Author name: Benoit HAMET

Intune – Enable self-service password reset on Windows login screen new option

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As you are now probably aware, Intune administrators were able to enable self-service password reset (SSPR) on the Windows login screen for quite some time This enablement required to create a custom Intune device configuration profile, as documented here https://blog.hametbenoit.info/2017/11/06/azure-ad-allow-end-users-to-reset-password-or-pin-from-the-login-screen/. Well, as Intune has been evolving quite quickly and some time you may miss updates, […]

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Teams / Intune – Administrators can now control Teams notifications with more granularity

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If you use Intune / Endpoint Configuration Manager, you are already aware that you can implement applications protection and configuration policies to secure your organizational data on mobile devices. As a mobile device user using Microsoft Teams, you also know you can get activity notifications from Teams (chat, channels…). Until now, Intune administrators had no

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Teams – It is now easier to add somebody to a group chat

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From time to time, when you are a chat with other participants you may realize that somebody is missing the conversation Well, while it has been possible to add participants to an existing chat, it was not so easy and involved few actions Good news, it is now easier to do such thing by using

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Office 365 – You can now export your Office policy configurations

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If you use Office 365, you are probably aware of the Cloud Policy Service for Office (aka Office App Configuration) portal (https://config.office.com/) you use to create your custom Office installation XML file and Office configuration (similar to the GPO). Well, you can now export your policy configuration in CSV to help you identify and review

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Office – You can now use domain name to restrict access to Office documents (preview)

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As you probably know, you can restrict access and permission to Office document using Information Protection. Well, until now, you had to individually add each and every users using their email address. However there is situation where you can add each users because you may not know or the shared document needs to be protected

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Azure AD – You can now restrict tenant creation to administrators (preview)

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As you probably know, users may have the ability to create new tenant using the Manage tenant option from the Azure AD (https://aad.portal.azure.com/) or Entra () portal   When creating a new tenant, the user becomes automatically a global administrator for this new tenant and this new tenant does not inherit your organization settings or

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Azure – You can now inherit tags for cost management

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When working with cloud environments, identification of deployed resources is important to be able understand the need of the resources (environment, owner, application…). These is achieved by using tags. While you can enforce the use of tags in Azure using an Azure policy, it requires some administration tasks and does not automatically inherit from the

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Intune – You can now use multiple administrator approval for administration task (preview)

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When performing Intune administration tasks, there are tasks – for example application updates – which may require a second view before being deployed and applied. You can now request a second approval step when performing some administrative tasks. During this preview, the multiple approval workflow applies only to: Application – applies to application deployment but

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Teams – You can now add presenter bios and define your own theme when creating a webinar

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You may already know that you can create and host webinar using Teams. Well, you can now provide additional information about the presenter(s) of the webinar by adding a short bio. To do so, using your Teams client create a new webinar and fill up the webinar details (title, description, schedule…) and save it  

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Azure – You can now manage the NSG from the Azure mobile application

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If you manage an Azure environment and have installed the Azure mobile application (Azure Companion application) you already know that you start/stop a virtual machine and have access basic metrics and details. Well, you can now also manage the network security rules applied to the virtual machine too. To do so, access one of your

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