Microsoft Autopilot Pre-Provisioning troubleshooting – how to get the logs

August 25, 2022 by Fabian Niesen

I work a lot with Microsoft Intune, Autopilot and also Pre-Provisioning. Especially with the latter, I often have to troubleshoot for my customers when things don’t work out. Michael Niehaus has written several articles on troubleshooting, including: Troubleshooting Windows Autopilot, a reference – Out of Office Hours (oofhours.com) Windows Autopilot diagnostics: Digging deeper – Out … Read more

Intune packaging made simple

June 24, 2021June 7, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

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I like to work with installation wrappers for packaging. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) or the Microsoft Deploment Tollkit (MDT), I have also used them for Microsoft Intune packaging.

Software management with Chocolatey

September 27, 2021May 4, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

This time it is about a so-called “freemium” software management solution. Feemium is made up of the two words “Free” and “Premium” and means that the software can be used free of charge, but certain functions cost extra. With mobile apps, this also means banner ads and annoying video commercials, but that is not the case here. This article is exclusively about the free version.

Microsoft 365 Licence Plans

July 1, 2021April 26, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

With Microsoft 365, there are various plans, and you don’t always find the one you are looking for. Here is an overview of various Microsoft 365 plans, some with the order links behind them. These links are affiliate links, which means we get a commission without changing the costs. This helps us to run this blog and create content.

User-related administrative templates in Intune (version 2101)

June 24, 2021March 4, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

Let’s first look at the comparative figures between the last article from October 2019 and now. The Edge Bowser and Microsoft Office have seen the most changes.

Device-specific administrative templates in Intune 2101

June 24, 2021March 2, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

Let’s first look at the comparative figures between the last article from October 2019 and now. The most changes have been made to Edge Bowser and Internet Explorer. There are also new settings for BitLocker. These were previously only configurable via their own policies in Intune.

Administrative Templates in Intune (Version 2101)

July 1, 2021March 1, 2021 by Fabian Niesen

In October 2019, I had already published a list of administrative templates. After that time, I thought I should update it.

Implement Microsoft Connected Cache with SCCM

June 24, 2021May 14, 2020 by Fabian Niesen

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At Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced the Connected Cache (previously known as Delivery Optimization In-Network Cache (DOINC)). I’ll take a closer look at it now. But what do you really need it for?

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Speaking at the Global Azure Bootcamp 2020 Virtual – Cologne

June 24, 2021April 28, 2020 by Fabian Niesen

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II am pleased to be speaking at the Global Azure Bootcamp 2020 Virtual – Cologne. Actually it was planned as a normal event, but due to COVID-19 it has now become an online event.

Setting up Office 365 Part 1

June 24, 2021February 19, 2020 by Fabian Niesen

This article is part of my migration from my old Office 365 to my new Microsoft 365 Tenant. It is also about setting up Office 365, the other Microsoft 365 topics will follow later. I also have written this article intentionally so that it can also be used for setup outside of a migration scenario.