Windows 10 MDM Bridge WMI Provider: Settings template

This week my post is a few days later, as my post is an extension of my session at the Workplace Ninja Virtual Summit 2020. At the virtual summit I did a session about Getting to know the Windows 10 MDM WMI Bridge provider and during my session I shared how to easily work with the Windows 10 MDM Bridge WMI provider. Similar to using Microsoft Intune to address the different CSPs, we can also use PowerShell via the WMI bridge. The main thing that I’ve showed at the end of that session was a setting template, basically a PowerShell-function, that can be used to set, adjust and remove nearly all settings via the MDM WMI Bridge provider. That PowerShell-script is available below and I’ve …

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Windows 10 MDM (PowerShell) scripting

A long, long time ago, I wrote about the MDM WMI Bridge provider. Nowadays I notice that the MDM WMI Bridge provider is still an unknown configuration layer for many IT admins. That’s why I’ve decided to do another post about the MDM WMI Bridge provider. A quick reminder: the MDM WMI Bridge provider is used to map the CSPs to WMI. This time my post is more focused on providing some examples and guidance. Besides that it’s also a nice addition on my latest posts about Windows 10 MDM configurations, policy refresh and troubleshooting. I’ll start this post by showing how to configure device settings and I’ll end this post by showing how to trigger device actions. Keep in mind that this post is …

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