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A challenge with Windows Autopilot for existing devices and Windows 10 1903

By Michael Niehaus on September 19, 2019 • ( 8 Comments )

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 […]

Turn your laptop into a portable mainframe

By Michael Niehaus on September 17, 2019

Way before working with Windows, I started off in IT as a database administrator and systems programmer, working on IBM (and later Amdahl) mainframe systems running the MVS operating system, CICS transaction […]

Windows Autopilot known issues in Windows 10 1903

By Michael Niehaus on September 15, 2019 • ( 5 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on September 3, 2019 • ( 8 Comments )

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 […]

Geeking out with UEFI

By Michael Niehaus on September 2, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on August 30, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on August 29, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on August 27, 2019 • ( 7 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on August 26, 2019 • ( 9 Comments )

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

By Michael Niehaus on August 25, 2019 • ( 17 Comments )

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 […]

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