Intune Newsletter – 11th April 2025

Welcome all to another exciting Intune Newsletter, next week we will have an Easter special ready for the feast of chocolate!  Until then, you have this amazing content


Community Content

We start this week with a guide on how to use dummy PKG apps to run scripts on demand for your macOS devices from Simon Hartmann Eriksen

Run scripts On-Demand from Company Portal


Learn about Hotpatch for Windows, how to enable it with Intune and the end-user experience here from Michael Meier

Windows Hotpatch


Keeping on top of your Entra group memberships is critical for a secure environment, especially those with elevated permissions.  In this post, Dustin Gullett looks at how Access Reviews will help you with this task

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/access-reviews-spring-cleaning-your-entra-groups-dustin-gullett-5ibnc/

Dustin also looks at the new LAPS features and the problems they solve

This Is Not Just Another LAPS Post…Promise!


Now for two posts from Shehan Perera, starting with a look at how to configure LAPS with the new March 2025 update (and watch your Windows versions)

Configure Windows LAPS in Intune – March 2025 Update


Shehan’s second post looks at Security Copilot and why you need it in your environment

Let’s Get Started with Security Copilot


Peter van der Woude also looks at configuring Windows LAPS here

Easier managing account management modes for Windows LAPS


Learn about Config Refresh, how to set it up and how it will benefit you here from Manish Bangia

Understanding Config Refresh policy


Next, Thom Weide looks at how you can grab output from Intune Remediations and send the output to be used in PowerBI dashboards

https://www.thomweide.nl/2025/04/store-custom-data-in-remediations-and-use-the-data-in-power-bi/?i=1


Configuring the Windows taskbar and start menu is more tricky in Windows 11.  Fortunately Michael Frank has both a script and instructions here to help

https://michaelsendpoint.com/intune/customize_taskbar_startmenu.html


BitLocker boot PINS are always an argument, Martin Himken bravely looks at the advantages and drawbacks here

To BitLocker pre-boot authenticate or not


Lucas Magoni digs into EPM and how to use it to give your users elevated access with the least permissions

Master Least Privilege Access with Microsoft EPM and Intune


If you’re using Autopilot Device prep and managed installer policies, you may be having some issues with Win32 apps.  Find out more in this post from Thomas Marcussen

Windows Autopilot Device Preparation – Overcoming the Win32 App Deployment Challenge


For those of you managing developer machines with Visual Studio installed, here are some tips on managing it with EPM from Peter Klapwijk

Using Visual Studio with Microsoft Endpoint Privilege Management, some notes


Some of you may have noticed the “Continue to Sign In” prompt in Windows due to DMA.  If you want to know why this is happening (and a dive into how), plus a script to avoid it, read this post from Rudy Ooms

The “Continue to Sign in Prompt” That breaks the SSO


Video Content

Now onto the video content, with a look at Platform SSO for macOS and how good it is in 2025 from Dean Ellerby


With many improvements recently to managing LAPS with Windows, Steve Weiner has created a new video running through how to configure it in 2025

Steve also has an AMA to learn about, well, anything


Microsoft Content

Now for the Microsoft content, starting with a look at Feature Update troubleshooting from Luke Ramsdale 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/IntuneCustomerSuccess/troubleshooting-windows-feature-updates-in-microsoft-intune/4401828


Autopatch now supports all Intune devices, not just in the group.  Learn this and more in the what’s new from Chris Tulip

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/what-s-new-in-windows-autopatch-april-2025/ba-p/4401780


Some excellent video guides for getting started with Intune and M365 here from Lior Bela (and special guests)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoftintuneblog/achieve-greater-security-with-intune-and-microsoft-365/4402130


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

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