While I will never be a fan of proxy servers, there is one case where it is useful to use one: When you want to see all the network traffic and the […]
Windows Autopilot device provisioning network traffic, annotated
Michael Niehaus
Geeking out with UEFI
Some people may think some of my past posts get into the weeds, exploring the technical depths of Windows Autopilot, Intune, Windows 10, ConfigMgr, etc. But I would say those generally only […]
Sign in to Azure Active Directory with a FIDO2 key
Back in July, Alex Simons announced the public preview of Azure Active Directory’s support for FIDO2 security keys. Even though I have been carrying one of those around with me for several […]
Windows Autopilot high-level scenarios
Time for a little up-leveling (especially after the super-long proxy server post). Based on a recent Twitter conversation, I think it’s worth talking about a couple of higher-level topics. First, what are […]
Windows Autopilot and proxy servers
Did I mention that I dislike proxy servers? I certainly talked a lot about them in this post, but let me go on the record to say I really, really dislike them […]
BitLocker, ESP, and Windows Autopilot: Working in harmony
Let’s say you want to enable BitLocker during a Windows Autopilot user-driven deployment, and you want “maximum security” by changing the default BitLocker encryption settings to instead use XTS-AES 256-bit encryption (instead […]
The Enrollment Status Page phases and steps
Have you ever wondered what actually happens during each phase of the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) and each step within a phase? Or maybe more simply, what exactly is it tracking? If […]
Why does “Preparing your device for mobile management” take longer with Windows 10 1903?
It’s a question that I’ve been asked a number of times, and one that I actually asked myself when doing initial tests with Windows 10 1903. And the answer is interesting – […]
Requiring a network connection for the Windows Autopilot process
If you’ve gone poking around in the available device configuration policies in Intune, you might have seen this one in the “Device Restrictions” category for “Windows 10 and later” devices, in the […]
Trying out the ConfigMgr task sequence debugger
One of the new features in the ConfigMgr 1906 release (and in previous tech preview releases) is the task sequence debugger. See the What’s new documentation that talks about it, and the […]
