Auto-enroll Windows 10 devices using Group Policy

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This week is all about creating awareness for the automatic MDM enrollment feature, using ‘Group Policy, that is introduced in Windows 10, version 1709. In some scenarios that might not sounds very interesting. Especially when looking at cloud only scenarios. However, this feature is very interesting in scenarios when organizations want to move to the cloud. Think about co-management. Co-management helps organizations to slowly move their device management capabilities to the cloud, by allowing multiple device management agents on a single device. Microsoft just released co-management in Microsoft Intune and co-management is also available in the latest Technical Preview releases of Configuration Manager. So, imagine a scenario in which a currently Configuration Manager managed device can receive a Group Policy setting to also auto-enroll the …

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Super easy start with reporting and the Intune Data Warehouse

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This week is all about creating awareness for the reporting capabilities of Microsoft Intune. An often heard request. An introduction to the recently introduced Intune Data Warehouse and how easy it can be used to build reports that provide insight into the Intune environment. The Intune Data Warehouse provides access to more information about the Intune environment than the Azure portal. With the Intune Data Warehouse it’s possible to access historical Intune data, data refreshed on a daily cadence and a data model using the OData standard. In this blog post I’ll show how to easily connect to the Intune Data Warehouse, using two different methods, and I’ll end this post with the end result after connecting. Requirements Before starting with creating the connection to …

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Intune and Zimperium – Part 2: Conditional access and mobile threat defense level

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This week the second part about the integration between Microsoft Intune and Zimperium. A quick reminder, Zimperium is one of the available third-party Mobile Threat Defense connectors for Microsoft Intune. The first part, which is available here, was mainly about integrating Zimperium with Microsoft Intune. Including an overview of the total solution. In this second part, I’ll be providing a short introduction about the mobile threat defense levels and I’ll show how to configure conditional access in combination with these threat levels. Including how the different configurations are related. I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Introduction Like last week, I’ll start with short introduction. Last week this introduction was about providing an overview about the integrated solution. This week is all about looking …

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Intune and Zimperium – Part 1: Configure the integration

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This week and next week I’ll be looking at integrating Microsoft Intune with Zimperium. Zimperium is one the available third-party Mobile Threat Defense connectors for Microsoft Intune. This enables organizations to add an additional layer of protection to their corporate resources. More specifically, prevent access from compromised mobile devices. In the first part of this week I’ll be providing a short introduction about the integration and I’ll show how to configure the integration. I’ll end this post with the configuration results. Introduction Let’s start with a little introduction. Organizations can control mobile device access to corporate resources by using conditional access based on a risk assessment conducted by Zimperium. For this, Zimperium must be integrated with Microsoft Intune. The risk is assessed based on telemetry …

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MDM Migration Analysis Tool

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This week something completely different compared to the last few weeks, maybe even months. This week is all about creating awareness for the MDM Migration Analysis Tool (MMAT). MMAT is created to make the transition to MDM easier. At Ignite it also got some attention and I thought it would be good to add some more attention to it. Even though it already exists for a while. I’ll start this post with an introduction to MMAT, followed by the usage of MMAT. I’ll end this post with example results of MMAT. Introduction to MMAT Before looking at the technical transition to MDM policies, via Microsoft Intune (hybrid or standalone), or any third-party MDM, start with MMAT. MMAT is a tool created by Microsoft to help …

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Conditional access and terms of use

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This week more about conditional access. More specifically, the ability to require end-users to consent to a terms of use, which is currently still in preview and was also highlighted during a couple of sessions on Microsoft Ignite. In this post, I’ll provide more information about the terms of use requirement and I’ll show how to configure that requirement. I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Introduction It’s now possible to require an end-user in a tenant to consent to a terms of use before being granted access to a resource. Something like this was already possible for Microsoft Intune hybrid enrollment and Microsoft Intune standalone enrollment. However, that is Microsoft Intune only. This new requirement can be applied to any configurable Cloud app …

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Conditional access and approved client apps

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This week back in conditional access. More specifically, the recently introduced requirement, in the grant control, to Require approved client apps, which is currently still in preview. That requirement feels a bit like MAM CA, but more about that later in this post. In this post, I’ll provide more information about the Require approved client apps requirements and I’ll show how to configure that requirement. I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Introduction When configuring a conditional access policy, it’s now possible to configure the requirement to grant access only if a connection attempt was made by an approved client app. That’s done by using the Require approved client apps requirement. This requirement could be described as something similar as MAM CA, but with …

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Managing User Account Control settings via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area of the Policy configuration service provider (CSP), to manage User Account Control (UAC) settings on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1709, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This week a blog post about managing User Account Control (UAC) settings via Windows 10 MDM. The ability to manage UAC-settings is new in Windows 10 MDM. Windows 10, version 1709, introduces the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area in the Policy CSP, which also contains settings to manage UAC. This is the same area, in the Policy CSP, as my last post, but this time a different group of settings. The frequent readers of my blog might recognize some bits and pieces, but that’s simply because …

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Managing local policies security options for accounts via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area of the Policy configuration service provider (CSP) to manage local policies security options on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1709, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This week a blog post about managing local policies security options via Windows 10 MDM. More specifically, local policies security options settings related to accounts. For example, to block the usage of Microsoft accounts. I might address the other areas of the local policies security options in later blog posts, but that will be more of the same. The ability to manage local policies security options is something new in Windows 10 MDM. Windows 10, version 1709, introduces the LocalPoliciesSecurityOptions area in the Policy …

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More differentiation options for device health attestation

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This week a short blog post, as it’s written during my vacation, about the new differentiation options in device health attestation for compliance policies. This post is basically an addition to my post about conditional access and health attestation. Back then, a compliance policy could only check for the overall health status reported by the Health Attestation Service. That is changed now. Now it’s possible to differentiate between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. In this post I’ll briefly go through these new configuration options for Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. Configuration Now let’s have a look at the new configuration options for the differentiation between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. Below are the configuration guidelines …

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