Month: May 2022

Using Microsoft Tunnel for per-app VPN

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This week is another mobile focused blog post. This week is al around Microsoft Tunnel. More specifically, this week is all about using Microsoft Tunnel for providing per-app VPN on iOS/iPadOS devices and Android devices. Per-app VPN enables organizations to only allow specifically configured apps to use the configured VPN tunnel. So, not simply pushing all traffice through the VPN tunnel, but only the traffic of specific apps. That provides a solid method for providing access to on-premises resources for only the apps that really need it. This post will start with a quick summary of what should be in place, followed by going through the important per-app VPN specific configurations. Those configurations slightly differ per platform. This post will end by showing the user …

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Backup and restore Android Enterprise fully managed devices

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This week is something completely different compared to the last couple of weeks. This week is back to the Android platform. More specifically, backing up and restoring data on Android Enterprise fully managed devices. An often heard challenge with Android Enterprise managed devices, is the lack of available functionalities for restoring data from an old device to a new device. So, the ability to backup the data on the old device and to restore the data on the new device. That’s challenging as there is simply a lack of available backup functionality when relying on Android Enterprise. The Samsung Smart Switch app could be a solution for that challenge. It enables users to seamlessly transfers contacts, photos, music, videos, messages, notes, calendars and more to …

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Easily installing Progressive Web Apps

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This week is not something completely new, but more something nice to be aware of. This week is all around Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and easily and automatically installing them on Windows devices. The great thing about a PWAs is that they’re basically websites that are enhanced to function like installed, native apps on supporting platforms, while functioning like regular websites on other browsers. That provides a great cross-platform experience. On Windows devices, PWAs can actually be installed like a native app and in some ways even behave like native apps. That provides a really powerful experience. With Microsoft Edge basically any website can be installed as an app. The behavior depends on the capabilities of the website. A nice add-on to that is that the …

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Verifying installed applications as part of the compliance of Windows devices

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This week is focused on the installed applications on Windows devices. More specifically, this week is focused on making sure that Windows devices are compliant with a list of unapproved apps. There are many methods for making sure that users won’t or can’t install specific apps on their Windows device. That could be by simply making sure that users don’t have the permissions to install apps and lock down their Windows devices, but that could also be by verifying the installed apps on their Windows devices. This post will focus on the latter, by comparing the installed apps with a list of unapproved apps. That can be achieved by using custom compliance settings. A few months ago I wrote about working with custom compliance settings. That …

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