The enrollment status page (ESP) is something I highly recommend you implement, to ensure each device is fully provisioned before the user can get to the desktop. It makes sure the device […]
New Enrollment Status Page option available
Use Intune to enable Delivery Optimization for Office 365 installs
Just yesterday, I posted a blog about trying out Delivery Optimization for Office 365 ProPlus installs. It was something I put together quickly, during a break while presenting at a SCUG Norway […]
Try out Delivery Optimization with Office 365 ProPlus installations
One of the challenges with cloud-based content delivery (e.g. Intune deploying apps, Windows Update delivering updates, Microsoft Store updating apps): You really don’t want each client downloading the content from the cloud, […]
Interpreting the Windows Autopilot profile
You’re probably used to looking at Windows Autopilot profiles in Intune. But most of the time, I’m looking at one from the CAB file that is created by the MDMDiagnosticsTool. As I […]
Troubleshooting Windows Autopilot, a reference
I’ve done a variety of blogs on troubleshooting Windows Autopilot, which you can read up on for historical reference: Troubleshooting Windows AutoPilot (level 100/200) Troubleshooting Windows AutoPilot (level 300/400) Troubleshooting Improvements in […]
Password-less Azure AD Join can be done
As I was trying out FIDO2 support in Windows 10 (see my blog here), I was disappointed that the one thing that I couldn’t do with the FIDO2 key was to join […]
Inside Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode
In past blog posts, I walked through the user-driven scenarios – both user-driven Azure AD Join and user-driven Hybrid Azure AD Join. Now on to scenario #3, self-deploying mode. In many ways, […]
Now choose from more language/locale choices for Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode
Several people pointed out in the past when setting up Windows Autopilot self-deploying mode profiles (used for kiosks, digital signs, and shared PCs) in Intune that the list of language and locale […]
Time for another Q&A session
Back in August, I hosted an “OOF Hour” Q&A session and said I would try to schedule one each month. September is rapidly disappearing, so it’s time to get something on the […]
A challenge with Windows Autopilot for existing devices and Windows 10 1903
We implemented the Windows Autopilot for existing devices scenario with Windows 10 1809 to enable an interesting scenario: Using ConfigMgr (or other deployment tools, e.g. MDT) to take an existing Windows 7 […]
Windows Autopilot known issues in Windows 10 1903
I listed a few issues in a previous blog, which are also reflected in the Autopilot documentation, but there are more issues addressed in later cumulative updates as well. Here’s a full […]
Windows Autopilot device provisioning network traffic, annotated
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 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 […]
Windows Autopilot oddities
Sometimes I can’t explain them, but I can at least pass them on so that you don’t tear your hair out trying to figure out what’s going on. The enrollment status page […]
Creating a Windows Autopilot role in Intune
Some customers have asked “how do I delegate access to manage Windows Autopilot devices in Intune.” Well, Intune has a robust Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) mechanism that can be used to create […]
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