The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder, but the content just keeps on coming. I imagine there are some presentations being rapidly updated ahead of the Workplace Ninjas Summit in a couple of weeks too! If you’re going to that one, feel free to come and say hello!
Community Content
We have all seen this issue, you install a driver and a manufacturer app comes with it. Find out how to block it in this post from Jörgen Nilsson
Learn all about app control for business including how to configure it in this post from Michael Frank
https://michaelsendpoint.com/intune/AppControl.html
With multi admin approval now protecting device wipes, Peter van der Woude runs through how to configure it here
Preventing accidental device wipe with multiple administrative approval in Microsoft Intune
With some secure boot certificates expiring without some minor work by admins, Trevor Jones has put together this useful PowerShell script to report on devices which need investigating
If you are hitting a managed service account error with the Intune connector, you can find the fix and explanation here from Gannon Novak
Configuring Kiosk devices was tricky in Windows 10 and it’s even harder in Windows 11! If you’re battling with them now, check out this guide from Joery Van den Bosch
How to setup Windows 11 kiosk Multi-App mode with Edge and the Windows App – The XML Struggle
Many of you will see lsass.exe in task manager and probably realise the importance of it, but how many actually protect it? Shehan Perera looks at the importance and how to do so here
I have a lot of automations in Azure, many of which use webhooks which annoyingly have expiry dates. To be alerted when one is about to expire, try this solution from Damien Van Robaeys
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2025/09/be-notified-by-mail-of-azure-automation.html
Ewelina Paczkowska continues looking at all things Conditional Access with this post looking at how to onboard your new users with MFA enforced and also how to handle users without access to Authenticator (temporarily)
Learn all about the importance of application control and your options available in this deep dive from Anders Ahl
Application Control on the Windows Platform – Architecture, Benefits, and Risks
You may have noticed Notepad now also has a Copilot button. If you want a bit of control over this, Jan Mulder covers how to manage it here
Still on Windows 10? The clock is ticking… Use Autopatch and scripts to help upgrade your machines following this guide from Kevin Malinoski
The Ultimate Intune Autopatch Guide to Upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11
Video Content
Now for the video content, starting with one of the new short clips from Steve Weiner, this one showing the different ways to sync a device with Intune
A simple, but useful thing to set on all tenants, learn how to brand your tenant here with Jonathan Edwards
We have a whole new video series from Harjit Dhaliwal and Patrik Wennberg discussing monitoring the message center and health dashboards to view any global issues in your tenant
We also have a new Windows in the cloud video, this one discussing a very important subject, women in tech, featuring Christiaan Brinkhoff, Nandita Sharma and Hilary Braun
Learn all about Autopatch and how to use it in this video from Dean Ellerby
Microsoft Content
Now for this weeks Microsoft content starting with a guide on getting started with Windows 365 link from Michael Hildebrand
Next, Premkumar N runs through device limits across Intune and Entra
There are some important networking changes, make sure you read this if you have any network firewalls, filtering etc. in place from Intune Support Team
Windows 365 Cross-Region disaster recovery for frontline (that’s a mouthful, it clearly needs an acronym) is now GA as covered here by Preethi Goli
That’s all for this week, have a fantastic weekend!