Tag: Microsoft

🎙️MS EMS Community Podcast EP04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvXVCIUm2c In this episode, myself along with Jonas Bøgvad , Andrew Taylor MVP, Lewis Barry and Eric Woodruff, CIDPRO discusses about,⚡️Intunemaps.com and the thought process behind that⚡️An in-depth look at AAD App Registration⚡️An in-depth look at the PRT⚡️MFA Number matching⚡️FIDO and Security

Protected Actions in Azure AD

Update 18/06/2024 Protected Actions are out of Preview and have 17 actions as opposed to 7 actions that was there when it was in preview. ✅Available Protected Actions Update basic properties for Conditional Access policies Create Conditional Access policies Update allowed cloud endpoints of cross-tenant access policy Update Microsoft Entra B2B collaboration settings of the … Continue reading Protected Actions in Azure AD

Intune Remote Help – From Zero to Hero – 2026 Update

This is a comprehensive guide to Intune Remote Help. Hope you find this useful. Update 2026 : What's new?Remote Help BenefitsRemote Help License RequirementsNetwork Considerations - Updated Endpoints listConfigure Remote Help App in IntuneRemote Help Win32 App DeploymentFirewall Rules ConsiderationsRBAC - Assign Users to roleCreate a new RBAC Permission RoleCreate The Conditional Access Policy for … Continue reading Intune Remote Help – From Zero to Hero – 2026 Update

🔗IntuneMaps – Device Profile Templates

Going one step ahead from my previous IntuneMaps.com click-friendly infographic. For anyone who is starting out with Microsoft Intune or wants to know what templates to set up and why, I hope this will be helpful to understand what Intune's Windows-based (Windows 10 and later) built-in config profiles are and how to apply them.  Microsoft Learn can … Continue reading 🔗IntuneMaps – Device Profile Templates

4 Steps to Configure Azure AD PIM for Groups

Few uses of PIM-managed groupsChallengeSolutionFew NotesPrerequisites - LicensesStep 1 - Group CreationStep 2 - Onboard the group for PIMStep 3 - Add PIM AssignmentsStep 4 - Setup Role SettingsUser ActivationUse Access ReviewsWrapping Up When I 1st posted the below infographic in my Socials, I thought I made myself clear that this is not an Azure … Continue reading 4 Steps to Configure Azure AD PIM for Groups

🔗IntuneMaps

This is a small passion project of mine.Microsoft Intune has evolved like never before and continues to add more features as we speak. I always wanted to create a one-stop location for all things Intune Windows Platform that can be helpful to anyone who is starting out with the product, looking for the right Learn … Continue reading 🔗IntuneMaps

Intune Policy Conflicts

When dealing with day-to-day Intune activities, setting up and maintaining profiles are standard activities. And dealing with Policy Conflicts is also part of everyday activities. You will hopefully not get to deal with them every day, but every once in a while? Or maybe when too many admins try to set up policies. This article … Continue reading Intune Policy Conflicts

Mergers, Acquisitions and Day 1 – Entra ID Cross-Tenant Synchronization

I would like to dedicate this post to writing something on a much-needed topic that personally got me to try a lot of methods and to be creative because this is one of the main tasks that an organization/ management is looking to get done from an IT Specialist. The Day 1. More precisely the … Continue reading Mergers, Acquisitions and Day 1 – Entra ID Cross-Tenant Synchronization

Use Authentication Context with Strong Auth on PIM Role Activation

What is Authentication Context? Authentication Contexts are being used to further secure your application data and actions. You may already have enabled Multi-Factor Authebtaion in your Azure AD tenant and everyone is using the MFA in the same way. However, imagine you have an application where you need to maintain confidential data that only a … Continue reading Use Authentication Context with Strong Auth on PIM Role Activation

New Microsoft Intune Licensing Explained

Microsoft recently announced the new Intune Plans. In this blog post, I want to break down what that is and what it includes. Intune is already enabled in the licenses? Yes. However, the Plans can be separately purchased to help you elevate your device management game. If you are new to Microsoft Intune, a separate … Continue reading New Microsoft Intune Licensing Explained

[Nugget Post] How to Check All Intune Filter Related Associated Assignments?

You implement more and more filters in policies, but how to go back and see all the associated assignments? Rather than remembering or noting down all the filters you have created and checking manually, you can now see this in the Associated Assignments tab in the required filter. To check the created filter, go to … Continue reading [Nugget Post] How to Check All Intune Filter Related Associated Assignments?

Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

This is my take on the Azure AD Cross-Tenant access settings. This was something I was hoping to configure a while back. However the capabilities weren't available at that time, but the need for some kind of a trust relationship between two Azure AD tenants was bubbling up. Gone of days organizations set up trust … Continue reading Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

New and Updated Microsoft Intune Device Control Policy Settings

New day new blog post. This is more of an updated guide to what I've written some time ago (check below) https://shehanperera.com/2022/08/06/mem-device-control-1/ What I Will Be Covering? 👇🏽 What's New?🌟 Apply layered order of evaluation for Allow and Prevent device installation policies across all device match criteria🌟 Removable Storage Access🌟 Defender Scanning (this setting can … Continue reading New and Updated Microsoft Intune Device Control Policy Settings

The Calm After the Storm. Microsoft Ignite 2022 All Endpoint Management and Identity and Access Announcements

Microsoft Ignite 2022 just finished and it was a blast! So many new product updates and announcements. It was truly exciting to see all the Ignite related news. Because obviously it was a lot and probably the LinkedIn feeds are flooded with the updates and reposts and what not, I thought to give it a … Continue reading The Calm After the Storm. Microsoft Ignite 2022 All Endpoint Management and Identity and Access Announcements

Configure “Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen” in Windows 11 22H2 via Endpoint Manager

Windows 11 22H2 update brought a lot of good stuff and as a tech enthusiast I really appreciate what Microsoft is doing to ensure the end user devices are protected. Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft defender SmartScreen is one of them. While the features are available to the standard Windows Home user, I tested these … Continue reading Configure “Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen” in Windows 11 22H2 via Endpoint Manager

How to Use Endpoint Manager Import ADMX Function to Map Shared Drives

Earlier this year I wrote the same but more of a manual method to map drives using Endpoint Manager OMA-URI function and by ingesting the ADMX files in raw form to configure the drives. https://shehanperera.com/2022/04/01/network_shares_with_mem/ After Microsoft announced the Preview of the Import ADMX function, I was thrilled as I wanted to test out a … Continue reading How to Use Endpoint Manager Import ADMX Function to Map Shared Drives