Category: Windows
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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 1.1: Application Inventory Overview
Introduction: Following my initial article in the series, this article will cover an overview of the Application 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…
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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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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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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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Murdering Windows 11 Performance by Disabling Windows Defender – What Not to Do.
This is the story of how a rather innocent seeming policy, a policy which many other blogs “suggest” (to one degree or another), can absolutely destroy Windows 11 performance. This issue can slow the machine down by an order of magnitude – under the right conditions. This issue took me the better part of a…
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Autopilot ESP Bug: Office C2R Teams Installer Resulting in MSI Collision Nightmares
The title here says a lot. Through no short amount of pain, I have uncovered an unfortunate ESP bug related to the Teams Machine-Wide Installer specifically when deployed through Intune using the Microsoft 365 Apps (Windows 10 and later) app type. This article makes for a direct follow up to my ESP App Failure Troubleshooting…
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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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Auditing Other Logon/Logoff Events for Log Analytics
Some of my up-and-coming PowerShell based Log Analytics guides make use of Windows Event logs for data gathering. While the Event Log has a ton of useful information by default, some events only log when enabled via additional policy. One such policy is the Auditing of Other Logon/Logoff Events. This policy enables a multitude of…
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