Endpoint Configuration Manager

Azure Virtual Desktop/Intune – You can now auto-configure the AVD Remote Desktop Client

As you know, Azure Virtual Desktop (aka AVD, aka Windows Virtual Desktop) is the Microsoft solution to securely provide virtualized remote desktop virtualized on Azure. To connect to an AVD session you need to use the remote desktop client (available here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/user-documentation/connect-windows-7-10/?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-7836) and then get your end-users to subscribe to a workspace. Well, good news […]

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Intune – You can now manage local groups memberships with Intune (preview)

As you know, Windows devices come with built-in local groups: Administrators Users Guests Power Users Remote Desktop Users Remote Management Users Until now, it was almost impossible to manage local groups memberships with Intune. Well, good news, you can now do it. To start managing local groups memberships, connect to your Intune/Endpoint Configuration Manager portal

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Intune – New setting available to manage Known Folders redirection

As you may already know, you can manage your OneDrive clients with Intune using an Administrative Templates profile type for the device configuration. Well, the setting allowing to manage and automatically move the Known Folders redirection to OneDrive has been updated. The ‘original’ setting is now called “Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive (1.0)”

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Intune – You can now use more granular restrictions for device enrollment

If you work with Intune/Endpoint Configuration Manager you already know that you can implement certain restrictions for devices enrollment such as the number of devices a user can enroll (up to 15) or the operating system of the device (Android, iOS, macOS or Windows) and specific version (aka the build of the OS). Well, these

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Intune – You can now let users to choose the region during an autopilot enrolment

By know I hope you are already aware about the Intune Autopilot feature which allows you to enroll Windows devices without IT intervention or deploying a golden image. Well, until now when creating (or editing) an Autopilot profile, Intune administrators had to choose how the region will be set during the enrolment, which basically can

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SCCM – Unable to delete Azure AD applications configured in SCCM

As you know, System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (SCCM also known now as Endpoint Configuration Manager Current Branch) you can attach (tenant/cloud attach) your SCCM environment to Azure AD/Intune for implementing co-management and/or cloud services such as Desktop Analytics. Well since  this feature has been introduce quite some time ago, the Azure Services you

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SCCM – The new version – 2111 – of SCCM helps you to prepare to upgrade to Windows 11

With the release of the new version of SCCM (2111), you can now use an updated task sequence to validate the requirements for Windows 11 (TPM 2.0) as well as a new servicing dashboard which includes Windows 11 devices. The updated task sequence now has the option to check for the TPM 2.0 chipset which

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SCCM – You can now ensure applications are uninstalled when users fall out of scope of deployment

As you may already know, the previous version of SCCM (2107) introduced the ability to automatically uninstall application when a device fall out of the scope of deployment. Well, with the release of the new version (2111), you can now also do the same for users

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SCCM – The new SCCM Current Branch version 2111 is available

If you use SCCM (also known as Endpoint Configuration Manager), the new version 2111 is now available. As always the deployment will be made gradually but if you want to already install it right away you can use the usual PowerShell script available here https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099733 As part of this new release, please keep in mind

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Intune – You can now manage when a new Feature Update is being made available

As you know you can manage Windows Feature Upgrade using Intune to ensure your devices are being updated with the latest version of Windows. Well until then you could only define which version of Windows will be deployed with no control on when this version will be made available for installation to the devices. Good

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