More Alternate Regions Added for Intune Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Microsoft has expanded the alternate region list for BCDR, giving IT admins more failover choices. Here’s what changed and what to weigh before picking …
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Windows Autopilot Device Preparation: Performance and Reliability Improvements
Microsoft has improved performance and reliability in Windows Autopilot device preparation. Here’s what changes for IT admins and end users.
Automatic App Installation: Deliver Apps and Scripts Before First Sign-In
How Automatic App Installation lets IT admins push apps and scripts to devices before a user logs in, cutting first-day downtime and setup errors.
Intune Adds Declarative Device Management for Apple VPP Apps
Intune now supports Declarative Device Management for required Apple VPP apps on iOS/iPadOS 17.2+ and macOS 26+. Here’s what admins need to know.
Device Association in Windows 11: Binding Devices to Your Tenant Before Enrollment
A practical look at Device Association in Windows 11 - what it does, why it matters, how to enable it, and best practices for IT admins.
Device Association in Windows 11: Binding Devices to Your Tenant Before Enrollment
How device association lets IT admins bind Windows 11 hardware to their organisation before Intune enrollment, and why it strengthens security.
New Updates to the Apple Settings Catalog in Microsoft Intune
Intune’s Apple settings catalog gains new payloads, including App Settings and Web Content, with support for Apple OS 27 betas. Here’s what admins …
Windows 365 Reserve Adds Bulk Provisioning and Deprovisioning for Up to 1,000 Cloud PCs
Windows 365 Reserve now supports bulk provisioning and deprovisioning of up to 1,000 Cloud PCs per request, cutting admin effort during large-scale events.
New Windows App (Azure Virtual Desktop) Settings in the Intune Settings Catalog
New Windows App settings in the Windows settings catalog let admins control auto-updates, sign-out behaviour and desktop shortcuts.
I Got Tired of Hand-Editing AppLocker XML, So I Built a GUI for It
Authoring AppLocker policy for Intune usually means either the Group Policy editor (which doesn’t understand Intune’s OMA-URI format) or …
3 Microsoft Graph API Surprises That Will Bite Your Intune/M365 Tooling
Three bugs I hit building CET2, none of which showed up in the docs, and none of which threw the error you’d expect: a PowerShell type-coercion trap, a …
New Windows App (Azure Virtual Desktop) Settings in the Windows Settings Catalog
Microsoft added Windows App (Azure Virtual Desktop) settings to the Intune settings catalog, covering updates, First Run Experience and shortcuts.
Automatic Mode for Windows 365 Reaches General Availability
Automatic mode for Windows 365 is now generally available, streamlining Cloud PC device preparation and provisioning for IT admins.
Manage Windows App with the Windows Settings Catalog in Intune
Configure Windows App options such as automatic updates and user logoff intervals using the Windows settings catalog in Microsoft Intune.
Windows 365 Cloud Apps Now Support Autopilot Device Preparation (Public Preview)
Windows 365 Cloud Apps can now be provisioned with Autopilot device preparation, in public preview for Windows 365 Reserve customers.
Managed Installer Policy Support for Apps in Windows Autopilot Device Preparation
Windows Autopilot device preparation now honours managed installer policy for app installs, improving reliability for organisations using app control.
Autopilot Device Preparation: Automatic Security Update Install Delayed to 9 September 2025
Microsoft has pushed the automatic install of monthly security updates during Windows Autopilot device preparation to 9 September 2025. What admins should do.
Provision Cloud PCs with Windows Autopilot Device Preparation Policies
How to attach Autopilot device preparation policies to Cloud PC provisioning so apps, scripts and settings land before users sign in.
New Microsoft Edge Settings Arrive in the Intune Windows Settings Catalog
Microsoft has refreshed the Edge administrative templates in the Windows settings catalog, giving admins new policies for permissions, search and features.
Autopilot Device Preparation in Automatic Mode (and the 25-App Limit)
Device Preparation’s automatic mode provisions Cloud PCs and shared devices with no user driving, and the app cap has quietly gone up to 25 — enough that …
Intune Compliance Policies: The Parts That Actually Matter
Compliance policy vs compliance policy settings, why ’not evaluated’ isn’t the same as ‘compliant’, and the Conditional Access …
Managed Installer Policy During Autopilot Device Prep
Win32, Store and Enterprise App Catalog apps used to be skipped during device prep to dodge conflicts. Managed installer support means they now install in OOBE …
Managing Samsung Firmware from Intune with Knox E-FOTA
Intune can now schedule and enforce Samsung firmware updates through Knox E-FOTA — closing the one gap that always sat outside your patch story on corporate …
Why Your Autopilot ESP Keeps Timing Out
The Enrolment Status Page times out for boring, fixable reasons — a blocking app that never lands, a device-vs-user phase mismatch, or a Win32 dependency chain …
Building an Autopilot Provisioning Screen: The Bugs You Only Find on a Real Device
I built a RealmJoin-style provisioning screen for Autopilot devices from scratch. Here’s what actually broke, and why almost none of it showed up until I …