It’s been a busy week at Workplace Ninja Summit in Baden, was great speaking to SO many of you and a special thanks to the organisers and all of you who stopped by the booth, I’m exhausted, but it was worth it.
This weeks newsletter is being written in Amsterdam airport between flights so apologies if I’ve missed anything, or it’s just a load of gibberish 🙂
Community Content
We start this week with a look at what your options are when Microsoft deprecate slmgr.vbs and why this is important to you in this post from Mads Johansen
https://evil365.com/windows/intune/VBScript-Deprecation-Replacement-for-slmgr/
Mads also has a useful tip here on monitoring your EPM client versions
https://evil365.com/intune/Add-Microsoft-EPM-Agent-version-to-your-software-inventory/
Autopilot Device Prep is getting better with each release and I’m sure many of you are probably starting to look at it, but the lack of a naming template is often a blocker. Jóhannes Geir Kristjánsson has a script here to solve this issue for you
On the subject of Device Prep, Niklas Tinner looks at if now is the time to switch here
https://www.oceanleaf.ch/is-autopilot-device-preparation-it/
Edge extensions, the modern day browser toolbars! But how can you tell if anyone is actually using them? Leaving unused extensions seems a huge security risk. Fortunately Sebastian F. Markdanner runs through how to monitor them here
https://www.chanceofsecurity.com/post/are-your-microsoft-entra-extensions-actually-being-used
iOS (and iPadOS) finally support token protection to add an extra layer of security to your admin portals. Learn how to implement in this post from Jan Mulder
If you are looking at zero trust across your connectivity layer as well, Entra Internet Access is probably on your list. This post from Michael Frank runs through what it is and how it works
https://michaelsendpoint.com/entra/InternetAccess.html
Video Content
Now for this weeks video content and it’s been a popular week for Autopilot Device Prep. This video from Dean Ellerby looks at how it works with Device Assosication
If you are running E5 licenses, you may be looking at Remote Help to replace any existing remote support solutions now you are receiving it for free. Learn how to set it up from scratch in this full walkthrough from Steve Weiner
Microsoft Content
Onto this weeks Microsoft content and we start with the sad news that Unpacking Endpoint Management has concluded, but all episodes are available on catch-up at the link below
If you have looked at all of the content on device prep and decided now is the time to switch, this in-depth post from Maggie Dakeva is definitely worth reading, it covers how to migrate from Autopilot to Device Prep
That’s all for this week, have a fantastic weekend!