Overview This blog covers something that ended up taking wayyyy more time and energy than I thought it would, and taught me that configuring location settings on Windows 11 is far more complicated than you’d think. This all started with a client who told me they couldn’t get location services enabled on their devices. This […]
Triple Threat Match: Location Services vs Autopilot vs Intune Read More »
If you work for an MSP with dozens of clients, you probably have a helpdesk that users from those clients call for help. When that happens, the Help Desk associates may need to connect to that user’s PC. Depending on your RMM, it may be difficult to locate the user’s device without the hostname. This
Display the Hostname on the Desktop with Intune and BGInfo Read More »
Overview As much as I dislike printers, many organizations still rely on them. It often becomes a conversation when converting devices to be cloud-native and managed by Intune. My general recommendation is that if there is a large fleet of printers, use a cloud-based printing solution for managing printers. It will be easier to manage
PrintServerToIntune – Migrate Printers to Intune as TCP/IP Connections Read More »
I recently assisted a client with an unusual Autopilot (v1) issue I hadn’t seen before. While the solution turned out to be straightforward, it required dusting off some old Autopilot knowledge and revisiting the prerequisites and requirements. This organization had been using Autopilot for a few years without any issues, and then, seemingly out of
Autopilot Registered, Profile Assigned… but still getting Generic OOBE Read More »
I recently inherited an existing Hybrid-Join Intune tenant and had a unique situation where I needed to use Azure to test Autopilot. Since this was a new client and an environment I was not familiar with, I needed to put my disdain for hybrid-join aside and help determine if Hybrid-Join Autopilot was still functioning. Yes,
Using Azure VMs for Autopilot Testing Read More »
A few months ago I had to deploy the SonicWall Global VPN client and configuration using Intune. The blog post on that is here – Deploy the SonicWall Global VPN client + Configuration Settings with Intune – SMBtotheCloud. Recently, some of these devices started experiencing general slowness on websites and apps that required internet access.
Disable Wi-Fi Network Adapter RSC with Intune Read More »
Many of us have been testing the new Windows Autopilot Device Preparation Policies (or Apv2, whichever you want to call it). Don’t worry, this is not another blog on how to configure APv2. There are tons of those already out there. I’ve been testing this over the last week and my testing has been mostly
Yes, some organizations still rely on client VPNs for access to on prem resources. Hopefully, if you find yourself in this situation, you’re moving towards Entra joining your devices, and have a plan to eventually remove your on-prem AD reliant resources. Until then, you need to deploy a client VPN to your workstations. This post
Deploy the SonicWall Global VPN client + Configuration Settings with Intune Read More »
