salzmann looks at Windows 365 and how it changes how you use your device
https://scloud.work/why-i-absolutely-love-windows-365/
Sometimes you need to add devices to a group based on something on the device itself, a registry key, installed application etc. Damien Van Robaeys has an excellent automation option here to make this a reality.
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2024/10/automatically-adding-device-to-entra-id.html
Microsoft have released a new media engine to improve the (new) Teams experience on VDI called SlimCore. Find out what it does and how it works in this post from Jon Towles
We now have a new getting started guide from Steve Weiner, starting with looking at your current environment
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/getting-started-with-intune-part-1-where-are-you-today
The second part looks at your approach for configuring and deploying
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/getting-started-with-intune-part-2-dont-build-for-the-fringe
And don’t forget your deployment phases
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/getting-started-with-intune-part-3-the-phases
Next, Julian Sperling looks at Conditional Access policies with Windows 365, AVD and SSO and how to best configure them for a secure, but smooth user experience
Windows 365 (and Azure Virtual Desktop) Conditional Access Deep-Dive
Learn how you can leverage Windows 365 to help with your Windows 11 migration here with Rob Quickenden
Windows 365 could be your saviour in the move from Windows 10 to Windows 11
If you’re looking at going Cloud Native with Entra join only, this post from Martin Himken will help guide you and some things to watch for to make the process more seamless
This post from Thomas Marcussen looks at what new features are on the roadmap for both Intune and Windows 365 and what they mean to you.
Exciting New Features Coming To Windows 365 and Microsoft Intune
We now have two posts from Michael Niehaus, the first looking at the new Connected Cache functionality (a popular topic this week!)
Finally, a standalone version of Connected Cache for Delivery Optimization
Michael’s second post covers the availability of Windows 11 24H2 (for non-ARM) and what to look for in the new release
Another post looking at Connected Cache, this one from Michael Meier
Jan Mulder also looks at this exciting new functionality
Microsoft Connected Cache for Enterprise & Education (Public preview) Guide
When dealing with iOS management, you often need to find the bundle ID of an app. This post from Joery Van den Bosch will show you how
How to get the Bundle ID of an iOS app? It’s easy and effortless.
Video Content
Now onto the video content, starting with three videos from Steve Weiner (a busy week!), the first of which covers how to manage your new ARM devices with Intune using filters
Steve’s second video looks at how ZeroTouch.ai packages and deploys applications to Intune, looking at exactly what is happening underneath and the security of it
Steve then looks at deploying Connected Cache
On the subject of ZeroTouch, Andy Jones gives it a whirl and reports on findings here
We have the latest Windows 365 AMA here with Christian Montoya, Robert Nishi, Eric Orman and John Spencer
Microsoft Content
And now for this weeks Microsoft content featuring a look at the new management features in Intune Suite from Michael Clifford
That’s it for this week, have a great weekend!