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Company Portal Stuck on Downloading Intune Token Error IDX12729 and 0x80131040
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When the Company Portal Gets Stuck on Downloading: The Hidden IME Issue Behind It
This blog is about a strange Win32 app installation issue where the Company Portal stayed stuck on “Downloading” even though everything seemed to be perfectly fine. We’ll walk through what the...
Rudy Ooms
Intune Policy Tattooing Issue Removed Settings Stay Enforced
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Intune Policy Tattooing Issue: Removed Settings Stay Enforced

Intune Policies were unassigned and deleted, but the devices kept enforcing the old settings. SyncML only showed Add and Replace. Delete never arrived, and nothing was cleaned up.

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The New Windows Quality Update Management Policies

Microsoft is adding Windows Quality Update Management Policies to Intune, introducing manual approvals and new update cadences.

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Windows Recovery and Remediation for Quick Machine Recovery
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Windows Recovery and Remediation

While exploring the Intune portal code, a new entry appeared — Windows Recovery and Remediation. No docs, no rollout, no explanation. It looks like the missing link between Intune and the Quick Machine Recovery feature in Windows 11, designed to manage recovery and remediation when everything else fails.

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Why “User” Install Behavior Doesn’t Mean a User Install
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Why “User” Install Behavior Doesn’t Mean a User Install

You set App install context: User in Intune expecting a per-user install, but it went to Program Files. Here’s why.

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Microsoft Azure Attestation The Next Step in Compliance
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Microsoft Azure Attestation: The Next Step in Compliance
Microsoft is redefining Windows 11 compliance with Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA). They are doing so with some new evaluation settings, such as firmware protection, virtualization, and memory...
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OneDrive Error There was a problem Signing you In
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OneDrive Error: There was a problem Signing you In

OneDrive fails to sign in with the error: “There was a problem signing you in” when a user’s Entra display name contains special characters.

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HP OneAgent Update Broke Entra Trust on HP AI Devices
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HP OneAgent Update Broke Entra Trust on HP AI Devices

HP OneAgent 1.2.50.9581 removed the MS-Organization-Access certificate, causing HP AI devices to lose their Entra connection

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MMP-C The Future of Windows Device Management with Intune
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MMP-C: The Future of Windows Device Management with Intune

Windows device management is shifting. OMA-DM is being phased out in favor of MMP-C, bringing dual enrollment and declarative policies that apply faster and more reliably.

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Are we about to see GreenRed status in Intune The IME hints at it!
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Are we about to see Green/Red Online Device Status in Intune? The IME (IC3) hints at it!

The Intune Management Extension now includes the IC3.Trouter.dll used by Microsoft Teams, hinting at a shift from WNS push notifications to a real-time, always-connected channel for device management

Rudy Ooms