One of Microsoft’s most familiar cloud identity product names is changing.
Azure Active Directory is becoming Microsoft Entra ID.
For administrators, the immediate question is obvious:
What actually changes? Continue reading
Anyone who has administered Windows computers knows how much work traditional device deployment can involve.
Receive a computer. Create or maintain an operating-system image. Install Windows. Install drivers. Add applications. Join the domain. Apply policies. Configure the device. Finally, deliver it to the user.
Microsoft’s modern-management strategy introduces a different approach through Windows Autopilot. Continue reading
The application has been deploying through Intune all morning. Most laptops received it, but several machines are still showing an installation problem
This is exactly the kind of ticket where random troubleshooting can waste hours.
Instead, break the deployment into stages. Continue reading
One of the confusing parts of Microsoft cloud administration for beginners is device identity.
You open a device and see terminology such as:
Microsoft Entra registered
Microsoft Entra joined
Microsoft Entra hybrid joined Continue reading
You’ve created a configuration policy in Microsoft Intune.
You’ve assigned it to a group.
You wait.
And nothing happens.
This is one of the most common situations administrators encounter when working with endpoint management. Continue reading
PowerShell is one of the most useful tools available to Windows administrators. Combine it with Microsoft Intune and you can execute administrative tasks across managed Windows devices without manually connecting to each computer.
icrosoft has spent years moving enterprise services to the cloud.
Exchange moved to Exchange Online.
SharePoint moved to SharePoint Online.
Office became increasingly cloud-connected through Office 365 and Microsoft 365.
Identity became cloud-connected.
Device management entered the cloud through Microsoft Intune.
Now Microsoft is taking another major step:
Windows itself is moving to the cloud.
On July 14, 2021, Microsoft announced Windows 365, a cloud service designed to stream a complete Windows environment to a device. Microsoft calls this new category a Cloud PC Continue reading