Kiosk

Configuring multi-app kiosk mode on Windows 11

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This week is all about multi-app kiosk mode on Windows 11 devices. Kiosk mode on itself is nothing new, nor is the configuration of kiosk mode. However, until a few months ago, it was not possible to configure multi-app kiosk mode on Windows 11. That’s possible now, except the configuration options via Microsoft Intune are not that straight forward yet. As in, it’s not available via a standardized configuration profile yet. It is, however, already possible to configure multi-app kiosk mode via the MDM WMI Bridge Provider. That provider relies on configuration capabilities within the MDM channel, which means that the configuration can also be achieved directly via Microsoft Intune. Multi-app kiosk mode relies on assigned access to run one or more apps from the …

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Restricting the local log on to specific users

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This week is about restricting the local logon on Windows devices to specific users. Not because it is something particularly new, but simply because it is been an ask every now and then. Think about further locking down a kiosk device, for example. Restricting the local logon can be achieved by either only allowing specific users to log on, or by denying specific users to log on. In other words, whitelisting versus blacklisting. The allow-option is basically a whitelist and the deny-option is basically a blacklist. When looking at restricting the local logon, a whitelist is the easiest method to get quickly really restrictive, as only the users on the list are allowed to log on locally. Luckily, nowadays there is easy method for configuring …

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Android Enterprise corporate-owned dedicated devices and Azure AD shared device mode

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This week is all around the Android Enterprise corporate-owned dedicated devices deployment scenario. That deployment scenario is designed to address the typical kiosk-type devices, which are often referred to as the corporate-owned, single-use (COSU) use case. This week is specifically focused on enrolling those devices in to Azure AD shared device mode. That mode will provide users with a single sign-on and single sign-out experience across all of the participating apps on the device. In other words, users will be able to sign in to the device and will automatically be signed in to any participating apps. That enables an organization to provide a little personalized experience across dedicated devices that are shared between multiple users. In this post I’ll have a look at the …

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Single full-screen Kiosk Browser app in kiosk mode

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This week is all about configuring a single full-screen app in kiosk mode and more specifically, configuring the Kiosk Browser app as a single full-screen app in kiosk mode. A couple of years ago, I also did a post about setting up kiosk mode on Windows 10. This time it’s not about using OMA-URI’s, this time is all about using the available options within the portal. Spoiler alert, it became a whole lot easier! Deployment scenarios that this adds on to are, for example, AutoPilot self-deploying mode and enrollment via a device enrollment manager. In this post I’ll go through a few prerequisites for the configuration, followed by the actual configuration of the Kiosk Browser app in kiosk mode. I’ll end this post by looking …

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Setting up kiosk mode on Windows 10 via OMA-DM

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A while ago I did a blog post about managing AppLocker on Windows 10 via OMA-DM. During that post I showed how to use OMA-DM, via Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone, to configure AppLocker. In this post I’ll do something similar for setting up kiosk mode on Windows 10. Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education provide a configuration service provider (CSP) for setting up kiosk mode. That’s the AssignedAccess CSP. During this blog post I’ll go through the AssignedAccess CSP, and its required input, I’ll go through the configuration steps in Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone and I’ll show the end-user experience with the Twitter app as an example. AssignedAccess CSP Before using the AssignedAccess CSP it’s good to get a better understanding  of …

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