FIX and Thoughts on Autopilot Pre-Provision Error 0x80180014

It was one of days where you get these sort of errors just after completing a task. That big ol' unsatisfying red screen with an error. This time it was We couldn't finish MDM enrollment. Error 0x80180014 At 1st glance, though the Reset button will fix the issue. However it didn't. It resets the machine … Continue reading FIX and Thoughts on Autopilot Pre-Provision Error 0x80180014

Pros and Cons of Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager Policy Sets Feature

What else can be a great feature in Microsoft Endpoint Manager other than bundling up all the policies and create that "Golden Image" type policy and assign it to the Device or User groups so from an Administrators perspective, you don't need to individually assign groups in to policies and apps and managing this will … Continue reading Pros and Cons of Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager Policy Sets Feature

How to Easily Configure Google Chrome Policies via Microsoft Endpoint Manager?

I would say this is a long time coming and Admins can take a bit of a rest without looking for the Google Chrome ADMX files and updating the custom OMA-URI content whenever the ADMX updates.The good news is Microsoft Endpoint Manager has the relevant Google Chrome policy settings within the portal! This is a … Continue reading How to Easily Configure Google Chrome Policies via Microsoft Endpoint Manager?

Intune Remote Help to the Rescue

I think it's too soon to compare Remote Help with a tool like TeamViewer because the Remote Help feature with Microsoft Intune just went on GA this week. I was looking at this option for quite a while and finally got time to test and write about it. Remote Help BenefitsRemote Help License RequirementsNetwork ConsiderationsConfigure … Continue reading Intune Remote Help to the Rescue

How To Map a Shared Drive Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager Instead of GPOs

Welcome to another MEM how to article. Among Microsoft Endpoint Manager's wonderful capabilities I see this as a big win towards promoting it's modern device management capabilities. This will simply supersede the local AD, OUs and GPMC that used to manage drive mappings to user sessions. Update [03 Sep 2022] Microsoft have recently announced the … Continue reading How To Map a Shared Drive Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager Instead of GPOs

How To Create and Usages of Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) Device Filters

MEM device filters finally came out of preview to General Availability (GA) and lets see why we need to use device filters. What Device Filters Does? This helps the Endpoint Manager policies to apply in a more targeted manner. This feature is similar to the setting up targeted GPO assignments or probably GPO loopback processing. … Continue reading How To Create and Usages of Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) Device Filters

Two Ways To Enable Hybrid AAD Join Mode For A Controlled Deployment

When you planning (of course you are!) to bring the local AD joined Windows workstations to Microsoft Endpoint Manager/ Intune, one of the first things you need to complete is a Pilot/ controlled deployment to understand the end result, Hybrid AAD Joined state's features and what options will be opened for you to test and … Continue reading Two Ways To Enable Hybrid AAD Join Mode For A Controlled Deployment

Microsoft Endpoint Manager Shared Multi-User Device Profiles

In this article, I'm planning on uncovering a configuration profile in MEM which is known as the Shared Multi-User Device Profiles. These profiles can be used and applied to the devices in the fleet which will be used by many users periodically and does not require to retain the data in the disk and have … Continue reading Microsoft Endpoint Manager Shared Multi-User Device Profiles

Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join – Part 2: Add the devices to Intune

Part 1: Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join Now that we have add the existing computers to Azure AD in the Hybrid Join mode, there are few more steps that needs to be completed before adding it as an Intune managed device. Just the tip of the iceberg This part … Continue reading Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join – Part 2: Add the devices to Intune

Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join

In almost all the cases, the organization is not in a position to get away from the local domain as its tightly connected with other services that are running on-premises and maintaining the on-premises identity is vital. Further, you have the on-premises domain and the workstations are joined to it, GPOs being pushed across and … Continue reading Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join