In my previous post, I talked about the new VPN support for user-driven Hybrid Azure AD Join. I described the key VPN requirements: The VPN connection either needs to be automatically established […]
Windows Autopilot user-driven Hybrid Azure AD Join over the internet using a VPN
It has taken a long time, and there have been plenty of bumps along the way, but it’s finally available in public preview: You can perform a user-driven Hybrid Azure AD Join […]
Hacking or useful IT tool? You decide.
In my job I tend to do a reasonable amount of research. (And by research, I don’t mean searching for a term in your favorite search engine and clicking on the first […]
Make ESP look better by disabling FSIA
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, […]
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, […]
