Shoulder surfers To start with, this looks harmless, but a way to scrape screen for Credentials and for sensitive stuff (documents, content) and co-workers and other people. Australian Signals Directorate calls this out in ISM (Information Security Manual) documentation specifically. While the Human Presence settings and Presence monitoring are already available in Windows 11, these … Continue reading Managing Screen Onlooker Detection Settings Via Intune
Tag: Microsoft Intune
Getting Started with Windows Autopatch in 2025 (cheat sheet)
Windows Autopatch have come a long way to become the new normal of updating your Windows endpoints, M365 apps, device drivers and Edge browser with Intune whether the devices are physical (workstations/ laptops/ kiosks/ billboards) or virtual (AVD/ W365). Microsoft Learn documentation will have more detailed info into the services, but this is a short … Continue reading Getting Started with Windows Autopatch in 2025 (cheat sheet)
🎙️Let There Be Cloud-Native Endpoints
Recently I got the opportunity to present all about Cloud-Native Endpoints at the first APAC online event series of Microsoft Zero to Hero Community. This was a virtual session where I presented about Microsoft Entra, Intune and how to build a strategy to move your Windows devices to cloud, which is Entra Joined and Managed … Continue reading 🎙️Let There Be Cloud-Native Endpoints
Windows Quick Machine Recovery With Microsoft Intune
We all witnessed the incident where Windows devices worldwide got hammered by the AV update that caused Windows to go BSOD. Machine recovery was one of the top things probably the IT admins did post incident to get their endpoints fleet up and running ASAP again to support day to day and all the critical … Continue reading Windows Quick Machine Recovery With Microsoft Intune
5. Cloud-Native Endpoints – Group Policy Analytics
Previously.. https://emsroute.com/2025/06/13/4-cloud-native-endpoints-from-config-manager-to-intune/ Group Policies are a major piece of the Cloud-Native Endpoints puzzle and it's not always easy to track back and remove the legacy policies and now you are planning on policy push via Intune and it's vital to add the GPOs in to the mix. Chances are there are GPO settings you still … Continue reading 5. Cloud-Native Endpoints – Group Policy Analytics
4. Cloud-Native Endpoints – From Config Manager to Intune
Previously.. https://emsroute.com/2025/06/11/3-cloud-native-endpoints-building-a-plan/ If you have Config Manager today and you are thinking of or planning on moving the devices and the workloads to Intune, this article is for you. If you are in that state today, chances are you have a stable (or near-stable) method of managing the devices, patch updates, and GPOs. Moving the … Continue reading 4. Cloud-Native Endpoints – From Config Manager to Intune
3. Cloud Native Endpoints: Building a Plan
Previously.. https://emsroute.com/2025/06/09/2-cloud-native-endpoints-why-are-you-on-entra-hybrid-joined-today/ Strategizing the Cloud-Native journey is important. Many organizations have the local Active Directory (AD) as the source of truth for identities, and most systems depend on this mechanism. Most organizations are in a hybrid setup, at least for user identities. You can still build Cloud-Native Endpoints without harming the local AD being the … Continue reading 3. Cloud Native Endpoints: Building a Plan
2. Cloud Native Endpoints: Why are You on Entra Hybrid Joined Today?
If you missed the blog roll, check below 👇🏼 https://emsroute.com/2025/05/09/cloud-native-endpoints/ Before moving to Cloud-Native, let's discuss the current phase where many organizations are possibly in at the moment. Entra Hybrid Joined state. This is the most common state I've seen in the organizations. What usually starts out as a PILOT or a POC to test … Continue reading 2. Cloud Native Endpoints: Why are You on Entra Hybrid Joined Today?
🚨Important update for Intune Admins!
As you may already know, the Intune Connector that is used for Entra Hybrid Join is getting deprecated at the end of June 2025. Announcement: 🔗Read all about this important change here 💡Why? As a part of Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative, this will strengthen the account security. A Managed Service Account (MSA) will be used instead … Continue reading 🚨Important update for Intune Admins!
1. Cloud-Native Endpoints: Intro
This is article 1 of the Cloud-Native Endpoint Series. This is a nugget-sized how-to series where I want to showcase how to unlock capabilities to achieve the full cloud-native end goal. 💡Value of going Hybrid? ➡You have the immediate opportunity to use Entra and Intune-related policies and settings.➡You are already making an effort to move … Continue reading 1. Cloud-Native Endpoints: Intro
Configure Windows LAPS in Intune – March 2025 Update
Local Admin Password Solution has come a long way and the March 2025 Update (Service release 2503) had some good enhancements for the solution. Randomizing the LAPS username is one of them. Rather than enabling the local Administrator account or creating a special admin account for LAPS, having an auto randomizing username sounds confusing to … Continue reading Configure Windows LAPS in Intune – March 2025 Update
QR Code Authentication for Front Line Workers – Setting Security Controls From the Get Go!
In today's threat landscape, the adversaries are trying to get into organizations in any way they can. New authentication methods are being introduced, and a combination of those methods or auth strengths are too. If you check the demographic of the QR code authentication as advised by Microsoft (which is in Public Preview as of … Continue reading QR Code Authentication for Front Line Workers – Setting Security Controls From the Get Go!
How to Change Intune Security Baseline Policy to Version 24H2?
Intune Security Baseline for Windows 10 and later Version 24H2 is finally here. This is a quick look at the policy and useful details on migration to the new policy. What you will see in the Security Baselines nowWhat's Available in Version 24H2Migrating from 23H2 BaselineTest Before Applying!Useful Links What you will see in the … Continue reading How to Change Intune Security Baseline Policy to Version 24H2?
🎙Out of Band: Microsoft Security Podcast. EP01: Boots on Ground
Excited to bring the Out of Band: A Microsoft Security Podcast EP01 - Boots on Ground.In this episode, we discuss:- The Microsoft Summer Bootcamp highlights and the overall experience,- Microsoft Secure Future Initiative and what it means to Windows and the overall ecosystem, and- We navigate a password hash synchronization challenge and how to resolve … Continue reading 🎙Out of Band: Microsoft Security Podcast. EP01: Boots on Ground
🎙High time for a Podcast – Out of Band
The name was coined as a little play to the Windows patch updates - "Out of Band Updates". We are 3 tech professionals talking about all things Microsoft Security and everything in between in the podcast sessions. This idea was bubbling away for a couple of months and finally, we were able to sit down … Continue reading 🎙High time for a Podcast – Out of Band
My 2024 LinkedIn Rewind and Thank you!
https://coauthor.studio/rewind was awesome as it just collates all the LinkedIn activities. And as 2024 is coming to an end, it is always to look back what you have accomplished and what impact you have had on the community. Looking forward to 2025! I would like to thank everyone who is reading my blogs and getting … Continue reading My 2024 LinkedIn Rewind and Thank you!
I May Have Finally Launched my YouTube Channel
This is something I wanted to do from a long time and I guess finally I did it. Launching my own YouTube channel. I gave a lot of thought to planning the goal of this channel and what content I want to bring in and I'm so excited to share my knowledge in this form … Continue reading I May Have Finally Launched my YouTube Channel
Browser Security With Microsoft Intune
This is a new set of blog articles I want to introduce. It's no wonder that the browser has become one of the main components in the device and what browser you use, security is an integral part of it. Microsoft Intune supports browser security and goes into the deep levels of helping the admins … Continue reading Browser Security With Microsoft Intune
How to Configure Cloud Kerberos Trust to Authenticate an Entra ID Joined Device Using Windows Hello for Business (WHfB)?
Long topic and number of jargon. Cloud Kerberos Trust, Windows Hello for Business (WHfB), Entra ID Joined. Let's break them down one by one and see how Cloud Kerberos Trust will help you in the cloud journey. This in fact will remove one more on-prem dependency. Exciting, isn't it? Let's dig in. What this article … Continue reading How to Configure Cloud Kerberos Trust to Authenticate an Entra ID Joined Device Using Windows Hello for Business (WHfB)?
Hardening Exchange Online Security with Microsoft Entra, Intune, and Defender XDR
Your emails are now in the cloud, specifically Microsoft 365 - Exchange Online (EXO). Now what? For many organizations emails are the heart and soul of communication and past records and they use the same On-premises methods to protect emails in the cloud. Regardless, defending it from bad actors is a must because this is … Continue reading Hardening Exchange Online Security with Microsoft Entra, Intune, and Defender XDR
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