Nick Benton
I’m an end-user computing specialist with over a decade of experience in consulting, architecture, design, and implementation of modern device management, and enterprise mobility solutions. I currently have the role of Principal Cloud Endpoint Consultant at Phoenix Software Ltd who are the Global Microsoft Partner of the Year for Modern Endpoint Management 2023, where my main focus is assisting customers in their road to a modern workplace cloud first approach, using Microsoft Intune, with a focus on migration, security and zero touch deployments.
I use this website as a platform to share content with the community, based on solutions I find, to problems encountered in real world scenarios.
Automating Endpoint Privilege Management Policies with PowerShell
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Microsoft Intune
Windows 10 and later
Security
Settings Catalog
Endpoint Privilege Management
Graph API
PowerShell
Automation
Endpoint Security
So you’re interested in Endpoint Privilege Management in Microsoft Intune and in you’re excitement you’ve gone and deployed a new policy to audit using the Reporting Scope options, all elevations across your managed Windows 10 and later devices. Now what?
Deploying Teams Backgrounds to macOS Devices
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Microsoft Intune
macOS
Microsoft Teams
Apps
Shell Script
What happens when a stranger on the Internet asks you to look at something they’ve got a problem with? Here we are, looking at how to deploy Microsoft Teams Backgrounds to macOS devices.
Co-Managing Windows Autopilot Hybrid Join Devices
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Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Configuration Manager
Windows 10 and later
Windows Autopilot
Remediation Scripts
PowerShell
Hybrid Entra Join
Co-management
Installing the Configuration Manager client on Hybrid Azure AD Joined Autopilot devices should be an easy process right?
Assigning Intune Mobile Apps Quickly and Consistently
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Microsoft Intune
Android
iOS/iPadOS
Administration
Apps
Graph API
PowerShell
Automation
No one, and I mean no one, really wants to manually and individually assign Mobile Apps to Users or Devices in Intune in their 100’s, so we should find a solution for this bulk assignment approach.
Updating Apple Operating System Compliance Policies
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Microsoft Intune
iOS/iPadOS
macOS
Compliance
Software Updates
Graph API
PowerShell
Automation
Apple devices shouldn’t be exempt from Operating System compliance policies, and these policies should share the same fate as Windows ones, and be updated monthly in line with update release cycles.
Device Migration and Automated Device Enrolment Profile Assignment
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Microsoft Intune
iOS/iPadOS
macOS
Device Enrolment
Graph API
PowerShell
Automated Device Enrolment
Automation
Migrating iOS/iPadOS device to Microsoft Intune shouldn’t be a headache, and assignment of Automated Device Enrolment profiles with Apple Business Manager integration isn’t the exception.
Proactively Renaming Hybrid Azure AD Joined Devices
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Microsoft Intune
Windows 10 and later
Windows Autopilot
Remediation Scripts
Hybrid Entra Join
PowerShell
Nothing has really changed in the Hybrid Join Autopilot space when it comes to device names, and we’re still stuck with useless naming conventions for these devices; sometimes a prefix and random characters just isn’t a good enough identification method for Windows devices.
Reinstalling the Configuration Manager Client on Migrated Devices
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Microsoft Configuration Manager
Windows 10 and later
Apps
PowerShell
Administration
Automation
Have you ever had the pleasure of migrating Configuration Manager clients from one domain to another, or maybe between Configuration Manager environments? Tired of manually reinstalling the client from the Console? Wanting a quick and easy way to keep on top of migrated devices? You’re in luck.
Enrolling Microsoft Teams Room Systems in Intune
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Microsoft Intune
Android
Microsoft Teams
Device Enrolment
What if you want to ensure that all of your Microsoft Teams Rooms System accounts, and any future accounts can enrol using Android Device Administrator in Microsoft Intune?