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Intune ASAP Assignments Bug
Patch My PC has discovered an Intune software deployment bug. The Intune Management Extension incorrectly processes the available time for an Intune application if all of the following conditions...
Andrew Jimenez
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Autopilot Device Preparation: The Standard User Fix
This blog covers how Microsoft implemented a fix in the Intune Management Extension (IME) to address the standard user bug in Autopilot Device Preparation (AP-DP). The issue caused users to remain...
Rudy Ooms
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Curated vs. Crowdsourced: Why Enterprise Software Catalogs Require Professional Curation
Imagine you are Scotty, the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise, a vessel where every component has been meticulously designed, rigorously tested, and fine-tuned to perform flawlessly at...
Ben Whitmore
Personal Data Encryption Protected Data still accessible with a Password
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Personal Data Encryption: Protected Data still accessible with a Password
This blog will show you how we could still open protected data with Personal Data Encryption (PDE) even when logging in with a Password, even when Microsoft’s documentation tells us...
Rudy Ooms
How Intune Autopilot Tracks Security Policies During the Enrollment Status Page
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How the Enrollment Status Page Tracks Security Policies During Autopilot
Ever wondered how the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) identifies which security policies are tracked and applied during Windows Autopilot enrollment? This blog uncovers how it tracks them through the...
Rudy Ooms
Windows Hello for Business Shows a Blank Set up A PIN screen
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Windows Hello for Business Shows a Blank Set up A PIN Screen?
This blog is about a frustrating issue in which Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) shows the “Set up a PIN” screen but fails to display the PIN input field. 1. Set up A Pin Issue on...
Rudy Ooms
Fixing CAA2000B AADSTS500014 Outlook Sign-In Failures
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Fixing CAA2000B / AADSTS500014 Outlook Sign-In Failures
This blog is about an issue where the classic version of Outlook stopped signing in, throwing CAA2000B / AADSTS500014 and 4usqa errors. The funny thing is that the new “modern” Outlook worked...
Rudy Ooms
The Proxy Misconfiguration That Broke the Device Inventory Agent
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How a Proxy Misconfiguration Broke the Device Inventory Agent
This blog covers a common but often missed misconfiguration: filtering or intercepting traffic to dm.microsoft.com. One small mistake in how traffic was handled broke the linked enrollment process...
Rudy Ooms
Windows 11 24H2 AppLocker script enforcement broken
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Windows 11 24H2: AppLocker Script Enforcement broken
If you are moving devices to Windows 11 24H2, there is a critical security problem you should know about. On Windows 11 24H2, Constrained Language Mode is no longer enforced correctly when using...
Rudy Ooms
Autopilot Deregistration procedure
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Autopilot and Motherboard Replacements: Why a Deregistration procedure Matters
This blog explains what can go wrong when Autopilot devices aren’t properly deregistered or offboarded and how something as simple as a motherboard replacement can lead to enrollment failures,...
Rudy Ooms