By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the new AutoPatch service from Microsoft (if you haven’t, read this and watch this excellent video explaining how it works). UPDATED 07/09/2022 During activation, you will be prompted to make sure devices are not currently assigned to a current update ring, easy enough, I’ll just go and unassign … Read more
The Microsoft store is a useful app, but realistically, no-one needs it pinned to the taskbar, especially on Intune managed machines where you want everyone using Company Portal. So, how do we remove it? In this post I’m going to run through the 4 different options available to you: Registry PowerShell Script Proactive Remediation Custom … Read more
I’m sure most if not all of you have a test tenant (never test in production) for new policies, features etc. What happens when you then want to push this change out to live (or even to multiple customers)? You either have to JSON the policy and run the script, use a backup and restore … Read more
Microsoft Dev Boxes have today entered Preview. If you don’t know anything about them, they are pre-configured machines to deploy to your developers with all of the software they are likely to use (and admin rights if needed). Fully secure and high performance, they meet the needs of developers without IT staff having to worry … Read more
I love Autopilot and always use the enrollment status page (ESP), but sometimes I feel like I’m spending hours looking at the very limited updates and want to know what’s actually happening. Whilst there is the excellent log collection tool from Microsoft, that’s a snapshot and not a live view. With that in mind, I … Read more
Updated May 2023 – The script is now multi-language so can be deployed to an OS in any Windows supported language and should work the same Update – The script is now code signed for extra security One complaint I often hear about using straight OOBE autopilot is around the bloatware, either manufacturer installed (McAfee … Read more
App installations can be such a chore, even when using an MDM like Intune, you have to package, configure the AAD groups, detection methods and everything else. Great for the optional apps, but what about the core applications which everyone needs? Surely there is a quicker way! Well, after reading the Winget updates in Rudy’s … Read more
One of my most popular scripts displays a list of applications and the total number of installs (amongst other things) – here A recent comment on there asked if there was any way to list the install dates as well and this got me thinking. Could I create a new script which could show exactly … Read more
As I’m sure you’ve worked out, I’m a big fan of automating any regular mundane tasks to concentrate on the more exciting things and one of these tasks is customising each Intune environment with tenant specific information (background URL, homepage, contact details etc.). Whilst I have a build script (read more here) with a GUI … Read more
Following on from Part 1 (Win32), this post will run through creating an application in MSIX format Before starting, make sure you have a virtual machine (ideally running Hyper-V for ease of deployment) as we will need to destroy and re-create between applications. If you are running Hyper-V on a Windows non-server OS, you can … Read more