Category: Intune
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.9: Deploying the Collector Script via Proactive Remediations
Introduction: With your data ingesting and workbooks deployed, we are now ready to start to deploy the collector out via Proactive Remediations in Intune. This will likely be the final article in this series, at least for now. To be clear, I mean just the Windows Endpoints series for App/Device/Admin Inventory. There are quite a…
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Block Office “Add a Place” Menu 3rd-Party Apps

Here is an interesting one. If you go into Word/Excel/PowerPoint/ETC – there is an option under Save As, Add a Place which has a multitude of 3rd party site options you can use to connect Office apps directly to those locations. As of writing I see Box, Egnyte, OpenText Content Cloud, and ShareFile (Beta). I…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.2: Admin Inventory Overview
Introduction: Following my initial article in the series, this article will cover an overview of the Admin Inventory component of this collector / workbook with a primary focus on what this tool does for you and how the data is visualized in the workbooks. In this section we will cover… Prior Knowledge Requirement: I don’t want to…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.0: Device Inventory Overview
Introduction: This is the start of something big. Those familiar with my work on Log Analytics probably have realized I seem to know a lot but haven’t put out a ton of useable items yet. Those familiar with the work my work is based on, that being Jan Ketil Skanke of MSEndpointMGR team and his…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows 365 Monitoring Part 2.3: Workbook, Collector Deployment
This will be the last part of this guide. Here we will be deploying and modifying the workbook to match your environment as well as going over the deployment of the collectors and some of the options within them to configure how they function. Note: If you followed the V1 version of this series, you…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows 365 Monitoring Part 2.1: Overview
Introduction: Following my Log Analytics Learning Series V2, this three-part series will provide you with the resources and information to guide you through the setup of Log Analytics for monitoring a Microsoft Windows 365 (Cloud PC) environment. A big shout out to some friends on the Windows 365 team at Microsoft for helping determine what…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.7 – Deploying Data Collection Scripts
The last several parts of this series have been rather large so, I am going to keep this one nice and short. This will cover only the deployment of the script via Proactive Remediations as well as some simple queries to watch as new devices check in. Discussion regarding how the script works and how…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.5 – Sample Script, DCR & Table Creation, DCR Permission, First Ingestion
Yes, this part is going to cover a lot. But, by the end of this you will actually have sample data being ingested to Log Analytics! Unfortunately, this process is one of those things that makes a lot more sense to do and then explain. This information is all based on this article from Microsoft, and…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.4 – Function App
Welcome to part four, this is where things start to get serious and lengthy. In this section we will be going over the deployment of the Function App. I am covering this early on because it is a universal component which will/can be used by any data collection script. By the end of this article, you will…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.1 – Overview
Welcome! This is part one of the second generation of the Log Analytics learning series. Here we will cover… Why a Second Generation? To those familiar with the first generation of this series, you may be wondering why I would go back and re-do so much documentation. Well, in short, a lot has changed. Simply…
