MDM

Switching the Office Click-to-Run apps workload

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This week is all about the Office Click-to-Run apps workload. More specifically, this week is all about what’s happening, from a Configuration Manager perspective, when switching the Office Click-to-Run apps workload to Microsoft Intune. Switching the Office Click-to-Run apps workload to Microsoft Intune will make sure that the Office Click-to-Run app will be installed via Microsoft Intune and no longer via Configuration Manager. In this post I’ll show how to switch the Office Click-to-Run apps workload to Microsoft Intune, followed by what is actually making sure that Configuration Manager will no longer install Office Click-to-Run apps. I’ll end this post with a summary. Configuration Let’s start with the easy part, in this case, the configuration. Assuming that co-management is already configured, the following 3 steps …

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The different ways of enrolling devices in Windows Analytics

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After a week of silence, due to the MVP Summit, this week another new blog post. This week is all about enrolling devices in to Windows Analytics. An updated version, with a slightly different angle, of a post of about two years ago. This time I’ll summarize the different methods to achieve the same goal and the changes since Windows 10, version 1803. I’ll start this post with an overview of the required settings, followed by an overview of the different configuration methods. I’ll end this post by going through my preferred method, for a cloud scenario, and the administrator experience. Settings to configure Now let’s start by looking at the settings that are required to enroll devices in to Windows Analytics. Those settings are …

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Configure storage sense via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the Storage node of the Policy CSP, to configure Storage Sense on Windows 10 devices. Most of the policies in that area are added in Windows 10, version 1903, which is currently still in preview. This week a short blog post about a few newly introduced policy settings in Windows 10, version 1903, which is currently still in preview. Those settings are related to Storage Sense and those settings are made available via a newly introduced ADMX-file. That ADMX-file is StorageSense.admx. Storage Sense can automatically clean some of the user’s files to free up disk space. In this post I’ll briefly go through the available settings, followed by the configuration and the end-user experience. Settings Let’s start by having a look …

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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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Prevent users from ending tasks via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the TaskManager node of the Policy CSP, to prevent the end task functionality on Windows 10 devices. This node is added in Windows 10, version 1809, which is currently still in preview. This week a short blog post about a newly introduced setting in Windows 10, version 1809, which is currently still in preview. That’s the setting to prevent non-administrator users from ending tasks via Task Manager. That can be a useful addition to a Windows AutoPilot deployed device on which the users are configured as standard users. Simply preventing users from performing activities that an administrator might not like them to do. In this post I’ll show the available settings, followed by the configuration and the end-user experience. Settings Let’s …

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App protection policies and device management state

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This week is all about creating some additional awareness for the capability of assigning app protection policies and differentiating between the management state of the devices of the user. Since recently it’s possible to assign app protection policies to either Intune managed devices or unmanaged devices. This can help with differentiating between Intune managed devices and unmanaged (MAM only) devices. For example, have more strict data loss prevention configurations for MAM only devices compared to MDM managed devices. In this post I’ll show the available configuration followed by results from an administrator perspective. Configuration Let’s start by having a look at the available configuration options. I’ll do that by walking through the steps for creating and configuring an app protection policy. These steps are shown …

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Rename a device via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the Accounts configuration service provider (CSP), to create a local user account on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1803. This weeks blog post is a follow up on last weeks post about creating a local user account via Windows 10 MDM. This week is also about the Accounts CSP, but this this time I’ll use the Accounts CSP for renaming a Windows 10 device. This can be useful with maintaining a specific naming convention. I’ll show the available nodes, I’ll show how to configure them and I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Also, I’m pretty sure this will be possible via Windows AutoPilot at some point in time, but, even then, this …

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Create a local user account via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the Accounts configuration service provider (CSP), to create a local user account on Windows 10 devices. This area was added in Windows 10, version 1803, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This week is all about creating local user accounts via Windows 10 MDM. That can for example make life a bit easier with troubleshooting an offline device. A fallback account. In this post I’ll show how this can be achieved by using the Accounts CSP. I’ll show the available nodes and I’ll show how to configure them. I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Also, spoiler alert, it’s good to note that this is not a pretty administrator experience at this moment, but I’m pretty sure …

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Enable Windows Automatic Redeployment from the login screen

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This week a short post about enabling Windows Automatic Redeployment form the login screen. It’s a follow up on enabling password reset and PIN reset from the login screen, as it enables another feature on the login screen, and a nice addition in combination with Windows AutoPilot. Windows Automatic Redeployment might be a familiar feature, but I couldn’t find much written information about it yet. In this post I’ll provide a brief introduction to Windows Automatic Redeployment, followed by the required configuration and the end-user experience. Introduction Now let’s start with a brief introduction about Windows Automatic Redeployment. Starting with Windows 10, version 1709, administrators can use Windows Automatic Redeployment to quickly remove personal files, apps, and settings, by resetting Windows 10 devices from the …

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Enable password reset from the login screen

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This week is about something similar as last week. This week is all about the password reset option on the login screen. In other words, the Reset password option. Starting with Windows 10, version 1709, it’s possible to enable the Reset password option from the login screen for Azure AD joined devices. I know that a lot has been written already about this subject, but I have the feeling that this subject needs a place on my blog. My style and more details. In this post I’ll provide a short introduction about Azure AD self-service password reset (SSPR), followed by walking through the required configurations for SSPR and the Reset password option. I’ll end this post by looking at the end-user experience. Introduction Now let’s …

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