Depending on the use cases and the requirements of the company, Android Enterprise Work Profile can be a great enrollment mode for both BYOD devices and company owned devices (in fully managed mode) when using Microsoft Intune. With an Android Enterprise Work Profile, you separate private apps and data from the corporate apps and data to prevent data leakage. Depending on the manufacture and the...
Category - Enterprise Mobility + Security
How to update Security Baselines in Microsoft Intune to a newer version
Security Baselines in Microsoft Intune are templates that contains policy configurations that by default are configured with the best practice from the Microsoft security teams. And that makes a Security Baseline the perfect starting point when creating a new policy set for the modern workplace. When creating a Security Baseline, all settings are pre-configured with the security best-practice...
How to exclude Shortcuts from syncing to OneDrive with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Microsoft Intune
Microsoft OneDrive is a great service for storing your files. And when you have “Known Folder Redirection” enabled, your Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders are redirected to OneDrive and synched to the cloud. This way you have the same Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders available on every device which benefits the user experience. However, you have applications that place a...
How to move or restore a Windows 11 VM in Hyper-V with TPM enabled (Shielded VMs)
In my previous blog I showed you step-by-step how to install Windows 11 as a VM in Hyper-V. The difference with Windows 10 is that Windows 11 requires a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip in order to boot. As you could read in my previous blog, this is no problem at all. However, I’m the kind of guy that regularly reinstalls my laptop/desktop and also uses multiple devices to run the same...
How to install Windows 11 in Hyper-V
Windows 11 has now been released over a month ago and many companies are now considering the switch. It is always good to test extensively first and get some hands-on experience. If you don’t have a physical PC available to test Windows 11, a good alternative is to do this in a virtual machine (VM). Personally, I use VMs a lot when I need to test Microsoft Intune configurations or when...
How to add iOS devices manually in the Apple Business Manager (ABM) for automatic Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Microsoft Intune enrollment
It’s a best practice to enroll corporate owned iOS/iPadOS devices via the Apple Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) program (PKA Device Enrollment Program – DEP). It offers “out of the box” security because the enrollment with the MDM solution will start automatically and the user can’t work around it. Next to automatic device enrollment it makes it possible to set...
How to setup Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment with Microsoft Intune
Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment (KME) is a Zero Touch provisioning solution. You can fully automate the enrollment of new, or factory reset devices into an MDM solution like Microsoft Intune. The end user only have to turn on their company-owned Android device and connect to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. This will start the enrollment which the end user cannot cancel or work around.
How to start with Shared iPads for Business with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) and Apple Business Manager
I get the following question regularly; “can we configure our Apple iPads as Shared device. Where you as a user, can login and logoff without seeing each other’s data?”. Most of the time it’s about medical personal that works in shifts and don’t have a personal device. But you can also think of maintenance and field agents or flight crew members for example. In this case you want to let the...
How to configure automatic Contact Syncing from Microsoft Outlook to the native Contacts App including Contact Fields filtering on iOS and Android BYOD devices with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
After companies apply Mobile Application Management (MAM) / App Protection Policies to their employees’ mobile devices, and forced them to use the Managed Outlook app instead of the native mail application, one of the most frequently asked questions are “how can I see who’s calling me?” and “where are my contacts? I don’t see them in my native contacts app”. This has everything to do with...
Call to Action : Add the new Microsoft Office (Hub) app for iOS and Android to your current Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Microsoft Intune App Protection Policies
In the last few weeks I have had contact with a few companies that use Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Microsoft Intune for managing their mobile devices. In most cases they do this for a longer time and they also use Mobile Application Management (App protection policies) for securing the company data, for example, on BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices / Private owned devices). And this is a good thing...
Quicker assign multiple resources within Microsoft Intune with Policy Sets
With the October 14, 2019 Microsoft Intune update, management of Microsoft Intune has become a little easier. And with “little easier” I mean that it is now possible to assign multiple resources like applications and policies at once. With Policy Sets you can assign applications, application protection policies (MAM), configuration-, compliance- and type restriction policies, AutoPilot profiles...
How to configure Windows AutoPilot with White Glove deployment
Some time ago I wrote a blog about “How to setup Windows AutoPilot and add existing devices the quickest way”. At that time, White Glove did not exist yet. And it’s great to know how to setup Windows AutoPilot and add existing devices the fastest way, but how to get endusers to work on a new device the fastest way?
How to enroll an Apple device with iOS 13 “User Enrollment” mode in Microsoft Intune
With the release of iOS 13 there were a few major changes, not only did the iPad’s got their own iPadOS, also with the Mobile Device Management (MDM) enrollment modes there are major changes. The Device Enrollment Program (DEP) is renamed to “Automated Device Enrollment” and all devices enrolled with “Automated Device Enrollment” are now automatically set in supervised mode. There is also a new...
How to control iOS app uninstall behavior at device unenrollment with Microsoft Intune
Previously, during a device unenrollment, all applications were removed that where pushed/installed via Microsoft Intune by default. This is not always handy, for example take the Microsoft Office applications. You can add multiple accounts within these applications and if you are using Microsoft Outlook for your work mail and also for your private mail. You want Microsoft Outlook to stay...