Category: PowerShell
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.3 – Log Analytics Workspace and DCE
Welcome to part three of the second generation of PowerShell DCR Log Analytics. In this blog we will finally be getting into actual setup and creation! However, we will be keeping things simple and knocking out some easy targets. Note: There is no functional changes in this article from part 3 of the original series.…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.2 – Cost
This is probably the single most important question to anyone who is considering following this series of guides. If it’s not cost effective, what’s the point? Before we start, please know that I am no Azure cost “expert.” I can point you in the right direction and provide examples, but you need to consult with…
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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…
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Automating the Conversion of Intune Group Tags for Windows 11 Upgrades Part 3: Client Side Script
Following my last post, this part will cover the deployment of the client-side script as well as detail how it works and how you can adjust it. I have written about the topic of deploying scripts via proactive remediations a few times now such as for the Log Analytics side. The deployment itself will be…
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Automating the Conversion of Intune Group Tags for Windows 11 Upgrades Part 2: Function App
Following my last post, this part will cover the deployment of the Function App as well as gathering of the values from the Function App we will need for the next part. Update:Following my recent post on Security Updates for HTTP(s) Function Apps, I have started off by updating the Windows 11 Group Tag Conversion (GTC)…
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Automating the Conversion of Intune Group Tags for Windows 11 Upgrades Part 1: Overview
I have a fun one to talk about today. This is the first part in a three-part series which covers the use of PowerShell and an Azure Function App to automatically change over Windows 11 devices to a new group tag post upgrading from Windows 10. This is something I have had cooking for a…
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Security Update for HTTP(s) Function Apps
Howdy folks! I have good news! Great news actually, as I think this will let me start to remove the annoying red security warnings on all my HTTP function apps. Thanks to the work of the @NickolajA of the MSEndpointMGR team, there is a new authentication method for HTTP Functions which is more secure than…
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Intune Win32 Apps: Running them at System Startup
Here is a scenario: You might need to update an app, say a very critical app like a VPN application, and make sure you do it at a time that won’t interrupt the user. Unfortunately, Intune is not really capable of scheduling app deployments. You won’t be able to say “install this app only between…
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PowerShell Intune Win32 Apps – Avoiding a busy MSI Installer
Scenario & Background: Sometimes when you’re packaging apps to deploy via Intune, things need to be a little more complicated than just directly calling an MSI to install. You might need to install a series of MSIs or install an MSI and then copy files around. The easiest solution to make this all happen in…
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Windows 11: Automating the Removal of Personal Teams with Intune
I got reminded of this topic recently and realized there are a lot of people who might want this. This is how you can remove Microsoft Teams Personal from Windows 11 devices and keep it gone, as best as possible as of today at least. There was at one point a registry key one could…
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