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Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap – Vol. 55
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Welcome to Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap, Vol. 55
by Daniel Engberg
Hi everyone!
I hope you’re all enjoying the summer as much as I am here in Sweden. It’s been a fantastic month filled with family activities. I still have a bit more than a month left before I return to work.
While there have been few product updates this month, our community has been as active and engaged as ever.
This month, we faced the challenging Crowdstrike update crisis, which kept many of us busy.
Wishing you all a great continued summer with your friends and family!
– Daniel Engberg
Contents – Endpoint Management Recap
- Events and Conference News
- Microsoft Product Announcements
- Community Tools and News
- Recast Software Updates
Upcoming Events
- MMS 2024 Flamingo Edition – Fort Lauderdale – October 20-23
- Microsoft Ignite – Chicago – November 18–22
Check out Recast Software’s Event and Tradeshow page for some additional event details.
Microsoft has introduced checkpoint cumulative updates for Windows 11, starting with version 24H2. These updates are not only smaller and faster but also more efficient. They enhance security and performance by delivering incremental changes since the last checkpoint, reducing download sizes, and optimizing update processes.
The updates require no additional action for devices managed via Windows Update, Windows Update for Business, or WSUS, ensuring an efficient update management process for IT professionals.
For more details, read the full article on the Microsoft Tech Community.
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]
- Support tip: Upcoming changes for deploying Windows Autopilot for existing devices – Microsoft Community Hub
- New Windows corporate device identifier feature with Microsoft Intune: Everything you need to know – Microsoft Community Hub
- Support tip: Windows device configuration policies migrating to unified settings platform in Intune – Microsoft Community Hub
- Skilling snack: Windows Autopilot device preparation | Windows IT Pro Blog (microsoft.com)
- Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android with Microsoft Intune – Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Microsoft Learn
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
- Getting started with the new Entra PowerShell module (youtube.com) – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- Prepare for Autopilot Device Preparation with a Provisioning Package (youtube.com) – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- Conditional Access Part 3: Windows App Protection (MAMWE) (youtube.com) – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
- What’s new in Microsoft Intune (2406) (youtube.com) – Mattias Melkersen, Nickolaj Andersen & Peter van der Woude (@MMelkersen, @NickolajA & @pvanderwoude)
- How to setup Intune Config Refresh (youtube.com) – Steve Weiner (@getrubix)
Blog Posts
Intune
- MEM.Zone | Introducing: macOS JAMF Offboarding Tool – Ioan Popovici (@IoanPopovici)
- Understanding corporate identifiers for Windows devices – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Automatically add device to Entra ID group after installing an application | Syst & Deploy (systanddeploy.com) – Damien Van Robaeys (@syst_and_deploy)
- Intune Filters v2 | Just in Time Evaluation | Granular Applicability Filtering | Enrollment Policies (youtube.com) – HTMD Community (@htmdcommunity)
- Windows Corporate Device Identifier In Intune (youtube.com) – Chander Mani Pandey (@Mani_CMPandey)
- Onboarding modern with Autopilot: Magic trick revealed – MSEndpointMgr – Mattias Melkersen, Ben Whitmore & Rudy Ooms (@MMelkersen, @byteben & @Mister_MDM)
- Storage Sense not deleting downloads – Workaround – Let’s ConfigMgr! (letsconfigmgr.com) – Alex Durrant (@ADurrante)
- Autopilot Device Preparation: Import Corporate Device Identifier using Graph API and PowerShell | Syst & Deploy (systanddeploy.com) – Damien Van Robaeys (@syst_and_deploy)
- Windows Enrollment Unpacked (skiptotheendpoint.co.uk) – James Robinson (@SkipToEndpoint)
- Usage of Windows Corporate identifiers | Configuration Manager ManishBangia (@manish_bangia)
- Device Attestation | MDM Hardening | Intune | Windows Attestation (patchmypc.com) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Schedule Reboot for Windows Devices using Intune (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Windows Autopilot Device Preparation vs. Windows Autopilot (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- How to Pause Config Refresh in Intune – Prajwal Desai – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Working with support approved elevations – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- MDM Hardening | UseTPMForEnrollmentkey | Intune Certificate (call4cloud.nl) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Understanding enrollment restrictions for Windows devices – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
ConfigMgr
- Use SCCM Update Registration Tool to Import Hotfixes (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Disable Microsoft Entra Authentication in SCCM for Tenant (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Mastering Dell Driver & BIOS Updates with Dell Command Update | Full Setup & Deployment Guide (youtube.com) – John Bryntze (@JohnBryntze)
- Low Space on EFI (System) Partition – Clean up – GARYTOWN ConfigMgr Blog – Gary Blok (@gwblok)
Windows 11 & 365
- Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Frontline | just another windows noob ? (niallbrady.com) – Niall C. Brady (@ncbrady)
Managed Home Screen: What Your Should Know – Thomas MarcussenThomas Marcussen (@MarcussenThomas)
Windows 365 Cross Region Disaster Recovery (mobile-jon.com) – Jon Towles (@m0bilej0n) - Managed Home Screen: What Your Should Know – Thomas MarcussenThomas Marcussen (@MarcussenThomas)
- Windows 365 Cross Region Disaster Recovery (mobile-jon.com) – Jon Towles (@m0bilej0n)
Cloud Security
Other SysAdmin Info
- Collect and Store Monitor Metadata in Azure Tables – Jóhannes’s blog (johannesblog.com) – Jóhannes (@jgkps)
- Managed Home Screen: A Configuration Guide – Thomas MarcussenThomas Marcussen (@MarcussenThomas)
Tool Updates
- GitHub – MHimken/WinRE-Customization: WinRE Customization to apply patches, drivers and soon™ language packs – Martin Himken (@MHimken)
- garytown/hardware/HP/Docks/Function_Get-HPDockUpdateDetails.ps1 at master · gwblok/garytown · GitHub – Gary Blok (@gwblok)
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Our IT Operations Analyst, Fabian, recently created a video on how to manually register a device with Windows Autopilot. Check it out below, along with his detailed accompanying blog.
We just finished our three-part Go for Gold webinar series. Check out the series on our YouTube channel here.
We also recently unveiled our Essentials Package. Check out the video below to learn how vendor consolidation paves the way for streamlined IT operations and efficiency gains across both ConfigMgr and Intune.
Check out our newest blog posts
- Patch Tuesday July 2024: Critical Vulnerability Roundup
- June 2024 Third-Party Patches
- Automated Third-Party Patching Controls – CrowdStrike Lessons
- Liquit Automation: Setup Done in 60 seconds
- Creating and Deploying a PuTTY App-V Package in Liquit Workspace
Intune Posts
Thank you for reading Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap – Vol. 55. Stay tuned for more helpful content coming your way next month.
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