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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
The Hidden ARSO Setting That Breaks Personal Data Encryption
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The Hidden ARSO Setting That Breaks Personal Data Encryption

Personal Data Encryption in Windows 11 is easy to misconfigure. If you leave Automatic Restart Sign On enabled, users can access protected files with just a password. This blog explains why this setting matters and how to secure your data the right way.

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

A deep dive into how the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) identifies which security policies are tracked and applied during Windows Autopilot

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?

WHfB showing a blank Set up a screen? It wasn’t a policy, just one hidden script causing it all. Here’show we tracked it down

Rudy Ooms
Fixing CAA2000B AADSTS500014 Outlook Sign-In Failures
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Fixing CAA2000B / AADSTS500014 Outlook Sign-In Failures

Outlook sign in blocked with errors CAA2000B and AADSTS500014. Users using the Classic Outlook could not log in. Here is what caused it.

Rudy Ooms
The Proxy Misconfiguration That Broke the Device Inventory Agent
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How a Proxy Misconfiguration Broke the Device Inventory Agent

Blocking dm.microsoft.com prevents the device from getting a linked enrollment, which stops Device Inventory and EPM agents from installing.

Rudy Ooms
Windows 11 24H2 AppLocker script enforcement broken
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Windows 11 24H2: AppLocker Script Enforcement broken

On Windows 11 24H2, Constrained Language Mode is no longer enforced correctly when using AppLocker Script Enforcement Rules

Rudy Ooms
Autopilot Deregistration procedure
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Autopilot and Motherboard Replacements: Why a Deregistration procedure Matters

A motherboard swap can break Autopilot. If the device isn’t deregistered, enrollment fails or joins the wrong tenant. Here’s how to fix it

Rudy Ooms
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Windows Autopilot Pre-Provisioning Bypasses Enrollment Restrictions?

Discover how Windows Autopilot Pre-Provisioning can bypass Platform Device Enrollment Restrictions when an additional policy is configured.

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

After Autopilot pre-provisioning and using a Temporary Access Pass to sign in, the Web Sign in option disappeared. Find out what caused it!

Rudy Ooms