I wrote a blog post back in September that talked about Windows 10 running on ARM64. In that, I talked a little about WOW64 on ARM64, which enables an ARM64 device to […]
Michael Niehaus
Configure language settings for any scenario
You might have noticed that there are new properties available in Windows Autopilot user-driven scenarios, both for Azure AD Join: And for Hybrid Azure AD Join: But if you try it, you’ll […]
Windows Autopilot device registration options for partners: Using the tuple
As I discussed in a previous blog, CSP partners (who could be distributors, resellers, or service providers) are able to register devices for Windows Autopilot on behalf of customers using Partner Center, […]
The first day in the life of a Hybrid Azure AD Joined device
That’s the short title. The long title should really be something like this: The first day in the life of a Hybrid Azure AD Joined device has lasting implications on the rest […]
What’s all this stuff in Microsoft 365?
If you read my last post about Microsoft 365 certifications, you probably noticed that it talks about lots of different products and services – it’s a pretty big suite. If you’re like […]
Getting certified for Microsoft 365
With the shifts that are occurring with how Windows (and non-Windows) devices are provisioned, managed, and secured, there seems to be a resurgence of interest in certifications and training that show that […]
Year in review: Random blog statistics
With my blog hosted through WordPress.com, there are all sorts of analytics available to tell me the blogs I’ve posted and the people that are reading them. Here are some interesting tidbits […]
Year in review: Samples, scripts, tools
Some of the blogs that I’ve posted are tied to scripts posted to the PowerShell Gallery or tools published to GitHub (or sometimes a combination of the two). In the case of […]
Year in review: Blog posts
It’s been a fairly busy year for blogging, crossing three different blog platforms. First there was https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus, with two posts in January 2019: USB media and Windows Information Protection. If you’ve implemented […]
Configuring time zones, part 2
As I mentioned in the preview blog, RFC 4833 describes a mechanism that delivers time zone information via DHCP, but Windows 10 doesn’t include a mechanism for automatically consuming this information. But […]
Configuring time zones, part 1
I always wondered why setting time zones was so hard. Shouldn’t devices be able to figure this out themselves? For devices like cell phones, this is pretty simple (now at least, since […]
Following the ConfigMgr task sequence bootstrap process
In my previous blog, I talked about how you could have Intune automatically run a ConfigMgr task sequence during a Windows Autopilot deployment. For those of you who wanted more information on […]
Run a ConfigMgr task sequence via Windows Autopilot and Intune
I’ve mentioned in presentations over the past couple of years that the first thing I tried to do with Windows Autopilot was to run a task sequence, bridging the old and the […]
Updated WindowsAutopilotPartnerCenter module posted
If you are a CSP partner looking to add devices on behalf of your customers using the Partner Center APIs (you can read my original blog on the topic), you may have […]
App-based authentication with Intune
A while back, support for app-based authentication was added for Intune, enabling an app to authenticate and use the Graph API. That’s mentioned in the Intune documentation, along with the steps to […]
The importance of time
Before you think I’m going off on a philosophical tangent, let me assure you that I have a point to make, and it is indeed about the importance of time. More specifically, […]
Windows Autopilot Companion app updated to support editing the computer name and group tag
If you missed yesterday’s announcement, we enabled editing the computer name and group tag associated with a Windows Autopilot device. You can change those values through the Intune portal now, and you […]
Now you can edit group tags and computer names for Windows Autopilot devices
It’s something that we’ve talked about for a while, and it’s now available. If you navigate to an existing Windows Autopilot device in the Intune device management portal, you can edit the […]
It’s only a matter of time…
Somewhere around 15 years ago, I can remember building out an Exchange 2003 infrastructure – unpacking boxes, setting up servers (I still have my trusty toolkit – can’t assemble servers without a […]
Using a wireless network connection with Windows Autopilot white glove
As part of our Windows Autopilot white glove documentation, we state that Ethernet connectivity is required “due to the requirement to choose a language, locale, and keyboard to make that Wi-fi connection; […]
Out of Office Hours 
You must be logged in to post a comment.