News: Microsoft Intune Driver Management and new Microsoft Store integration

Back in 2021, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Intune would get driver management and integration for the new Microsoft Store. For a long time, however, there was no significant news until new developments and first release dates were announced on October 25, 2022 at The Microsoft Technical Takeoff: Windows and Microsoft Intune online event, which is currently taking place from October 24 to 28.

  1. Microsoft Intune Driver Management
  2. Integration for the new Microsoft Store
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News: My Top 10 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2022

Microsoft Ignite 2022 took place from October 12-14, happily as a hybrid event, online and onsite in Seattle. Under the headline “Do more with less with the Microsoft Cloud“, Microsoft presented over 100 new solutions or updates to existing products. This blog article presents my top 10 takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2022 with a focus on Modern Workplace, Microsoft 365 and Security. In conclusion, I will honor my favorite session and give my overall impression of Microsoft Ignite 2022.

  1. Modern Workplace
    1. #1 New Microsoft Intune name branding
    2. #2 New Microsoft Intune product family
    3. #3 New Microsoft Intune suite of advanced solutions
    4. #4 Deliver organizational messages with Windows 11 and Microsoft Intune
    5. #5 What’s new in Windows 365
  2. Microsoft 365
    1. #6 Office is becoming Microsoft 365 and New Microsoft 365 Announcements
    2. #7 New Microsoft Teams Premium Features
  3. Security
    1. #8 Conditional Access Authentication Strengths
    2. #9 Azure AD certificate-based authentication (CBA)
    3. #10 Workload Identities GA in November 2022
  4. Favourite session from Microsoft Ignite 2022
  5. My overall impression of Microsoft Ignite 2022
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Security: How to achieve a Microsoft Secure Score for Devices above 95% in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Microsoft Intune

This blog article shows how to master the security recommendations of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) with Microsoft Intune and achieve a device secure score above 95%.

  1. Security recommendations analysis and how to start
  2. Security recommendations covered by security baselines
  3. Security recommendations overview not covered by security baselines
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Microsoft Intune: How to deploy Windows Features

This blog article covers how to deploy Windows Features like Windows Sandbox or Hyper-V with Microsoft Intune.

  1. Spoilt For Choice
  2. The approach
  3. PowerShell script for installation/uninstallation (WindowsSandbox.ps1)
  4. Custom Detection Script (DetectWindowsSandbox.ps1)
  5. Create Windows app (Win32) package
  6. Deploy Application with Microsoft Intune
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Security: First impressions of the new Windows 11 22H2 security feature Smart App Control

This blog article covers the new Windows 11 22H2 security feature Smart App Control (SAC) and gives first impressions as well as recommendations.

  1. What is Smart App Control (SAC)?
  2. How does Smart App Control (SAC) work?
  3. How do I activate and configure Smart App Control (SAC)?
  4. What are the first impressions?
  5. My recommendations
  6. Summary
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Security: How to use Security Baselines and which policies can cause impact for your environment

This blog article covers the implementation options of the different Microsoft Intune security baselines and gives an overview of policies that can impact your users.

  1. For what purpose are the security baselines?
  2. What security baselines are available?
  3. How should the security baselines be used? How do I start?
  4. Which policies should be considered and checked in particular, as they could affect the user experience in your company?
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