Intune: Grouping based on Hardware Inventory data

It's been couple of years since I blogged a post. In the meantime, I moved to Intune Product Group as a Product Manager and now I'm a member of Grouping and Targeting team. One of the top blocker in grouping and targeting space is the lack of ability to group the managed devices based on … Continue reading Intune: Grouping based on Hardware Inventory data

Embracing the Future: Transitioning from Configuration Manager Co-Management to Intune-Only Management

Introduction: In today's fast-paced digital landscape, organizations are continually seeking efficient and flexible solutions to manage their growing fleet of devices. Microsoft Configuration Manager (aka SCCM) has long been the go-to tool for device management, but the rise of cloud-based solutions and the increasing popularity of mobile devices have prompted the need for a more … Continue reading Embracing the Future: Transitioning from Configuration Manager Co-Management to Intune-Only Management

Use Winget Windows Package Manager Tool to Install Published Apps using Intune

Now that the Microsoft Store for Business has been retired and the new integration between Intune and the Microsoft Store, we have seen that the specific application you are looking for might not yet be available, but is available on the winget repository. In this blog I will show you how to create such applications … Continue reading Use Winget Windows Package Manager Tool to Install Published Apps using Intune

Microsoft Defender Weekly Wrap – Issue #54

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Set up enrollment notifications

Microsoft recently made enrollment notifications available as a Public Preview in Intune. You can create custom notification messages as push notifications and/or email notification when a user enrolls a new device and include information in the notification about how to report an unrecognized device. Note. Push notifications will appear in the Company Portal and email … Continue reading Set up enrollment notifications

How to Enroll a Huawei Device in Intune

In May 2019, then-United States President Donald Trump announced that Huawei, along with several other Chinese companies, was now on something called the Entity List. Companies on this list are unable to do business with any organization that operates in the United States. This made the lives of administrators difficult, to ensure that these devices … Continue reading How to Enroll a Huawei Device in Intune

Configuration Manager – Getting Lenovo Model Information

Using the Model name for devices can be useful when we need to download drivers and create WMI query for our Driver Packs in the Task Sequence. Most manufacturers populate the Model field with the relevant model of the device, but in the case of Lenovo they use a different model number system as such … Continue reading Configuration Manager – Getting Lenovo Model Information

Configuration Manager Report on Custom Registry Key

The Issue Recently I was at a customer that had a very specific requirement. They deploy Windows 10 via various methods and each method they use custom registry entries to identify the image details. The customer was looking for a way to report on these entries. The image details are identified as follow: 10.1803.1.2 where … Continue reading Configuration Manager Report on Custom Registry Key

MDT Image Create and Capture Fails on Hyper-V Gen2 VM

Many organizations utilize Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) as an Image Factory to create a baseline image containing all standard applications in a single image to be imported and used for Operating System Deployments via systems like Configuration Manager. Virtual Machines are used to capture the image to ensure it is as clean as possible. A problems … Continue reading MDT Image Create and Capture Fails on Hyper-V Gen2 VM