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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...
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
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Windows Autopilot Pre-Provisioning Bypasses Enrollment Restrictions?
This blog explores why Intune Platform enrollment restrictions don’t always block outdated Windows versions, when you configured an additional policy. Many assume assigning it to all users will...
Rudy Ooms
The Case of the Disappearing Web Sign-in After Autopilot Pre-provisioning
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The Case of the Disappearing Web Sign-in After Autopilot Pre-provisioning
This blog will show you a strange issue we encountered after deploying some Windows 11 devices using Autopilot for pre-provisioned deployments (White-Glove). The user signed in using a Temporary...
Rudy Ooms
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Delivery Optimization and Autopilot: A Troubleshooting Journey
This blog will focus on how one simple Delivery Optimization Policy in Intune could mess up all of your Autopilot and Autopilot (AP-DP) enrollments. Introduction Some Autopilot Device...
Rudy Ooms
Autopilot Device Preparation The Standard User Fix
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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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Intune Settings Catalog: Error Code 65000
This blog examines Error code 65000 when deploying Settings Catalog policies in Intune, specifically for ADMX-backed policies. Normally, Intune delivers the required ADMX template via ADMXInstall...
Rudy Ooms