If you started patching Macs, iPhones and iPads in Intune in the last year or so, you’re probably already using Apple’s declarative device management (DDM) update policies in favor of the old MDM-based software update policies. Apple has deprecated those and Microsoft has said Intune will soon end support for them, but if you’ve moved…
Autopatch picks your Edge channel, and that’s about it. Here’s how to control when Edge checks for updates, how users are told to restart, and when that restart actually happens. One thing Intune’s native Autopatch groups and policies still lack is real control over the Microsoft Edge update deadline and the notification experience your users…
Have you ever bought a new machine for your organization, set everything up cloud native and cloud first, and then watched a user log in for the first time only to find their primary security software is McAfee with a one year free trial? Loaded at the OEM level, of course. And you didn’t buy…
Zero Trust essential configuration + real demo of the script approval flow In the aftermath of the Stryker incident earlier this year, enabling Intune’s Multi-Admin Approval feature (MAA) has become a non-negotiable Zero Trust control. If you’re not familiar with what happened, threat actors gained access to Intune and were able to execute mass wipe…
Hey everyone – I hope you had a great May the Fourth (if you’re into that sort of thing — may the force be with you). While a lot of us were celebrating Star Wars Day, Microsoft quietly dropped something that’s going to make daily life better for every Intune admin out there: the new…
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: Today we’re tackling one of the most critical pieces of a production kiosk: the CSP…
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 Nicholas Pilzner, Senior Technical Support Engineer at Microsoft and the voice behind the excellent technical…
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 this is the official launch of my YouTube channel – Malinoski.me’s very first internet broadcast,…
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…
