Windows

Easily set Entra Connect Password Writeback Permissions with PowerShell

| | Entra, Windows

I’ve configured password writeback dozens of times, but just recently, I stumbled upon the ADSyncConfig PowerShell module. If you don’t know how to configure password writeback, it’s a fairly simply process. You can follow the Microsoft Learn document for a tutorial. However, this post will look at making the permissions section much more efficient and […]

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Deploy the Cisco Secure Client with Umbrella Module using Intune

| | Intune, Windows

Several months ago, I made a post on how to deploy the Cisco Umbrella Roaming client with Intune. Well, just recently Cisco announced the end-of-life dates for the Umbrella Roaming Client, and April 2, 2025, is the end of servicing & support (End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client). The replacement software is the

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Disable BitLocker on Existing Devices with Intune

| | Intune, Windows

Before I get into this, no, I do not suggest disabling BitLocker or running with decrypted drives in production. BitLocker is good and should be used. However, sometimes clients have requests that we must fulfill. Perhaps they are moving to a third-party encryption solution, or they want to re-encrypt their devices using a stronger encryption

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Intune Enrollment Error 0x80180005 on AVD multi-session host

| | Azure, Intune, Windows

This issue started out as a support ticket where many users were being asked to authenticate to M365 apps every time they signed into AVD. For context, this was a smaller environment with only a few Windows 11 multi-session hosts. The session hosts are also hybrid-joined and Intune enrolled. So, the first thing I usually

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Deploy the Cisco Umbrella Roaming Client with Intune

| | Intune, Windows

**CISCO NO LONGER RECOMMENDS USING THE UMBRELLA ROAMING CLIENT. SEE THIS POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON DEPLOYING THE SECURE CLIENT WITH UMBRELLA MODULE – Deploy the Cisco Secure Client with Umbrella Module using Intune – SMBtotheCloud If your organization or clients are using Cisco Umbrella for additional endpoint protection, this blog walks through deploying the Umbrella

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Handling Unmanaged Windows Devices – Using Windows MAM with Intune

| | Intune, Windows

All organizations differ in how they want to secure (or not secure) their data. Inevitably, the weakest points in an organization’s defense are the end users and endpoints. Allowing any device access to corporate resources is generally not a good practice. It’s much easier to control access from company-owned hardware since we can ensure our

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Resolving Sysprep error – “app was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users”

| | Azure, Windows

 I recently ran into an issue with a client when trying to capture a new AVD image. When trying to sysprep the VM before image capture, we were receiving the below error – “Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows Installation. Review the log file at %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log”    The above error on its own is

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