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Domain join account for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

29/03/2022 | Azure Virtual Desktop | 4 Comments

Hello there! Quick post today on how to create a domain join service account to add Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) session hosts to the domain. Prerequisites Create a service account, e.g. AVDDomainJoin@domain.net Permissions within Active Directory to delegate control to various OU’s Organisational structure for AVD Organisational Unit Structure for AVD Before we start, ensure […]

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Azure Virtual Desktop

Customise Google Chrome using Admin Templates via Intune

24/03/2022 | Intune | 3 Comments

Hello there (obi wan voice), back in July 2020 and my 2nd ever post on this blog I demonstrated how you could leverage Microsoft Intune custom OMA-URI’s to deploy customisations for Google Chrome, that post is still very much valid but with the MEM team at Microsoft have recently introduced the Google Chrome policies into

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Auto-subscribe Remote Desktop clients to Azure Virtual Desktop \ W365 via Microsoft Intune.

05/03/2022 | Azure Virtual Desktop, Intune, Windows | 1 Comment

Hi everyone! Today, I want to demonstrate how you leverage Microsoft Intune to auto-subscribe Remote Desktop clients into Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and \ or Windows 365 environments, this approach will negate the need for end-users to manually subscribe and enhance the end-user experience when managing thin clients via Intune. Prerequisites Administrative rights within Microsoft

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Azure Virtual Desktop, Intune, Windows

Deploy Firefox Bookmarks using MSIntune

06/01/2022 | Intune | 1 Comment

Happy new year, hope you had a great time! With my first post of 2022, I want to describe how you can deploy bookmarks (aka favourites) into the Mozilla Firefox browser, display the bookmark bar and remove default bookmarks for a clean layout via Microsoft Intune. TIP: Want to deploy bookmarks for other browsers? See

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Intune

Remove Chat from Taskbar on Windows 11 using Intune.

01/12/2021 | Intune

G’day, a quick post on how you can remove the Chat icon from the taskbar on Windows 11 devices using Microsoft Intune. Before we begin this policy only applies to Windows 11 Enterprise editions. Let’s dig in…. Creating a Custom Configuration Profile Log into MEMAC portal, go to Devices, Configuration Profiles and then click Create

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Enable Firefox Windows SSO using Intune

26/11/2021 | Intune | 1 Comment

G’day, a short and sweet post on how to enable Windows SSO for Mozilla Firefox using a custom Configuration Profile deployed via Microsoft Intune. Prerequisites Administrator rights within Intune Test User with licence Mozilla Firefox 91+ installed on test device Obtain Firefox ADMX We’ll need to download the latest Mozilla Firefox ADMX templates from here.

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Using Filters to selectively target Intune Apps and Configs

13/10/2021 | Intune

Hi all, a post on how you can use Device Filters to target specific configurations within Intune to include or exclude Windows 11 devices only. This may be useful when you’re configuring personalisation settings or application deployments and want to either include or exclude specific device properties. What are filters? Microsoft released Filters for Intune

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Deploy Visual Studio Code via ConfigMgr

13/08/2021 | ConfigMgr

G’Day, quick post on how to deploy Visual Studio Code via ConfigMgr today! Download For my environment, I’ll be using the x64 installer to deploy via ConfigMgr. x64/x86/ARM installers can be found at https://code.visualstudio.com/download, make sure to select the System Installer to be able to ensure that the application is available for all users on

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ConfigMgr

Increasing SharePoint Site Size via PowerShell

05/08/2021 | SharePoint

Today, I want to show you how you can increase SharePoint Online site storage limits (aka quotas) via PowerShell. I ran into an issue today where a client was unable to upload new files to a private Microsoft Teams Channel due to the channel reaching it’s quota limit within SharePoint and the new SharePoint Admin

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Remove News and Interests via Intune

16/07/2021 | Intune

G’Day, today, I want to show you a quick and easy way of removing the News and Interests section from the taskbar via Microsoft Intune. News and Interests was introduced by Microsoft in the May monthly update for Windows 1909+ devices. It is seen as more of a consumer item so many organisations are removing

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Quick Assist – UAC Black Screen resolution via Intune

09/07/2021 | Intune

Happy FriYAY, when using Quick Assist when the end-user is in user mode to remote control devices, a black screen is presented to the rescuer when a UAC dialogue box appears on the end-user device and the administrator cannot enter in a password or dismiss. This is a quick post on how to resolve this

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Intune

A first look at Windows 11

23/06/2021 | Intune, Windows | 2 Comments

G’Day all, a different kind of post today, as most of you are probably aware a leaked version of Windows 11 hit the forums recently, the official announcement is expected on the 24th of June, here is the link to the stream, but I thought I’d grab hold of the leaked ISO and see what

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Intune, Windows

Control Edge Extensions via Intune

18/06/2021 | Intune | 9 Comments

G’Day, hope you’re enjoying the Euros! Today, I want to describe how you can control which Microsoft Edge browser extensions can be installed via Microsoft Intune. With this configuration, you’ll be able to block specific edge extensions or only allow specific edge extensions to be installed, for demonstration purposes, we’ll work on the latter, I’ll

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Block Internet Explorer via Intune

02/06/2021 | Intune | 6 Comments

Good day! Short and sweet post today, this post will detail the steps on how to block the Internet Explorer application via Intune. First, why block Internet Explorer? Internet Explorer has been around for 25 years now since its release in 1995 (I was four!), in a nutshell, it’s served its duty but it can

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Intune

Configure Storage Sense using Setting Catalog via MSIntune

27/05/2021 | Intune | 1 Comment

Back in August last year, I created a post on how to enable and configure Storage Sense within Intune by creating a custom profile that post is still relevant and can be found here, today, I want to show you how to deploy the exact same settings but via the new setting catalog recently released

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