Author Archives: ncbrady

Getting started with Azure Key Vault

Posted on October 21, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In previous blog posts such as this one, I’ve shown you how to create http triggers within Function apps in Azure to do magic with Intune managed devices, however in my examples for brevity I used secrets, and pointed … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 has blank icons on the taskbar ? try this fix

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction I’ve had an ongoing issue recently on multiple Windows 11 computers where seemingly random icons pinned to the taskbar no longer show properly and instead are blank. This is pretty annoying so I tweeted about it on Twitter, and … Continue reading →

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Updating the Windows app to the latest version

Posted on September 27, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction The Windows app (formally the Windows 365 app) is a unified way of securely connecting to your Windows 365 Cloud PCs (and other resources such as Azure Virtual Desktops, Remote Desktop Services, and more) from any device as long … Continue reading →

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Confused about Microsoft 365, Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 11 Subscriptions ?

Posted on August 27, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft naming and subscriptions seem to change frequently causing a lot of confusion. I stumbled upon a PDF from Microsoft explaining how these subscription plans can be explained in graphical detail so I thought I’d share it here, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Securing your Windows 365 PC’s

Posted on July 31, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Switch

Posted on July 6, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Frontline

Posted on June 30, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday 21st of June, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 Boot

Posted on June 23, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the Windows 365 Boot content here for … Continue reading →

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Getting more out of Windows 365 – Windows 365 GPU

Posted on June 22, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction On Friday, myself and Paul presented on the topic of Windows 365 at the TunedIn: Leeds event, it was received with a lot of positivity and questions, so I thought I’d cover the Windows 365 Boot content here for … Continue reading →

Posted in Quake 3 demo, Windows 365, Windows 365 GPU | Leave a comment

Console fails to load after Configuration Manager 2403 upgrade

Posted on May 20, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction I upgraded my ConfigMgr 2309 lab to 2403 to try out the new release but things didn’t quite go to plan. After the upgrade the console upgraded as normal but when launching it I got an error. There were … Continue reading →

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A quick look at the Microsoft Intune Cookbook by Andrew Taylor

Posted on May 12, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction There are plenty of really good books recently released right now covering Microsoft Intune, and this one is no exception. This book is called Microsoft Intune Cookbook and it’s from fellow Microsoft MVP, Andrew Taylor. The book is designed … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 3

Posted on May 8, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in part 2 you added the Win32 app, deployed it and saw how it behaved on a Windows Autopilot registered device. In this part … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 2

Posted on April 6, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in this part we’ll add the Win32 app, deploy it and see how it behaves on a Windows Autopilot registered device. This mini series … Continue reading →

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PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 1

Posted on March 31, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows Autopilot allows you to quickly enroll devices using policies, apps and settings applicable to your tenant, and that’s great for deploying new Windows devices. Those devices can be registered as Windows Autopilot registered devices by the OEM (Original … Continue reading →

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How does Windows Autopatch deal with the WinRE security patch ?

Posted on February 23, 2024 by ncbrady

Introduction Previously I blogged about patching my Windows Server 2022 boxes using a PowerShell script from Microsoft in order to install a security patch. You can read all about that here. That fix is a manual one and it applies … Continue reading →

Posted in 21H2, Windows 11, Windows Autopatch | 2 Comments