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…
That’s right—Assigned Access April is taking a quick breather this week. We’ve packed the month with deep dives into cloud-native Intune management for both internal and public-facing kiosks, and we’re building toward a strong grand finale before the month ends. Before we wrap up the series, I wanted to share something special that happened this…
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 testing since mid-2025, and honestly? It feels like the stability and control bump Windows 11…
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…
The modern workspace approach for detecting & remediating McAfee AV through Microsoft Intune application packaging. Managing Windows devices in an enterprise environment is challenging, particularly when devices from manufacturers like Dell, HP, and Lenovo come preinstalled with McAfee antivirus. This software can disrupt zero-touch provisioning, conflict with corporate security solutions, and degrade system performance, reliability,…
