Enable device upload when already using co-management

This week is all about the recently introduced functionality of Microsoft Endpoint Manager tenant attach. More specifically, the device sync and the device action functionalities that become available via the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center for Configuration Manager managed devices. This is the first big step into creating an integrated solution for managing all devices. This brings Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune together into a single console. In this post I’ll start with an introduction to the different cloud integration options, followed by the step for enabling the device upload. I’ll end this post by having a look at what this integration brings from an administrator perspective. Introduction to cloud integration Let’s start with a quick introduction to all the different cloud integration terminologies that …

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Windows 10 enrollment methods

This week is all about Windows 10 enrollment methods. The different methods to enroll Windows 10 devices into Microsoft Intune. There are many different methods to enroll Windows 10 devices, which makes it easy to get lost. In this post I’ll provide an overview of these different enrollment methods, including the use case of the enrollment method and how to perform the enrollment. This post is definitely not a complete guide through the different enrollment methods. Its main purpose is to create awareness for the different enrollment methods and to describe the main characteristics of the enrollment methods. The different enrollment methods Now let’s discuss the different enrollment methods and their use cases. Before starting, it’s good to mention that I’m aware of the existence …

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Microsoft Connected Cache in ConfigMgr with Win32 apps of Intune

This week is all about an awesome new feature that was introduced with the latest version of Configuration Manager, version 1910. That feature is that Microsoft Connected Cache now supports Win32 apps that are deployed via Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Connected Cache can be enabled on a Configuration Manager distribution point and serve content to Configuration Manager managed devices. That includes co-managed devices and now also Win32 apps, which enables a Configuration Manager distribution points to serve as a content location for Win32 apps deployed via Microsoft Intune. In this post I’ll start with a short introduction about Microsoft Connected Cache, followed with the required configuration of a Configuration Manager distribution point and the required configuration of the Configuration Manager clients. I’ll end this post by …

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Device compliance based on custom configuration baselines

This week is all about the new feature to include a custom configuration baselines as part of a compliance policy assessment. That’s a new feature that is introduced in Configuration Manager, version 1910. That will also make this a followup on the post I did earlier this year about using the power of ConfigMgr together with Microsoft Intune to determine device compliance. This will be added functionality, as it’s now possible to make custom configuration baselines part of the device compliancy check. For both, Configuration Manager managed devices and co-managed devices. Even when the workload is switched to Microsoft Intune. Introduction This option that makes it possible to use a custom device configuration baseline part of a compliancy policy, opens up a whole new world …

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Join us at Experts Live Netherlands in Den Bosch

A bit less than a week from now, June 6, Experts Live Netherlands will be in Den Bosch. Experts Live Netherlands is one of the biggest Microsoft community events, with over 1200 visitors. I’m proud to be part of the speaker lineup again. Together with my finest colleague, Arjan Vroege, I will deliver a session about moving to a modern managed workplace at your own pace! And we hope to see you there! About our session During our session we will discus (and show) how to migrate to a modern managed workplace at your own pace. As many organizations want to make the switch to a modern managed workplace, but are currently unable to make the complete switch. Often this is related to missing specific …

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Always apply baseline to co-managed devices

Like the last couple of weeks, this week is also about co-management. This week is all about another nice detail that can be really useful, in specific use cases. That detail is the ability to always apply a configuration baseline to co-managed devices. Even when the Device configuration workload is switched from Configuration Manager to Microsoft Intune. That can be useful for configurations that are not available yet via Microsoft Intune, or for compliance checks that need to be performed and consolidated in one location. In this post I’ll provide a short introduction about the different configuration options, followed by the steps to configure a configuration baseline to co-managed devices when the workload is switched to Microsoft Intune. I’ll end this post with the end-results. …

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Switching the Office Click-to-Run apps workload

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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Using the power of ConfigMgr together with Microsoft Intune to determine device compliance

This week is all about device compliance. More specifically, about using the combination of ConfigMgr and Microsoft Intune for device compliance. In a cloud-attached scenario, in which ConfigMgr is attached to Microsoft Intune, it’s possible to use the ConfigMgr client in combination with a MDM enrollment. This is also known as co-management. In that scenario it’s possible to slowly move workloads from ConfigMgr to Microsoft Intune, like the compliance policies workload. In that scenario Microsoft Intune will become responsible for the compliance state of the device. However, switching that workload to Microsoft Intune, also limits the available device compliance checks. In case the organization still needs to verify the availability of certain apps, or updates, there’s a solution. Even when the workload is switched to …

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Automagically convert Intune managed devices to AutoPilot

This week a short blog post about my tweet of a bit more than a week ago. In that tweet I mentioned a new easy method to automagically convert Intune managed devices to AutoPilot. That method makes some scenarios a whole lot easier. Like for example what I did in this post to get the AutoPilot device information of Intune managed devices. That type of custom scripting is not needed anymore! As I got many reactions to that tweet, mainly related to the location of that configuration, I thought it would be good to make a short post describing the configuration option and the expected behavior. In this post I’ll provide the steps to make this configuration and I’ll describe the expected behavior. There is …

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Join us at Experts Live Europe in Prague

A bit less than two weeks from now, October 25-26, Experts Live Europe will be in Prague. Together with my finest colleague, Arjan Vroege, I will deliver two sessions! And we hope to see you there! Experts Live Europe is a Microsoft community conference with a focus on Microsoft cloud, datacenter and workplace management. During this conference, top experts from around the world present discussion panels, ask-the-experts sessions and breakout sessions and cover the latest products, technologies and solutions. About our sessions The maybe-not-that-sexy version of modern management – A true story – In this session, we will take you into the real world of modern management. Modern management is a great buzzword and by now we all know the lovely story of modern management. …

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