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Managed Home Screen Just Got Way Better: Intune Admins Can Now Suspend It Remotely – No More Exit PIN Needed (Samsung & More)
If you’ve been following along, you know I spend a lot of time thinking about shared and kiosk-style devices — especially the kind frontline workers and shift teams rely on every day. Managed Home Screen (MHS) on Android Enterprise has… Continue reading
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May the Apps Be With You – Intune’s New Enhanced App Inventory Dashboard
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… Continue reading
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Assigned Access April: From Validation to Velocity – Your Three-Phase Process for Reliable Zero-Touch Windows 11 Kiosks
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… Continue reading
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Assigned Access April – A Trip to Boston for the Workplace Ninjas (And Why You Need to Show Up to These Events)
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.… Continue reading
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Assigned Access April: Essential CSPs & Settings Catalog Configurations to Fine-Tine 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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