Author Archives: ncbrady

Using remediation scripts to automate a setting for Copilot

Introduction In a previous blog post I discussed how you can disable (or enable) Microsoft’s new flagship service called Copilot. Copilot is a very hot topic today as it gives the power of AI to all users of Windows. As … Continue reading

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How can I disable Copilot ?

This blog is broken down into the following sections Introduction TLDR Available SKUS & Cost Copilot Availability Temporary enterprise feature control Creating policy in Intune Using Copilot Update Recommended reading Introduction Microsoft held an event last week where they talked … Continue reading

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Windows 365 boot and Windows 365 switch go GA!

Introduction Myself and Paul (@sccmentor) blogged about how to setup Windows 365 boot and Windows 365 switch in our 10 part series about Windows 365 here. Below you can find all parts in the series: Getting started with Windows 365 … Continue reading

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First looks at Hornetsecurity VM Backup 9

Introduction I use Hyper-V in my home and work labs to test a wide variety of things including PKI, SCCM, Intune mangement, Windows Autopilot, Windows 365 Cloud PC and more. My current home lab is in need of a backup … Continue reading

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New video: Windows 365 Switch in action

Introduction I created this video to explain how to get Windows 365 Switch up and running based on the blog post by myself and Paul Want to learn more about Windows 365 including Windows 365 switch ? see the index … Continue reading

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Getting started with Windows 365 – Part 9. Windows 365 switch

Introduction This is Part 9 in a new series of guides about getting started with Windows 365. This series of guides will help you to learn all about Windows 365 in a clear and insightful way. This series is co-written … Continue reading

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Windows 365 web client can now use the local PC’s web camera

Introduction In the latest Windows 365 update from Microsoft, they’ve added a long awaited and desired feature, the ability to use the local PC’s web camera in your Cloud PC via the web client. The web client is another way … Continue reading

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A quick look at Configuration Manager 2307 Technical Preview

Introduction The Configuration Manager technical preview release cadence produces less releases this year compared to previous years, but at least a new one is now released and it includes a lot of useful changes. The last technical preview release was … Continue reading

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Windows 365 end user improvements – open in browser, open in desktop app

Introduction The Windows 365 product group keep on listening to customer feedback and adding new features. One recent example of this is the following new setting, when browsing to https://windows365.microsoft.com you can now open in browser or open in desktop … Continue reading

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An update about location redirection on Windows 365 Cloud PCs

Introduction In a previous post I blogged about my experiences with a new feature called Location Redirection for Windows 365 Cloud PCs, but in my testing I couldn’t get it to work (or so I thought). I reached out to … Continue reading

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A quick look at some of the new features in the Windows 365 app

Introduction Microsoft has been putting a huge amount of focus, development, and programming new features based on customer feedback into Windows 365. In this blog post I’ll summarize a few of the most recent changes to the Windows 365 App. … Continue reading

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Troubleshooting Windows 365 connection issues via the troubleshoot option in the Windows 365 app

Introduction I was working on a blog post with my good buddy Paul (@sccmmentor) about Windows 365 Boot when I noticed that I couldn’t connect to one of the Cloud PCs from the Windows 365 Boot physical device. Instead, I … Continue reading

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Getting started with Windows 365 – Part 8. Windows 365 Boot

Introduction This is Part 8 in a new series of guides about getting started with Windows 365. This series of guides will help you to learn all about Windows 365 in a clear and insightful way. This series is co-written … Continue reading

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Location redirection in Windows 365

Introduction Microsoft recently added the ability to use location redirection with Windows 365 Cloud PC’s. The ability is still in preview but worthwhile checking out. Location redirection lets Cloud PCs access your approximate location safely without any privacy concerns. By … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2305 is out – should you upgrade ? YES

Introduction Configuration Manager Technical Previews are not released every month as they used to be,  the last Technical Preview release was TP2303. The focus clearly is now on Cloud and AI related stuff like CoPilot. However we now finally have … Continue reading

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