Intune Newsletter – 7th August 2026

Back again already, some weeks I feel like I finish putting together one newsletter and immediately start the next!  A slightly lighter week this week, but it is holiday season so everyone is hopefully off enjoying themselves before it all begins again next month (including conference season resuming)


Community Content

Have you ever wanted to automatically generate filters for every Windows version including dealing with those which just don’t match the standard numbering scheme?  You’re in luck, check out this post and script from Ben Whitmore

Intune assignment filters for every in-support Windows build


If you have seen the new AI enabled cloud PC report in the portal and want to know how it’s working in Graph, try this post from Andrei Shchetkin

https://shchetkin.dev/reverse-engineering-the-intune-portal-the-ai-enabled-cloud-pc-report/


This post from Jan Mulder digs deep into the new Shadow AI detection now in preview and how it all works

Intune and AI – Shadow AI detection / prevention


macOS has finally caught up with Windows compliance and now supports custom compliance.  This post from Somesh Pathak runs through how to use it

Custom Compliance Comes to macOS: Going Beyond the Built-in Policy


Entra password policies are, well, basically non-existent.  So what do you do if you want to force password restrictions?  Enter device lock policies within Intune as covered in-depth here by Nicky De Westelinck

Strengthening Endpoint Security with Device Lock Policies in Microsoft Intune


Jannik Reinhard looks at all of the functionality currently available in Security Copilot

Security Copilot Agents in Intune: What You Get in 2026


Passkey is soon to be the preferred auth method and the end of SMS as MFA.  Learn more about this change here from Shehan Perera

System-Preferred Authentication and September 1st Passkey Change

 


Video Content

Now for this weeks video content, starting with part 1 in a new series from Manish Bangia covering Intune Compliance policies.  This one looks at the baseline features in a Windows Compliance Policy


Microsoft Content

Onto this weeks Microsoft content with the all-important Windows News You can Use for July from Chris Morrissey

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-news-you-can-use-july-2026/ba-p/4543588


Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 is going EOL in January.  Find out what this means for you here with Jason Leznek

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/plan-for-windows-10-enterprise-ltsc-2021-end-of-support/4539866


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

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