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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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Easily configuring Windows Update for Business via Windows 10 MDM

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This week a blog post about easily configuring Windows Update for Business (WUfB). I call it easily, as I did a post about something similar about a year ago. That time It was required to configure everything with custom OMA-URI settings. Starting with Configuration Manager 1706, an easier configuration option is available for the most important settings, by using the Configuration Manager administration console. For Microsoft Intune standalone this was already available for a while. In this post I’ll walk through the easy configuration options for Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone and I’ll end this post with the end-user experience. Configuration Now let’s start by walking through the configuration steps for Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone. However, before doing that it’s good to mention that …

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Set default app associations via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post will be about setting default app associations, or file type associations, on Windows 10 devices. Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, it’s possible to set the default app associations via Windows 10 MDM. In this post I’ll briefly go through this setting and I’ll show how to configure the setting via Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Configuration Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, a new setting was introduced that allows an administrator to set the default file type and protocol associations. When set, default associations will be applied on sign-in to the PC. Every sign-in. In other words, the end-user can make adjustments. However, once the end-user signs-out and signs-in again, …

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Deep dive configuring Windows 10 ADMX-backed policies

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A couple of weeks ago, I did a my blog post about configuring a Windows 10 ADMX-backed policy. That time I used a relatively easy setting to configure and I briefly mentioned how to configure a more advanced setting. That raised some questions, which triggered me to do a deep dive in configuring those more advanced settings. In this blog post I’ll show, in a step-by-step overview,  how to construct the OMA-URI setting and value for a more advanced setting. Setting I’ll use the ClientConnectionEncryptionLevel setting as an example again. A big difference with the previous time is that the docs are greatly improved. By default, the docs now already provide information about the corresponding Group Policy setting and the location of the Group Policy …

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Allow users to connect remotely to this computer via Windows 10 MDM (ADMX-style)

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This week another blog post about new MDM capabilities that are introduced in Windows 10, version 1703. This post is focused on enabling the setting to allow users to connect remotely to this computer via Remote Desktop. To enable that specific setting, Windows 10, version 1703, introduced ADMX-backed policy via the Policy CSP. In this post I’ll provide a short introduction about ADMX-backed policies, which is actually a short summary of the Microsoft docs, and I’ll show a configuration example. I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Introduction Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, the Policy CSP can now also handle ADMX-backed policies. In an ADMX-backed policy, an administrative template contains the metadata of a GPO. Each administrative template specifies the registry keys, …

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Easily configure Start via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post is about the ability to configure Start on Windows 10 devices. Mainly focused on Windows 10 Desktop devices. Before Windows 10, version 1703, it was already possible to configure the layout of Start by using the StartLayout setting. Windows 10, version 1703, introduces many, many more settings related to configuring Start via Windows 10 MDM. All of these settings are available via the existing Policy CSP. These new settings range from configuring settings available in the Settings panel until configuring settings related to the Power button and the user tile. In this post I’ll go through almost all newly introduced settings and I’ll briefly show how to configure these settings by using Microsoft Intune hybrid and standalone. I’ll end this post by …

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Offboard Windows 10 devices of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

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This week a follow-up on my post of last week. Last week was about onboarding Windows 10 devices for Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and this week will be about offboarding Windows 10 devices of Windows Defender ATP. For devices that are leaving the company, for whatever reason, it’s good to first offboard those devices of Windows Defender ATP. That will remove the Windows Defender ATP settings from the device and the device will stop collecting and sending data. In this post I’ll show how to offboard Windows 10 devices, via Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune, and I’ll show the end result. The steps in this post will be similar to the steps in the post of last week. Configuration Just like last week, …

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Onboard Windows 10 devices for Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

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This week a blog post about onboarding Windows 10 devices for Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Windows Defender ATP is a relatively new service that will help enterprises to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks on their networks. In this post I’ll show how to onboard Windows 10 devices, via Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune, and I’ll show the end result in the Windows Defender Security Center and the Configuration Manager administration console. Configuration There are multiple methods available to onboard Windows 10 devices for Windows Defender ATP, Group Policy, Configuration Manager, mobile device management (including Microsoft Intune) and a local script. I’ll have a closer look at the configurations for onboarding Windows 10 devices via Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune. Create onboarding …

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Managing Windows 10 IoT Core devices via MDM

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This week a new challenge for a new blog post, managing Windows 10 IoT Core devices. The nice thing about Windows 10, even Windows 10 IoT Core, is the availability of MDM. The availability of MDM is what will help me with managing Windows 10 IoT Core devices. In this post I’ll go through the steps to create an enrollment profile to enroll Windows 10 IoT Core devices in Microsoft Intune hybrid. I’ll end this post with an overview of the end result in Configuration Manager Configuration Let’s start by looking at the configuration in Configuration Manager. To create an enrollment profile, for Windows 10 IoT Core devices, it’s required to provide a certificate profile and it’s optionally to provide a Wi-Fi profile. Create certificate …

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