Whether you love it or hate it, AD Connect is still vital to many organizations. As more organizations shift away from Hybrid joined devices, some applications or business processes still rely on AD Windows Authentication for applications or Kerberos for legacy services, like SMB file shares. For that, AD connect is still required for SSO […]
AD Connect Sync Issues – Manually Hard Match User Identities Read More »
There never seems to be a shortage of issues when dealing with Hybrid Azure AD Joined + Intune Enrolling endpoints. Especially when you inherit a setup and have no history of what was implemented in the past. I encountered a new issue the other day and figured I’d made a quick post. In this situation,
Resolve HAADJ Intune auto-enrollment errors for devices previously enrolled in MAM Read More »
This post is quick, but useful if you’re dealing with sporadic FSLogix issues that can’t be reproduced. Especially if you have users who tell you about issues more than two days after they’ve occurred. The FSLogix logs are located under %programdata%\Fslogix\Logs. By default, logs are kept for two days. If you suspect FSLogix is to
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Naming Hybrid Joined devices during autopilot has always been very limited. You can’t use variables like %SERIAL% to add the serial number to the device name. You’re basically stuck using a prefix and a randomly generated string of characters. That’s not the best naming convention and it usually adds an additional step for IT admins
Introduction Sometimes you end up discovering pretty neat things as a result of working on an unrelated issue. That’s how this post was born. I have been working on a way to rename hybrid AADJ devices during Autopilot to use their serial number for several weeks (I’ll have that post finished in a week or
Automate a Reboot or Custom Script When the Autopilot ESP is Complete Read More »
One big blog post I’ve been working on has spawned a couple of other smaller ideas, including this. There have been times when a complex custom application or customization needs to be deployed to endpoints. For applications and certain customizations, Win32 apps are usually the best way. However, this solution can also be applied to
I dealt with an interesting support issue recently that turned out to be an extremely simple fix, but the culprit took couple of hours to find, so I thought I’d share it. I also wanted to share this so people (hopefully) aren’t so quick to blame FSLogix for anything related to profile issues with AVD.
Troubleshooting Strange Temporary profile Issues with AVD & FSLogix Read More »
I came across an interesting Microsoft learn page about using custom attributes on a user’s profile card a couple of weeks ago and did some testing. I felt the MS Learn article was a bit confusing, so I made this post to help clarify some things. Extension Attributes are essentially custom values you can add
