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The July Windows update caused newly enrolled devices to appear noncompliant in Intune, even when BitLocker, Secure Boot, and Code Integrity were enabled. This investigation connects the SyncML 404 errors, failed Device Health Attestation, Parallels vTPM reports, AIK v2, feature 62861611, and the code changes Microsoft introduced in KB5101684
Comparing third-party patching solutions based solely on licensing cost can lead to expensive mistakes. This article explores the key questions IT teams should ask when evaluating patching vendors and explains why the cheapest option on paper may not be the most cost-effective choice in practice.
Some time ago, the Company Portal suddenly failed to load its apps. In this blog, I explain what happened behind the scenes, how the IWService path works, why the issue could affect only one Intune Azure Scale Unit, and how you can check that tenant specific service path yourself.
Custom compliance in Intune can leave devices reporting stale results for up to eight hours. IME 1.103.101.0 appears to introduce a new hourly cadence that could rerun discovery scripts and send fresh PolicyResult data back to Intune much sooner.
The new Improved on-demand Sync in Intune is expanding beyond policies to include Win32 apps, PowerShell scripts, and Remediations.
A third party smart card KSP caused the Intune MDM certificate renewal flow in Windows 11 to fail before the actual renewal checks even started, leaving devices with expired certificates and almost no useful errors. This blog explains why only specific devices were affected, how the November update changed the Windows renewal flow, and why the same fix could still depend on feature rollout in Windows 11 24H2.
Excerpt: Five Eyes warned that AI is shrinking the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation. That makes AI patch management a real operational problem, especially for organizations still relying on slow testing cycles, manual third party updates, or users clicking update prompts when they feel like it.
