Leave it to Microsoft to turn everything into an acronym. So let me start with definitions: ESP = Enrollment Status Page. This shows the progress of the Windows Autopilot device provisioning process, […]
Make ESP look better by disabling FSIA
Michael Niehaus
Do not clone an Azure AD-joined or MDM-enrolled Windows 10 OS
The Windows guidance goes back many years: Before you can duplicate or clone a Windows installation (whether physically duplicating the disk drive or using some sort of VM-based snapshot or differencing disk […]
Creating a kiosk or digital sign using Windows Autopilot, Intune, and Edge (Chromium)
Way back when (two years ago to the day actually), I posted a blog that described how to use Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode to create a kiosk that displayed a web page […]
MDT build 8456 needs an update for Windows 10 2004
There is a new update available for MDT to address an issue that arises from Windows 10 2004 and the corresponding ADK release: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4564442/windows-10-deployments-fail-with-microsoft-deployment-toolkit The issue would only be encountered if you […]
New in Windows 10 2004: Better Language Handling
It might seem like a very long time ago, but at the Microsoft Ignite 2019 conference in Orlando, there was a theater session presented: THR4002: Solving Windows 10 feature updates in a […]
Ensuring you can capture a screenshot from a remote Hyper-V VM
This should be a trivial exercise. I should be able to connect to a remote Hyper-V server using Hyper-V Manager, connect to a specific VM, and interact with it as if I […]
Windows 10 Enterprise 2004 is available
You probably saw the announcements: How to get the Windows 10 May 2020 Update What’s new for IT pros in Windows 10, version 2004 And yes, it’s available on VLSC as well, […]
Deploying Edge without a desktop shortcut, the easiest way
First, I described a messy way to get rid of the Edge (the Chromium-based one) desktop shortcut. That led to some Twitter discussions with the Edge team, resulting in a new MSI […]
Digging into Hybrid Azure AD Join
I’m sure most of you are aware that Windows Autopilot supports a user-driven Hybrid Azure AD Join scenario. That’s not what I’m talking about here. I want to talk about Hybrid Azure […]
Try out the new Windows Package Manager
My initial response when reading through the Windows Package Manager Preview announcement from the Build event was “ugh, another package manager” (on top of OneGet, NuGet, Chocolately, etc.). But it is immediately […]
