After roughly a year of writing deep-dive Intune content here on malinoski.me — posts on Assigned Access kiosks, Intune-based McAfee removal, policy conflicts, Autopatch deployments, and the eternal “why isn’t this device getting what I assigned?” question — I kept running into the same fundamental friction. Intune’s admin center is fantastic for creating policy, but…
If you’ve been following along this month, you already know the story: we’ve spent the entire month of April diving deep into Assigned Access—the Windows 11 technology that powers reliable, locked-down kiosks for public-facing, frontline, and general-use devices. From the very first kickoff post (where we looked at why the old Intune Kiosk Templates don’t…
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 at Microsoft announced the welcome addition Intune on the Windows IT Pro Blog—definitely worth a…
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 the unique differences from Windows 10. The current Intune Kiosk templates? They were built for…
I’ve been glued to the (virtual) screen for Ignite this week, and while the Agentic AI + Windows 11 compatibility news and deeper Security Copilot integration in M365 E5 are super cool, the session that actually made me sit up straight was “The future of managing updates on Windows.” People, Windows Autopatch in 2026 is…
As Microsoft shifts us toward cloud-managed endpoints via Intune, questions about fine-tuning these policies keep popping up – specifically regarding feature updates; uncontrolled feature updates can cause unsanctioned releases, leading to instability and poor user experiences Hey everyone, it’s been a bit since my last post on leveraging Autopatch to smoothly transition from Windows 10…
If you’re wrestling with Windows 10 machines that just won’t budge to Windows 11 before the support deadline, you’re in the right place. I’ve spent the past few years helping organization of various sizes tackle this exact challenge, and with Windows 10’s end-of-support looming just months away (October 2025, anyone?), getting those systems upgraded to…
