This is the first of a three part blog which covers a walk through of Microsoft Azure Active Directory Identity Protection. Other parts can be found here: Part 1 (this one) What Identity Protection is, what you need and what the policies are. Part 2 – https://morethanpatches.com/2020/12/04/microsoft-identity-protection-2 Looks at the reporting sections and what information…
A really quick one here as I was asked this recently and tested it. Question Can we use a nested Azure AD group for assigning Intune Application Protection (AKA MAM-WE) policies? Answer Short version: Yes, but give it a little thought first Long version: I was asked this one recently and I wasn’t certain but…
I was chatting to someone recently and they were in this scenario, so I’m writing it up. There are lots of guides out there on how to do this, but I found that many of them were a little outdated due to changes in the Microsoft Store for Business. The scenario is you have recently…
One of my favourite everyday features in Azure Active Directory (AAD) has to be the Validate Rules options of dynamic group memberships, at the time of writing this is in preview. You’ll see this as a separate tab in the Dynamic membership rules section of AAD. I’m writing this as I think it’s easily missed…
OK, so if the title of this post made you read further, I’ll give you the short version – it won’t work and you really shouldn’t try it. But the question you never thought you’d ask came up and I thought I’d answer it and try to explain why. So here’s the scenario, there may…
A very quick tip which I thought I would write down, simply because there are lots of people that don’t realise this. Many times people have seen me use this and didn’t realise it was possible. If you’re working across several Microsoft Endpoint Manager tenants, you know it can sometimes be a little confusing switching…
2020 has been an interesting year to say the least, for pretty much everyone. For me personally it’s been without a doubt the most challenging from a professional perspective in my 20 years working in IT. They say the only constant in IT is change (so very true BTW) and so when opportunities come and…
This one landed into Microsoft Intune in June 2020 but I’ve found many customer aren’t aware of it, so I’m writing this up for reference. That’s a shame too because many customers have asked for this over the past few years. What I’m talking about is the capability to still have you IT admins manage…
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…
This post is simply a step by step guide to help you set up the Intune Connector for Active Directory (to use its proper name) otherwise known as the AD hybrid join connector for Windows Autopilot. Whatever you’re calling it, it’s the connector that we need to install on one of our servers to act…
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