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Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap – Vol. 62
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Welcome to Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap, Vol. 62
by Daniel Engberg
Hello, everyone!
I hope you’ve had a great February. Even though it’s the shortest month of the year, it somehow felt like the longest for me and perhaps for other people as well. Juggling work, small children, and the never-ending cycle of colds and sniffles has been a challenge! I’m more than ready for spring to arrive.
Looking ahead, some exciting events are coming up, including Microsoft Technical Takeoff and the Modern Endpoint Management Summit in April.
Plus, we’ve got plenty of updates from Microsoft and the community.
Wishing you all a fantastic March!
– Daniel Engberg
Contents – Endpoint Management Recap
- Events and Conference News
- Microsoft Product Announcements
- Community Tools and News
- Recast Software Updates
Upcoming Events
- Microsoft Technical Takeoff – March 3–6, 2025
- Modern Endpoint Management SUMMIT 2025 – April 23 – April 25, 2025 – Paris, France
Check out Recast Software’s Event and Tradeshow page for event details.
To test and refine your deployment strategies, the Windows 11 and Office 365 Deployment Lab Kit provides a fully pre-configured environment to evaluate Windows deployment, management, and security scenarios. The latest update includes the newest version of Windows 11 and Configuration Manager, making it an excellent resource for IT pros.
🔗 Windows 11 and Office 365 Deployment Lab Kit | Microsoft Evaluation Center
For those wanting to sharpen their skills, Windows Skilling Snacks offers bite-sized training modules on Windows 11 security, deployment best practices, and cloud management. This month, Microsoft has refreshed the content with the latest updates—perfect for quick and structured learning.
🔗 Bite-size learning with Windows Skilling Snacks | Microsoft Community Hub
Products
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) [What’s New Page]
Microsoft ConfigMgr [What’s New Page] [Tech Community] [Virtual Hub][MS QA][Reddit][Feedback]
Microsoft 365 [What’s New Page]
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint [What’s New Page]
Microsoft Intune [What’s New Page]
- Understand pre-install and post-install scripts for macOS in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Community Hub
- Windows cloud migration and deployment best practices – Microsoft Technical Takeoff
- Microsoft Intune Connector for Active Directory security update | Microsoft Community Hub
- Default configuration of Intune’s Windows security baselines – Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn
- Using filters and APP conditional launch to control the OS version with Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Windows [What’s New Page]
- Windows Client
- Windows Server
- Windows 365
- Other
Security Alerts and Info [Microsoft Security Portal – Security Update Guide]
Podcasts / Blog Series / Video Blogs
- How to Hybrid-Join a Windows 365 Cloud PC – YouTube – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- Private or In-house developed Android app deployment with Microsoft Intune for Android Enterprise devices – Part 1 – TimmyIT.com – Timmy Andersson (@TimmyITdotcom)
- How to Remove Bloatware from Windows (and keep it out) – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- How You Should Be Using Intune Windows Security Baselines – YouTube – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- Automating LOB App Deployment In Intune Using PowerShell Script – YouTube – Chander Mani Pandey (@Mani_CMPandey)
- Take Control of 3rd Party Application Updates – YouTube – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- How to Customize the Windows 11 Start Menu and Taskbar with Intune – YouTube – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
Blog Posts
Intune
- Client Management with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Intune: A Comparative Guide for Security Profiles – Jannik Reinhard (@jannik_reinhard)
- Reinstall a required Win32app using remediation on demand – CCMEXEC.COM – Enterprise Mobility – Jörgen Nilsson (@ccmexec)
- Deploy Trusted Root Certificate Using Intune: Best Guide – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- All about Microsoft Intune | Managing Microsoft Edge browser extensions on Windows devices – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Why aren’t my Intune-managed Windows devices receiving feature updates? – Steffen Schwerdtfeger (@SteffenAtCloud)
- SCCM to Microsoft Intune Migration: List Apps, Packages, and TS – Eswar Koneti (@eskonr)
- Track All Intune Policy and App Assignments for Users Devices and Entra ID Groups with Assignment Checker HTMD Blog – Anoop C Nair (@anoopmannur)
- Sastu Insights | Sherlock Intune and the case of the not applying filters – Sascha Stumpler (@SasStu)
- Entra ID Joined, Intune-managed Device with SysInternals Autologon (Kiosk on a Budget) – Joey Verlinden (@jvldn1)
- Gerry Hampson Device Management: Help, NDES is broken…… – Gerry Hampson (@GerryHampson) ‘All about Microsoft Intune | Tightening browser security with Enhanced Security Mode in Microsoft Edge – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Intune discovered apps dashboard with Log Analytics | Syst & Deploy – Damien Van Robaeys (@syst_and_deploy)
- How to Configure Smart Card Authentication in Intune | scloud – Florian Salzmann (@FlorianSLZ)
- How to get rid of multiple keyboard layouts in Windows 11 using Remediations in Intune, or PowerShell | The Experience Blog – Andreas Stenhall (@AndreasStenhall)
- Strong mapped certificates Intune NDES SCEP – tim beer (@timbeer)
- How to Enroll macOS Devices in Intune – A Step-by-Step Guide – Jeroen Burgerhout (@BurgerhoutJ)
- How to Configure Multiple Display Mode using Intune – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- All about Microsoft Intune | Working with in-browser protection in Microsoft Edge for Business – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Drivers Inventory dashboard on devices with Intune and Log Analytics | Syst & Deploy – Damien Van Robaeys (@syst_and_deploy)
- IntuneMaps.com – Shehan Perera (@Shehanperera85)
- Autopilot Manager v2 – Modern IT – Cloud – Workplace – Oliver Kieselbach (@okieselb)
- All about Microsoft Intune | Configuring a single app, full-screen kiosk with Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Automatically configure the time zone (during Autopilot enrollment) | Peter Klapwijk – In The Cloud 24-7 – Peter Klapwijk (@inthecloud_247)
- Intune 24H2 Baseline as Individual Settings Catalog Profiles – tim beer (@timbeer)
- Device Query for multiple devices for Windows – Joost Gelijsteen (@Jgelijsteen)
- Get Copilot-Ready with Intune – MSEndpointMgr – Simon Skotheimsvik (@SSkotheimsvik)
- Fix for mismatch between Intune and Azure device compliance status – Ondrej Sebela (@AndrewZtrhgf)
- Getting Started with Multi-Device Query — Rubix – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- How I accidentally fort knox’d myself – a macOS Hardening tale – Oktay Sari (@oktay_sari)
- Demystifying iOS/iPadOS App Protection: Understanding IntuneMAMUPN, IntuneMAMOID and IntuneMAMDeviceID – Steffen Schwerdtfege (@SteffenAtCloud)
- Different Methods To Block Or Remove The DeepSeek App And Website From Managed Devices Using Intune HTMD Blog – Anoop C Nair (@anoopmannur)
- All about Microsoft Intune | Expediting Windows quality updates – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
ConfigMgr
- PowerShell is fun 🙂 25 Years of Active Directory and my PowerShell experience managing it – Harm Veenstra (@HarmVeenstra)
Windows 11 & 365
- Windows 365: Troubleshooting guide – Niklas Tinner (@NiklasTinner)
- Unboxing Windows 365 Link – Everything Digital Workplace – Roman Kleyn (@romankleyn)
- Upgrading to Windows 11: A Proactive Roadmap for a Smooth Transition | CheckYourLogs.Net – Kevin Kaminski (@kkaminsk)
- Configuring Time Zones for Windows 365 Cloud PC – Joost Gelijsteen (@Jgelijsteen)
- PowerShell – Shared Frontline Workers – Create Windows 365 Cloud PC Provisioning Policy | AskAresh – Aresh Sarkari (@askaresh)
- Windows 365 Link Device Onboarding – All You Need to Know – Thomas MarcussenThomas Marcussen (@MarcussenThomas)
- A Look into Windows Servicing Stack Updates: What They Are and What’s New | CheckYourLogs.Net – Kevin Kaminski (@kkaminsk)
Other SysAdmin Info
- Managing extensions in Visual Studio Code – CCMEXEC.COM – Enterprise Mobility – Jörgen Nilsson (@ccmexec)
- Build your own user onboarding automation – Entra ID user account creation | Peter Klapwijk – In The Cloud 24-7 – Peter Klapwijk (@inthecloud_247)
- Enable Active Directory Integration for Advanced Insights – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Unlocking Microsoft Graph API with PowerShell: My Journey from Confusion to Clarity – MattChatt – Matt Levy (@MattChatt42)
- Activating and Utilizing Certificate-Based Authentication with Microsoft Cloud PKI – Jeroen Burgerhout (@BurgerhoutJ)
Tool Updates
- Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for VS Code – Burke Holland (@burkeholland)
- garytown/Feature-Updates/SafeGuardHolds at master · gwblok/garytown · GitHub – Gary Blok (@gwblok)
We launched Right Click Tools for Intune browser extension in early 2025, giving you familiar device management options inside the Intune web console (and other browser-based web platforms). With the browser extension, you can run quick device actions, manage kiosks, and see vital security details—without leaving Intune. If you’re moving from ConfigMgr to Intune, it also supports co-managed devices, so you can keep using the workflows you already know. Read more here.
Another milestone: Right Click Tools Community Edition for Intune (free) is now available. Download the free license here. It offers many of the same core features you rely on in our ConfigMgr version. Scan for devices, run compliance checks, and act directly in the Intune console—no switching tabs. Check out our recent webinar below on getting started with the Right Click Tools for Intune Community Edition:
We also recently launched support for custom applications in Application Manager. You can now add custom applications and include them in deployment processes like other supported applications. Read Add a Custom Application in our Documentation for more details.
Fabian Rodriguez, IT extraordinaire at Recast Software, recently published a YouTube video on Windows LAPS in Intune. Check it out below:
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New Blog Posts in February
- January 2025 Third-Party Patches: Notable Vulnerabilities and Updates
- Client Management with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Intune: A Comparative Guide for Security Profiles
- Take Advantage of Ivanti Workspace Control’s Phase-Out and Build for the Future
- Mandatory MFA for All Sign-Ins: Act Now
- Help! Ivanti Workspace Control Is Reaching End-of-Life—Now What?
- Deploy Your Own Custom Software Package via Application Manager
Thank you for reading Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap – Vol. 62. Stay tuned for more helpful content next month.
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