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Assigned Access April: Essential CSPs & Settings Catalog Configurations to Lock Down Your Windows 11 Kiosks
Welcome back to Assigned Access April! If you’re just joining us, we’re spending the entire month of April geeking out over everything Assigned Access on Windows 11. Haven’t caught up yet? Start here with the earlier posts in the series:… Continue reading
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Exclusive Interview with Microsoft Intune Engineer: Deep Dive into Assigned Access & Kiosk Mastery
Hi everyone and welcome to the first full week of Assigned Access April here at malinoski.me & I’m excited to kick things off with something brand new for the blog… an interview! In this exclusive interview, I sat down with… Continue reading
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Assigned Access April – A Month Dedicated to Windows 11 Assigned Access (The Real Kiosk Future)
If you’ve followed the blog, you know I’ve spent a lot of time working with kiosk-style deployments on Windows devices. This month we’re going all-in on the technology that has become the proper way to lock down Windows 11 devices… Continue reading
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Intune Autopilot Showdown 2026 – Autopilot v. Autopilot Device Prep
Hey everyone – you might be watching NCAA College Basketball this week, but today we’ve got the biggest showdown of the year: Microsoft 365 Showdown – your main-card matchup: Autopilot vs. Autopilot Device Prep. I’m beyond excited to announce that… Continue reading
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Windows 11 25H2 is Mainstream – 3 Intune Settings to Deploy Now for Cleaner, More Resilient Endpoints
It’s been about six months since Windows 11 version 25H2 dropped as a feature enablement package update on top of 24H2 & now is the time to adopt the newest release through Intune. Hey folks, I’ve been running 25H2 in… Continue reading
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Windows Autopatch Reports Are Live – Time for Your Endpoints to Join the Journey
If you blinked (👀) this week, you might’ve missed it—perfect Read-Only Friday material. The new Windows Autopatch update readiness reports hit general availability, and honestly, these are the kind of insights Intune admins have been asking for forever. Cassidy Fein… Continue reading
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Mastering Autopilot Device Preparation: A Practical Baseline for Autopilot V2 (Yeah, the One You Probably Skipped)
Hey folks, yep—that’s right. Autopilot Device Preparation. Or as the community lovingly calls it, Autopilot V2. The thing you definitely have fully configured in your tenant… right? 😅 If you’re like most Intune admins I talk to (including myself a… Continue reading
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Intune Win32 App PowerShell Script Install Method – A First Look
You didn’t misread the title—that’s right. After what felt like months of back-and-forth (published in the changelog, then yanked, then back again?), we finally have native PowerShell script install support for Win32 apps in Microsoft Intune. If you’ve been using… Continue reading
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Kick Off 2026 Right: Audit Your Windows Endpoints for Secure Boot Certificate Readiness
Hey folks, happy 2026! As we start the new year, one thing every Windows admin should check off the list is verifying that your endpoints are ready for the Microsoft Secure Boot certificate transition. The old 2011 certificates start expiring… Continue reading
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Struggling with Windows 11 Kiosks in Intune? Here’s What the Docs Aren’t Telling You
Hey folks, if you’ve ever banged your head against the wall trying to get Assigned Access (aka Kiosk mode) working smoothly on Windows 11 via Intune, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s documentation is… let’s call it “sparse” when it comes to… Continue reading
Kevin Malinoski 