Category Archives: Intune

Microsoft Intune, incorporating Microsoft Intune standalone (cloud) and Microsoft Intune connected to Configuration Manager (hybrid)

Expediting updates using Windows Autopatch

Introduction In the previous post I showed you what happens when a user or admin reset’s Windows after the August 2025 cumulative update (KB5063875) , basically the reset fails (rolls back). That problem can be fixed by applying an out … Continue reading

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August Cumulative update causing Windows reset problems

Introduction If you use Windows reset via a Self-Service Windows Reset app or built in Windows functionality, or via an action in Microsoft Intune, you or your users may be in for a surprise this month. After attempting a reset, … Continue reading

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Want to learn everything about managing devices in Intune? then THIS book is for you

Introduction It’s not every day that you get asked to technically review a book about Microsoft Intune, but when you do and when you are asked by none other than Paul Winstanley  who is my good buddy and fellow MVP, … Continue reading

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Fixing Windows Hello for Business PIN setup error, something went wrong – error code: 0x801c0451

Introduction This is a quick post to share how I got a user back up and running after encountering this Windows Hello for Business PIN setup error on an Intune managed device today. The problem The issue occurred when the … Continue reading

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A quick look at the Microsoft Intune Cookbook by Andrew Taylor

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

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

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

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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Automating Windows 365 part 1 – Introducing Graph and setting up Visual Studio code

Introduction This is Part 1 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PC’s using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PC’s using … Continue reading

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Deploying KB5030310 to devices as a Win32 app 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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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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Troubleshooting SCEP: Certificate enroll failed. Result: (Gateway timeout (504).).

Introduction We had an issue where Windows Autopilot enrollments were hanging (and later failing) in the Account Setup phase.This problem occurred when the device should be applying a certificate targeted to the user via SCEP/NDES, but it was failing. The … Continue reading

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Automating group tags for Windows Autopilot registered devices

Introduction I’ve recently blogged about Provisioning Windows Autopilot devices to get the encrypted with Bitlocker at the factory to speed up compliance. You can review those blog posts below: Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 1 Encrypting … Continue reading

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Encrypting devices during Windows Autopilot provisioning (WhiteGlove) – Part 3

Introduction Note: This method is not officially supported by Microsoft. That said, this speeds up compliance and more importantly increases security as the device is already encrypted (part 1) before the user logs on (part 2). BitLocker recovery key changes … Continue reading

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