Modern Workplace on Paul Clephan | Intune, ConfigMgr, SCCM & Windows Management Bloghttps://clefsoft.co.uk/categories/modern-workplace/Recent content in Modern Workplace on Paul Clephan | Intune, ConfigMgr, SCCM & Windows Management BlogHugoen-gbWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Python Editing in Excel: What IT Admins Need to Knowhttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/python-editing-in-excel/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/python-editing-in-excel/Excel now supports editing and running Python code in-app. Here’s how to enable it, best practices for rollout, and common issues to watch for.A Blank Page for Every Anonymous User: How One Global Auth Policy Broke Blazor's Own Framework Endpointshttps://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/blazor-fallbackpolicy-blank-page/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0100https://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/blazor-fallbackpolicy-blank-page/I added a public landing page to a Blazor Server app and it rendered as a blank white screen — not just that page, every page, for every anonymous user. No server-side exception. The cause was a global FallbackPolicy quietly gating Blazor’s own internal SignalR endpoints.The Deploy That Was Secretly Broken: A Backslash in Your Zip Can Corrupt Every Releasehttps://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/azure-deploy-zip-backslash-corruption/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0100https://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/azure-deploy-zip-backslash-corruption/az webapp deploy kept throwing rsync warnings I’d learned to ignore as noise. They weren’t noise — Compress-Archive was writing backslash paths into the zip, and Linux’s rsync was silently dropping files on every single deploy.Parallel Content and Identity Crawls Speed Up Copilot Connector Freshnesshttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/parallel-content-and-identity-crawl-improves-content-freshness/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/parallel-content-and-identity-crawl-improves-content-freshness/Microsoft Copilot connectors now run content and identity crawls in parallel, so ingested data reaches users faster. What IT admins should know.ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog Connectors Now Enforce Role-Based Permissionshttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/servicenow-knowledge-and-catalog-connectors-enforce-role-based-permissions/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/servicenow-knowledge-and-catalog-connectors-enforce-role-based-permissions/Microsoft’s ServiceNow Knowledge and Catalog connectors now honour role-based permissions, giving admins tighter control over connector access.OneNote Notebook Overview Gets a Redesign: What IT Admins Should Knowhttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/onenote-redesign-overview-experience/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/onenote-redesign-overview-experience/Microsoft has redesigned the OneNote Notebook Overview with a clearer layout and quicker access to common notebook actions. Here’s what changes for users.Rich Images in Copilot Responses: What IT Admins Need to Knowhttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/rich-images-in-copilot-responses/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/rich-images-in-copilot-responses/Microsoft Copilot can now surface rich images from files and meetings in its responses. Here’s what the change means for IT admins and end users.Getting Defender for Endpoint onto Ubuntu 26.04 (When Microsoft Says It Can't)https://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/defender-for-endpoint-ubuntu-2604/Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/posts/defender-for-endpoint-ubuntu-2604/MDE’s deployment tool installs fine on Ubuntu 26.04 — right up until a removed apt-key, a repo it clobbers itself, and a phantom ‘apt is busy’ send you round in circles. Here’s the actual sequence, with the errors.What's New in Microsoft 365 Copilot: Inline Images, Attachment Lists and a OneNote Redesignhttps://clefsoft.co.uk/news/m365-copilot-whats-new-roundup/Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://clefsoft.co.uk/news/m365-copilot-whats-new-roundup/A quick round-up of recent M365 Copilot changes worth an admin’s attention — responses now surface images inline, Copilot can list email attachments, and the OneNote Copilot overview got a rework.