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Windows LAPS, secure your local admin accounts using Microsoft Intune

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LAPS lets you manage local account passwords on Windows devices. The solution allows you to control and securely recover the built-in local administrator password. Limited until now to On-premise integration, this solution represented an obstacle to the migration of certain customers to full cloud management of their IT equipment. With the availability of the cloud version of LAPS, customers can now manage securing their Azure AD devices' on-premises Admin accounts and Azure AD Hybrid Join devices from the Microsoft Intune or Microsoft Entra console. 1. Prerequisites for Windows LAPS Microsoft Intune and Azure subscription Windows 10/11 licences , Pro, Enterprise or Education edition Hybrid Azure AD or Azure AD joined devices. An administration account with the necessary rights to perform the different steps. 2. Service activation We have two possibilities, go through the Azure console or Microsoft Entra. In my case, I opt for activation via Microsoft Entra. Go to Microsoft Ent

Rename devices with PowerShell and Microsoft Intune

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Renaming a device manually is quick and easy when we only have one device to fix. But when it comes to doing a large number of devices, then it is better to automate this action. Today, there is the method via CSP but which can have a rather random behavior, in particular on the reporting, console side. I therefore share with you a PowerShell script which, deployed with Microsoft Intune, will allow you to quickly rename your machines. Script overview This script detects the type of device used:  If it's a virtual machine , it takes the defined prefix  (CCMT in my example)  and adds a numeric complement generated with Get-Random command For physical machines , it retrieves the serial number and adds the prefix  (CCMT in my example) The user is informed that his device has received changes and that it will restart automatically in a few minutes. The script is available on Github :  Link Script integration & deployment Prerequisites The prerequisites are: Convert script to .intune

Hide your account information on the Windows login screen with Microsoft Intune

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Protecting the identity of your users is an important element in terms of computer security. By default, when you start your computer, the startup screen gives you access to the following information : User picture The last connected user on the computer In this article we will see how to hide the identity of the user at the login and lock screen of your computer with Microsoft Intune. Create a configuration profile in Microsoft Intune Go to endpoint.microsoft.com Go to  Devices / Windows / Configuration Profiles Click  Create Profile Select :  Platform :  Windows 10 and later Profile Type :  Settings Catalog Complete the Name field  and click  Next Click  Add settings and Search  Interactive logon Click Local Policies Security Options Select this options on the list : Interactive Logon Do Not Display Username At Sign In Interactive Logon Do Not Display User information When The Session is Locked Interactive Logon Do Not Display Last Signed In Configure all options as below Scope tag

Manage drive space with Storage Sense

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Available on Windows 10 and 11, Storage Sense can automatically free up drive space for you by getting rid of items that you don't need, like temporary files, like items in your downloads folder and items in your Recycle Bin. Storage Sense also allows you to manage locally available cloud content. If these files have not been used for a while, Storage Sense will automatically revert them to cloud storage only. Manual setup Feature activation Go to Start / Settings / System / Storage Set Storage Sense feature to On Configure your Storage Sense settings Go to  Start  /  Settings  /  System  /  Storage Click Storage to access Storage Sense configuration We have the possibilities to configure   Cleanup of temporary files Automatic User content cleanup Locally available cloud content After configuration, click Run Storage Sense Now With Microsoft Intune Create and configure the Storage Sense configuration profile Go to  Endpoint.microsoft.com and   Devices  /  Windows / Configuratio

Windows Autopilot and Pre-Provisioned deployment

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Windows Autopilot offers several deployment scenarios, including pre-provisioning. This allows to respond to some use cases such as:  Provide a workstation prepared via Windows Autopilot and then send it to low bandwidth sites for example.   But also to provide the end user, a ready-to-use experience by relieving them of sometimes tedious provisioning tasks. In the following, I will detail all the prerequisites as well as the steps to pre-provision a workstation with Microsoft Intune and Windows Autopilot. 1. Prerequisites Device : Microsoft Intune tenant  with MDM authority  "Set to Intune" Windows Autopilot User Driven AAD or HAAD join devices Windows 10 1903 and above  (Enterprise, Pro and Education) Physical devices with TPM 2.0 with device attestation  (check your hardware compatibility) Virtual machines are not supported Network : Wired ethernet connection   TPM attestation validation process  requires access to the URLs below : *.microsoftaik.azure.net Intel:  https://

Compliance settings for Ubuntu in Microsoft Intune

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The integration of linux in Microsoft Intune offers the possibility of creating and applying compliance rules on this device.  At the moment, the possibilities remain limited but still make it possible to apply security policies to workstations which very often find themselves isolated. Compliance rules possibilities Here is the list of compliance rules currently available : Allowed distributions Custom Compliance Device Encryption Password Policy List of prerequisites Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 LTS Download Ubuntu Desktop | Download | Ubuntu Microsoft Edge 102.x or later installed How to install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu (ccmtune.fr) Microsoft Intune App for Linux How to enroll your Linux device to Microsoft Intune (ccmtune.fr) Create a compliance rule for Ubuntu Go to Endpoint.microsoft.com Click Devices / Linux / Compliance policies Select Create policy and click Create Enter a rule name and click Next Click Add settings Select one or more settings  to be configured In my case, i choice

Microsoft Store app (new) in Microsoft Intune

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The Microsoft Store for Business that we know will be retired in the first quarter of 2023 . In the meantime, Microsoft has made new tools available to improve the way we manage our application deployments. There's the Windows Package Manager (Winget). (https://www.ccmtune.fr/2022/12/winget-presentation-and-usage.html) And recently, the new Microsoft Store App has appeared, followed by a new application deployment feature, called Microsoft Store app (New) , in the Microsoft Intune console. How to deploy an application with the new feature Go to Endpoint.microsoft.com Select Windows and click Add Select Microsoft Store app (new) and click Select Click "Search the Microsoft Store app (new)" Search and select an application and click Next Select a device or user group for deployed this application and click Next Review + create , click Create Client side verification Installation of vlc is successful.