MDM

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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Easily configure desktop and lock screen image via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the Personalization configuration service provider (CSP) to manage the desktop and lock screen image on Windows 10 devices. This CSP was added in Windows 10, version 1703, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This blog post is about the ability to easily configure separate images for the desktop and the lock screen on Windows 10 devices. Before Windows 10, version 1703, this was possible by using an MSI or by using the EnforceLockScreenAndLogonImage setting. However, the latter setting was only able to configure the lock screen image and not the desktop image. Windows 10, version 1703, introduces the Personalization CSP, which enables the administrator to manage the desktop and lock screen image. In this post I’ll briefly go through …

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Require BitLocker drive encryption via Windows 10 MDM

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This blog post uses the BitLocker configuration service provider (CSP) to manage drive encryption on Windows 10 devices. This CSP was added in Windows 10, version 1703, which is currently available as Insider Preview build. This blog post will be about requiring BitLocker drive encryption on Windows 10 devices. Until Windows 10, version 1703, this was not possible. It was only possible to create a compliance policy that would block access to Windows 10 devices without BitLocker enabled. Windows 10, version 1703, introduces the BitLocker CSP, which enables the administrator to manage BitLocker settings via Windows 10 MDM. In this post I’ll briefly go through the available settings in the BitLocker CSP and I’ll show how to require BitLocker drive encryption via Microsoft Intune hybrid …

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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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Company Portal app enrollment for Windows 10

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This week a small blog post about the Company Portal app enrollment experience, for Windows 10 Desktop devices, that has been recently added to the Company Portal app. This new experience enables the end-user to perform the enrollment procedure during the initial sign-in to the Company Portal app and aligns the enrollment experience with the other supported platforms.. This blog post will show this new enrollment experience, the new alterative enrollment experience and the end result. Main end-user enrollment experience Now let’s start by looking at the main new end-user enrollment experience on Windows 10 Desktop devices via the Company Portal app. This complete experience is nothing more than the following 4 simple steps. 1 The end-user opens the Company Portal app and is prompted …

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Deploy the commercial ID via Windows 10 MDM

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Yeah, I had some problems this week with thinking of a title that would fit with the content. Usually I’ve got the title before I start with the content, this week not even close. The main reason for that is the fact that this weeks blog post is mainly focused on distributing the commercial ID that’s used for connecting Windows 10 devices to Windows telemetry related solutions, like Upgrade Analytics (preview) and Update Compliance (preview). As those features and terminologies are not that widely known, yet, using commercial ID in the title might not be very catchy. That being said, I used it anyway. This blog post will provide an introduction about what can be achieved by deploying the commercial ID, what the required configurations …

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