Tag Archives: Windows 11

Security: Exploring Windows LAPS for Azure Active Directory – Initial Impressions in a Cloud-Only Setting

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Recently, Windows LAPS for Windows Server Active Directory was made available to the public, and I shared my initial test impressions:
Getting to Know Windows LAPS for Active Directory – First Look

As of April 21st, 2023, Windows LAPS for Azure Active Directory is now also accessible in a public preview. This presents an opportunity to test it in a cloud-only environment, and in this blog post, I will be sharing my initial testing impressions of Windows LAPS with Azure Active Directory in this scenario.

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Microsoft Intune: First impressions of Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM)

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Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) is one of the most anticipated features of the Microsoft Intune premium add-on suite and was already announced at Microsoft Ignite 2022. With EPM, Microsoft has finally developed a solution for assigning temporary administrator rights. Users no longer need to be made local administrators. Instead, your users can be given standard account permissions and be designated administrators for specific tasks. Microsoft has now released a first public preview. This blog article covers first test impressions about the new Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management feature.

  1. Licensing
  2. Windows Client requirements
  3. What files can be elevated
  4. Documentation
  5. Activate Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM)
  6. First test run – First impressions
    1. Admin Configuration – Elevation settings policy
    2. User Experience with Elevation settings policy in place
    3. Admin Configuration – Elevation rules policy
    4. User Experience with elevation rules policy in place
  7. Troubleshooting and further testing
  8. Conclusion
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Security: First impressions of the new Windows 11 22H2 security feature Enhanced Phishing Protection

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This blog article covers the new Windows 11 22H2 security feature Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen and gives first impressions.

  1. What is Enhanced Phishing Protection?
  2. How does Enhanced Phishing Protection work?
  3. How do I activate and configure Enhanced Phishing Protection?
  4. What are the first impressions?
    1. Warn me about malicious apps and sites
    2. Warn me about password reuse
    3. Warn me about unsafe password storage
    4. Phishing alerts in the Defender for Endpoint (MDE) portal
  5. Sources and additional links
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News: My Top 10 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2022

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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

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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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Security: First impressions of the new Windows 11 22H2 security feature Smart App Control

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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

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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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