I was asked recently about removing the Office Hub from Windows 10. That’s this icon which can be found in the start menu. I don’t know why you would pro-actively remove this, but someone somewhere will want to do it so here we are. I couldn’t find a way to stop it from being installed…
Not the snappiest title, I’ll work on it. But for now I will share the info anyway. I was asked about storing BitLocker recovery keys into Azure Active Directory with Microsoft Intune, which natively is fairly straight forward for Windows 10 fixed or operating system drives but no so much for removable drives. I’ll be…
In Configuration Manager Current Branch* we have a report which automatically gathers the Windows Autopilot hardware hashes and other information. This allows us to handily export the report into a CSV and hey presto it’s in the correct format to upload straight into Autopilot. I wrote it up at the time of the tech preview…
I decided to write this post about Windows servicing based on many conversations I have with organisations of all kinds. Servicing of Microsoft Windows in many cases has been overlooked after that initial upgrade from earlier versions. Whilst many have engaged into the concept of servicing, many haven’t so I wanted to put an analogy…
Given the current situation many people face worldwide with the outbreak of Covid-19 at the time of writing this, it has led to an increase in people working from home. For many organisations this is not unusual but for lots of others it is and not everyone is geared up for this. As someone who…
I was looking through what is new in Microsoft Intune and I’m really pleased to see the addition of bulk actions into the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin console, it’s also there in the full Microsoft Intune blade in the Azure portal too. This means we can now perform an action such as a wipe, retire,…
This is a few weeks old now but I thought I would run through the process as someone somewhere will find use of the write up. I’m using Microsoft Intune here, it also comes under the Microsoft Endpoint Manager branding but just be clear I’m using the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Admin Center (aka.ms/dmac) and my…
I’m happy to confirm that I will speaking at the Microsoft Cloud User Group (MSCUG) in my local city of Manchester on Tuesday July 23rd 2019. This is an evening meetup organised by Martin Boam from MSCUG and will be located at the home of Microsoft in Manchester – Neo. During my session I will…
I’ve been working recently with Windows Update for Business or WUfB and I wanted to share some hands on experience which I’ve had hanging around in my drafts for some months now pending some progression on specific areas. As a consultant, I travel around the UK working with customers from all sectors and industries so…
I’m happy to confirm that I will speaking at the Microsoft Cloud User Group (MSCUG) in my local city of Manchester on Tuesday November 6th. This is an evening meetup organised by Martin Boam from MSCUG and will be located at the home of Microsoft in Manchester – Neo. During my session I will be…
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