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Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap – November 2023
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Welcome to Recast’s Endpoint Management Recap, November 2023 – by Daniel Engberg
Hello everyone!
It’s November. The dark and cold are upon us, and soon it will be Christmas. I like this time of the year!
This month has brought many developments, particularly with AI’s integration into all of Microsoft’s products. Microsoft’s flagship product for this is Copilot, which was heavily featured during Microsoft Ignite.
In this edition, I’ve compiled essential resources and links from Microsoft Ignite. Expect to discover how Copilot is transforming our experience with Microsoft products.
As usual, the recap covers all other new content from Microsoft and the community.
The next recap will also be the last of the year, giving us some good indications of what we have in store for 2024.
See you in December!
– Daniel Engberg
Contents – Endpoint Management Recap
- Events / Conference News
- Microsoft Product Announcements
- Community Tools / News
- Recast Software Updates
Upcoming Events
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IGNITE 2023
This year’s edition of Microsoft Ignite focused primarily on AI, and more specifically, Copilot.
I’ve gathered all the links I could find, both from Microsoft and the community.
I would start with Microsoft Ignite 2023 Book of News, which covers all the news from the event! Then dig deeper below.
Microsoft links:
- Microsoft Intune news at Microsoft Ignite 2023 | Microsoft Intune Blog
- Microsoft Ignite opening
- Microsoft Cloud in the era of AI
- Inside Microsoft AI innovations with Mark Russinovich
- Where can I get Microsoft Copilot? – Microsoft Support
- Getting your enterprise ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Microsoft Cloud PKI launches as a new addition to the Microsoft Intune Suite | Microsoft Intune Blog
- Learn Live: Prepare for, implement, and secure Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Microsoft Intune introduces Security Copilot-embedded experience | Microsoft Intune Blog
- Introducing Microsoft Intune Enterprise App Management | Microsoft Intune Blog
- Announcing Microsoft Copilot Studio | Microsoft 365 Blog
- What’s New in Windows Autopatch: Microsoft Ignite 2023 Edition | Windows IT Pro Blog
Community Highlights:
- A first glance at Copilot Studio – Nico De Cleyre (@NicoDeCleyre)
- News: My Top 10 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2023 | Gobisweb – Fabrizio Gobeli (@El_Duderino1985)
Microsoft Product Announcement
This month, we saw the much-anticipated release of Windows 11 23H2, bringing a host of exciting updates and features:
- Copilot in Windows Preview: Copilot in Windows is rolling out in preview, starting in select global markets, such as North America, Asia, and South America, with plans to expand to more markets over time.
- SMS Integration: Windows 11 now allows you to send and receive SMS messages within Microsoft Teams and link your Android Phone using Link to Windows, enabling SMS access and meeting link sharing via your phone number.
- New People Experience: A new People experience makes finding people relevant to you easy on Teams. Because Teams syncs with your Outlook and Skype contacts, you can connect to them whenever you want.
- Application Management: There are changes in managing applications, where system components are labeled “system” under All apps on the Start menu, and their management page has been moved to Settings > System > System Components.
Here is some official Microsoft documentation around the update:
- Windows 11, version 23H2 update history – Microsoft Support
- Windows 11, version 23H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn
- KB5027397: Feature update to Windows 11, version 23H2 by using an enablement package – Microsoft Support
- Download Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet for Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2) from Official Microsoft Download Center
Products
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) [What’s New Page]
Microsoft ConfigMgr [What’s New Page] [Tech Community] [Virtual Hub][MS Q\A][Reddit][Feedback]
Microsoft 365 [What’s New Page]
Microsoft Intune [What’s New Page]
- Now is the time—manage your Mac endpoints with Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Intune Blog
- Simplify your Windows 11 upgrade experience with Intune | Windows IT Pro Blog (microsoft.com)
Microsoft Windows [What’s New Page]
- Windows Client
- Windows Server
- Windows 365
Security Alerts and Info [Microsoft Security Portal – Security Update Guide]
Other
- PowerShell 7.4 General Availability – PowerShell Team (microsoft.com)
- Windows Admin Center version 2311 is now in Public Preview! – Microsoft Community Hub
Podcasts / Blog Series / Video Blogs
- Group-Centric documentation for Intune (Part 1) – mAnimA.de – Martin Himken (@MHimken)
- What’s new in Microsoft Intune (2310) – YouTube – Mattias Melkersen & Nickolaj Andersen (@MMelkersen & @NickolajA)
- Automating Windows 365 part 1 – Introducing Graph and setting up Visual Studio code – SCCMentor – Paul Winstanley (@SCCMentor)
- Windows 11 23H2 Update Using Intune Feature Update Policy | Upgrade Win 10 to Win11 23H2 – YouTube – Chander Mani Pandey (@Mani_CMPandey)
- Microsoft Intune 10 – Enrol and configure iOS and iPadOS – Part 1 – @2codemonte (wordpress.com) – Rob Winter (@2code_monte)
- Scripting Success A Deep Dive into Tiny PowerShell Projects – Doug Finke – YouTube – (@dfinke)
- Import and Export Intune Setting Catalog Policy | Setting Catalog Policies In Intune – YouTube – Chander Mani Pandey (@Mani_CMPandey)
- Tackling Universal Print | Tackling Tech – YouTube – Harjit Dhaliwal (@Hoorge)
Blog Posts
Intune
- Collecting Custom Inventory with Intune: A Step-by-Step Guide – Jannik Reinhard (@jannik_reinhard)
- Configure BitLocker on Windows Devices with Intune – Fabian Rodriguez (@Fabian1560)
- How to Upgrade Windows 10 Devices to Windows 11 with Intune – Fabian Rodriguez (@Fabian1560)
- How to Resolve NamespaceMissing:Microsoft.Policies.Windows Error in Intune | scloud – Florian Salzmann (@FlorianSLZ)
- Warranty Reporting for Intune – PowerStacks – John Marcum (@MEM_MVP)
- DiscoveryEndpoint | Declared Configuration Enrollment (call4cloud.nl) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Intune – You can now export/import Windows devices configuration profiles (hametbenoit.info) – Benoit Hamat (@benoit_hamet)
- Getting started with web-based device enrollment for iOS devices – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Deploy Fonts using Intune: 3 Proven Methods (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Microsoft Intune -Module7.3- Intune Win32 App Client Side Deep Dive | Troubleshoot Intune Win32 Apps – YouTube – Chander Mani Pandey (@Mani_CMPandey)
- Scheduling tasks on Linux with Cron and Intune – Cloud Blog (ugurkoc.de) – Ugur Koc (@UgurKocDe)
- Intune – You can now manually launch remediation on a specific device (preview) (hametbenoit.info) – Benoit Hamet (@benoit_hamet)
- Policy To Turn Off Downloading Of Print Drivers Over HTTP Using Intune HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com) – Abhinav Rana
- Remove Device from Company Portal for macOS (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Configuring multi-app kiosk mode on Windows 11 – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- Intune – You can now manage Windows Subsystem for Linux (hametbenoit.info) – Benoit Hamet (@benoit_hamet)
- Intune Certificate Recovery | AllowRecovery | DmClient CSP (call4cloud.nl) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Windows Autopilot – Fixing Windows 11 VM ‘No Internet’ issue hosted in a Windows Server OS Hyper-V (rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com) – Rahul Jindal (@rahulj1906)
- Block USB Drives using Intune – A Step-by-Step Guide (prajwaldesai.com) –
Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai) - Intune Certificate Recovery | AllowRecovery | DmClient CSP (call4cloud.nl) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Autopilot Version 2 Device Preparation Page | APV2 (call4cloud.nl) – Rudy Ooms (@Mister_MDM)
- Deploying and configuring the Azure VPN Client app on Windows devices – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
ConfigMgr
- Free Readiness MEMCM / SCCM Windows 11 Report (systemcenterdudes.com) – Benoit Lecours (@benoitlecours)
- Enable SCCM Cloud Attach (systemcenterdudes.com) – Benoit Lecours (@benoitlecours)
- Automatically sending Task Sequence logs to SharePoint when MECM/MDT deployment fails | Syst & Deploy (systanddeploy.com) – Damien Van Robaeys (@syst_and_deploy)
- Problems imaging a Surface Go 4 using Configuration Manager – System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) – www.windows-noob.com – Niall C. Brady (@ncbrady)
Windows 11
- Windows 11 23H2 Upgrade Using Intune Feature Updates Policy HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com) – Jitesh Kumar (@jitesh8092)
- Disable Copilot on Windows 11 using Intune and GPO (prajwaldesai.com) – Prajwal Desai (@PrajwalDesai)
- Windows Clipboard History – TechNine – Erik Moreau (@ErikMoreau)
- Why protecting BitLocker Recovery key retrieval is so important.. (rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com) – Rahul Jindal (@rahulj1906)
- olastrom.com – Let’s move our Cloud PC! – Ola Ström (@olastromcom)
- Sastu Insights | Get the Application User Model ID (AUMID) using File Explorer in Windows 11 22H2 and later (sastu-insights.com) – Sascha Stumpler (@SasStu)
- Configuring Windows Hello for Business cloud Kerberos trust – All about Microsoft Intune (petervanderwoude.nl) – Peter van der Woude (@pvanderwoude)
- MEM.Zone | Introducing: Windows Cache Cleanup Tool – Ioan Popovici (@IoanPopovici)
- Introducing the Windows app – techlab.blog – Dominiek Verham (@dominiekverham)
- Windows Verbose Status – theDXT – Daniel Keer (@theDXT)
Windows 365
- Windows 365: the easy intro (oceanleaf.ch) – Niklas Tinner (@NiklasTinner)
- Windows 365 Features Deep Dive (W365 Community Edition) – YouTube – Sune Thomsen (@SuneThomsenDK)
- Using Windows 365 Boot with multiple Cloud PCs – techlab.blog – Dominiek Verham (@dominiekverham)
- Windows 365 intro with Morten Pedholt – YouTube – Niklas Tinner & Morten Pedholt (@NiklasTinner & @MortenPedholt)
- Windows 365 Cloud PC Audit Logs with Azure Log Analytics & Graph API using PowerShell | AskAresh – Aresh Sarkari (@askaresh)
Other SysAdmin Info
- B2B – ABM – Adding own domain! – Piesik.me – Jakub Piesik (@dzejzipl)
- B2B – ABM – Federated Authentication with Microsoft – Piesik.me – Jakub Piesik (@dzejzipl)
- Onboarding a passwordless Azure AD user | Peter Klapwijk – In The Cloud 24-7 (inthecloud247.com) – Peter Klapwjik (@inthecloud_247)
- Improve experience with Quick assist Non Administrator mode ~ Learn with Pathum (pathumudana.com) – Pathum Udana (@pathum_udana)
- AI-Powered Security From Microsoft HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com) – Vidya M A (@Vidyasasidhara)
- Optimizing Content Delivery with Microsoft Delivery Optimization and Zscaler Proxy – All about Microsoft Endpoint Manager (eskonr.com) – Eswar Koneti (@eskonr)
Recast Software recently held a webinar on the future of application management and patching. We covered both Application Manager and Liquit, our newest addition to Recast Software. The webinar gave an exclusive first look at Liquit’s groundbreaking tech. Watch the recording here:
We also recently hosted a Customer Panel titled “Unveiling IT Blind Spots.” Our panel of IT experts shared their real-world experiences in managing IT environments and discussed their strategies for reducing blind spots. Watch the recording here or read a recap.
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