Microsoft 365

Test Base for Microsoft 365 integration with Microsoft Intune

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This week is all about the Test Base for Microsoft 365 (Test Base) integration with Microsoft Intune. About a year ago Test Base was also a subject on this blog. Back then it was focused on getting started with Test Base. In the meantime, a lot has changed. And changed in a good way. Some really nice features were added, and one of those features is the integration with Microsoft Intune. As one of the focus areas of Test Base is on IT professionals who want to validate their applications, that integration will make their lives a lot easier. That integration will simplify the creation of a package within the Test Base account. It will preconfigure values during the creation of a package. Of those …

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Using the software updates page in the Microsoft 365 admin center for a high-level overview

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This week is all about creating some awareness for a newly introduced page within the Microsoft 365 admin center portal. That new page is the Software updates page and that page provides a high-level overview – in the Windows tab – of the installation status of Windows updates within the organization. It literally provides a high-level overview, as it currently only shows the most important pieces of information. Those pieces of information are the Windows update status information and the End of servicing information. That information provides key insights in the status of devices within the organizations. That includes a quick look at the status of the latest security updates on the devices within the organization, to make sure that the devices are protected from …

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Getting started with Test Base for Microsoft 365

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This week is about something relatively new, but especially something rather unknown. And that is Test Base for Microsoft 365 (Test Base). Test Base is a validation service based in a secure Azure environment, that enables Software Vendors (SVs) and System Integrators (SIs) to validate their applications against pre-released Windows security and feature updates. The best part is that it also enables customers and partners to do the same. That enables organizations to automatically test their critical business app with the upcoming Windows security and feature updates. A sort of automated testing. That helps organizations to be even better prepared for the upcoming Windows security and feature updates. This post is to create more awareness for Test Base and to make sure that organization are …

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Supporting the unsupported platforms

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This week is all about supporting the unsupported platforms. More specifically, working with the limitations of the platforms that are unsupported by (parts of) the Microsoft 365 solution. Those platforms are Chrome OS and the different Linux distributions. Often those platforms are around in an organization during the introduction of a Microsoft 365 solution. In many components of the Microsoft 365 solution, those platforms are currently not supported. Think about Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Microsoft Intune, Conditional Access and so on. Basically nothing is really working and/or supported on those platforms at this moment. From that perspective Chrome OS is maybe even worse than the different Linux distributions. That doesn’t mean that there is no story at all. In this post, I want to …

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