Author name: Benoit HAMET

Teams – New video effect: Snapchat lenses

UPDATED added a way to block the use of Snapchat – see end of the post I personally find this should not be on Teams (for Work) but here it is: you can now use Snapchat lenses during a Teams meeting. A collection of 20+ of the most popular Snapchat Lenses are now available. To […]

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Azure AD – You can now publish multiple internal URLs with a single Application Proxy and validate backend SSL certificate

As you may know, you can publish internal web applications using Azure AD Application Proxy. Until now, when you had to publish multiple different internal URLs, you had to create one Application Proxy for each URL. Well, good news as now you can publish multiple internal web application using only one Application Proxy. The first

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Azure AD – Update your Conditional Access policies if you are using ‘require approved client app’ before March 2026

If you are using the grant control ‘Require approved client app’ in your Conditional Access policies, you need to update and migrate to use the grant control ‘Require application protection policy’ before March 2026. At this date, the control ‘Require approved client app’ will no longer be enforced and will act as if it was

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SCCM – The new 2303 version of System Center Configuration Manager is available

A new version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is now available; as always it is first available for the early ring and then will be available over time to other. To get the early ring, you can use the usual script available here https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099733. As part the main updates, support for SQL Server 2022

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Windows – Local Administrator Password Solution is now integrated with Windows

If you are an IT professional, you probably already know the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) to manage the local administrator account password. Well, good news as with the April 2023 updates, LAPS is now directly integrated with Windows; no more need to deploy the local LAPS agent. It is now integrated with: Windows 1x

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Azure AD – You can use conditional access for PIM (preview)

As you know with Azure AD (P1 or P2) you can protect access to your workloads using Conditional Access. Well, you can now also use Conditional Access when used with PIM (Privileged Identity Management) (in preview), or more specifically when protected actions are being used. The below protected actions are currently supported: Update basic properties

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Azure – You can request to join the private preview for enabling Trusted Launch on existing virtual machines

  As you may know, since October 2021, you can enable Trusted Launch capabilities (TPM, Secure Boot) when creating virtual machines on Azure (see https://t.co/94CVmga284).   Well, you can now request to join the private preview to enable Trusted Launch on existing virtual machines by filling this form https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR2RiF4tSllVBmoqo337yG5lUMFBLVjVNVkdGUUxQRzRMUElKM0RaV1hLVi4u.   You will have to provide

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Teams – New files app

The Files app for Teams is being updated to provide an improved experience to locate your files across your chats, channels, meetings and OneDrive and SharePoint, including shared files. Home: Get back to your recently accessed files My files: Access your personal OneDrive files Shared: Find files shared with you and files you have shared

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Intune – Endpoint Privilege Management (preview)

With Endpoint Privilege Management, admins can set policies that allow standard users to perform tasks normally reserved for an administrator. During the preview, you can enable it for free but when it will become generally available you will need to have the Intune Suite add-on. You can configure policies for automatic and user-confirmed workflows that

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Intune – New troubleshooting experience in preview

When using Intune to deploy and manage applications and devices configuration, it is sometime difficult to troubleshoot issues. You probably already know the Troubleshooting + support blade which allows you to select a specific user account and review what is being applied for this specific user Well this blade now has a new and improved

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