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Hi Eveyone In the previous post about the same topic the goal was simple, make sure a filter membership (based on windows devices) would have devices coming ...
💫 Connect-ToMgGraph Script is now published at PowerShell Gallery 💫 https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Connect-ToMgGraph/ 🔖 Version : 1.2 , updated o...
Hi Everyone. 🔖Updated: 10/1/2024 Thanks to my fellows Maxime Guillemin and Harm Veenstra I was able to publish an updated version of the following: Connect-...
Hi everyone After the latest changes and updates on the GraphAPI and following what Andrew S. Taylor (MVP) shared the other day link I started to put a silen...
If you have deployed macOS enrollment in Intune you might be wondering how we refresh macOS devices to keep mimicking all changes during the validation proce...
Hi everyone Have you ever targeted applications, policies, or settings to “All devices” in Intune and wondered what has happened? The quick answer is that a...
Hi everyone. 📢 Updated: 7/18/2023 – RegisterAutopilot.ps1 and get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity 3.0.4 In the past months, I’ve been sharing some ways to get ...
This is part 2 of Windows Autopilot deployment profiles – Part 1 here. In this post, I’m covering Azure AD Joined devices (AADJ). Summary PROS cloud-based ce...
Hi everyone. 📢 Updated: 7/18/2023 – get-windowsautopilotinfocommunity 3.0.4 and its parameters ‘case sensitive’ If you have followed me on twitter and linked...
Welcome to this 2 part posts about Windows Autopilot deployment profiles (WAP) In this post, I’m covering the Hybrid Azure AD Joined (HAADJ) Windows Autopilo...
Hi again, If you had checked my previous post about Intune Custom Roles you’re familiar with this setup/architecture. In this post I’m covering the following...
📢 Updated: 06/24/2023 / DeviceID Diagram Hi again If you checked this post about Create a Temporary Windows autopilot dynamic device group, you might have as...
Hi there. In this quick post, I’m demonstrating how to track for changes made against an Intune published App Change type: Added a group to assignments ( as ...
Hi everyone. In this post, I’d like to cover a little bit about Intune custom roles. 🧠 If you’ve followed my posts there’s always a part of it that’s somehow...
Why Windows Autopilot devices is important? If you’re willing to have a solution to onboard users remotely you probably heard about Autopilot. This is not ab...
Hi Everyone, Today I’d share some cool ways to retrieve device information from Intune using GraphApi 📚 Sometimes when we need to delete devices from Intune ...
Hi everyone In this post 👉🏻 Create a Device group from lastSyncedDate attribute I covered a very specific requirement. Today’s post is a bit different. I’d l...
Hi again, as part of any Intune complex deployment, RBAC is part of architecture, planning, and lots of ideation sessions. This post is covering why AAD AU (...
Hi again If you get to this post I’d like to share why AAD device extension attributes is important in AAD / M365 and Intune Architecture HAADJ limitation ar...
Hi again In this post, I’m sharing how to Distribute Outlook Templates from Intune using Proactive Remediation 🚀 Detects if logged users have an .OFT file at...
Hi everyone. If you had the chance to check the previous post about device enrollment using PPKG you noticed that we would need one PPKG (package) for each L...
Hi again Today I’m writing about something that I faced the other day when we couldn’t keep 100% of the devices deployed by Autopilot (user-driven & Hybrid A...
Hi there I hope you’re enjoying other posts related to Intune today I’m publishing a Proactive Remediation script (detection and remediation) to assist with ...
Hi again folks Azure AD device cleanup it’s crucial for ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services), AAD (Azure AD), and Intune-managed devices from a device lif...
Hi again If you’re following this blog you probably have seen the previous posts – Create an Azure App registration and delegate permission 📝 – Authenticate ...
Hi again If you are following some posts here. You probably need to understand the process behind uploading/importing device hash into Windows Autopilot Devi...
Hi again If you’re familiar with Winget or the new App version to be installed from Intune you might need this quick tip around “fixing an app deployment mis...
Hi again The other day I was working with a friend on a freelancer project onboarding so many devices at the same time that I asked myself a great way to giv...
Hi there. In this post, I’d like to cover how to create the List (SharePoint Online List) used by the PowerShell function to monitor windows autopilot update...
Hi Everyone. Updated: 3/24/2023 Added a separate script to grab devices older than 30 days ( download script here ) Answering to Badr eddine Zaki, from Linke...
Hi everyone. This post (PDF document) will cover all steps to create a provisioning package (PPKG) where a PowerShell is executed as part of its deployment a...
Hi everyone Answering Ravinder Singh, in his post on Linkedin Modern Endpoint Management (MECM | SCCM | Intune | AzureVD | Security | MacOS | iOS ) Group I h...
Hi again 📢 Updated: 7/18/2023 – PowerShell Script “Invoke-RestMethod” In order to monitor Device Hash Import (into Windows Autopilot devices) using Microsoft...
Hi again! If you looked on my previous post you probably asked yourself how would be able to retrieve the same information using Powershell. There you go. In...
Have you ever asked yourself why you can find duplicated serial numbers in Intune ( Microsoft Intune Admin Center \ Devices \ Windows )? The behavior it’s th...
Automated filter population in Intune If you have read the article “Phased deployment” you should have asked yourself what if I need to automate this filter ...
App Phased deployment in Intune In this article, I’d like to cover the following scenario where you’re piloting an Endpoint solution in 2 phases where phase1...
OneDrive sync settings You can use these settings to control syncing files in OneDrive and SharePoint Online Log into your M365 tenant Go to OneDrive admin p...
One of the coolest thing about Team it’s how it evolves. Today I want to show you the Private preview on your Video Experience on Teams Only you can see the ...
For those who voted and contributed on Teams User Voice channel. Teams Breakout Room now support the following settings: Automatically move participants to r...
Hi Everyone Working on a client request to fix a retention policy that was setup wrongly we faced a PST limitation size during EXO export. By default Exchang...
Did you noticed the Azure Cloud Shell on M365 / O365 Portal How cool is that?! I was helping a client tonight and I spotted the Azure Cloud Shell on the top ...
Hi Everyone If you ever wonder if it’s possible to record Teams Calls and Meeting natively on Teams the short answer is no. However, you can accomplish that ...
CHANNEL CALENDAR in #Teams is available. 📆 and this feature it’s really cool. Support all meeting features such as Breakout Rooms, Emotions, pre-join meeting...
Microsoft Teams Update Policies (Public Preview) Update policies are used to manage Teams and Office preview users that will see pre-release or preview featu...
New eBook just got its update after reviews and feedback. Microsoft Teams CQD – Call Queue Dashboard and Power BI. You can find more at this new section at G...
Hi Everyone, Have you noticed the new emotions icon that replaced raise your hand? You can now raise hand, laugh, applause, heart and like during meetings. A...
Azure Active Directory (Deleted Users) You can now delete user permanently on Azure AD Delete Users (under Preview) Once you’re here please check my Github r...
eBook just got its update after reviews and feedback. Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms (GA) Ebook version. You can find more at this new section at Github repo...
Hi Everyone Could you please check the following Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms ideas and support them all? Much appreciate your vote on that. 1. Allow parti...
Hi there it has been a while since my last post. I’m back with Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms (Preview) Ebook version. You can find more at this new section ...
Hi there Today I’m walking you through the Microsoft Teams script to check who can create Microsoft 365 Groups We use security groups (Azure AD synced) or Az...
Hi there Today I’m walking you through the Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms I was checking how to use IPhone X as a camera on Windows 10 (on Teams) using third...
Hi there Today I’m walking you through the Microsoft Lists (Lists on Microsoft Teams) There are three main views for lists: grid, gallery, and calendar. The ...
Hi there In this article we’re adding phone to users that allows them to make and receive calls to PSTN using a local DID. Prerequisites have a Microsoft 365...
Hi there Let me show you how to clear Teams Cache on Windows and MacOS if you need to troubleshoot: Skype only mode users not showing its status on Teams cli...
Hi there This short article it’s to show how to track if pilot users got their licenses assigned properly. The following script will pull out all users with ...
Hi there This short article it’s to show how to track all Office 365 users Teams Upgrade Effective Mode. Run this before you start your pilot phase to have a...
Hi there In this article I’ll demonstrate the following hub-spoke topology Where the goal it’s to connect VM001 from Azure Subscription (A) to a physical pri...
Hi there This article it’s to remind you to pay attention in a few items that would help you through each new Office 365 project or migration. In addition to...
Hi there This short article it’s to show how to track if pilot users got their migration from islands to Teams Only finished properly. With the migration lis...
Hi there This article will cover a crucial tip to succeed on a Microsoft Teams Alpha or Pilot phase on a project regarding to interoperability between Skype ...
Hi there To be honest writing this post was quite sad but I’m sure I’m not the only one having issues accomplishing some goals on regards to Technical Certif...
Hi there If you have used Microsoft Teams for a while you’ve noticed that Microsoft have been implementing features focused on used experience and I’d like t...
Hi there With the covid-19 pandemic we have seen home users, companies and government working hard to follow along with with all needs and changes that this ...
Hi there This article it’s to show how to create DG (Distribution Groups) from CSV file into ADDS. We got an export from Lotus Notes Distribution Group (same...
Hi there In this article I’m covering how to create contacts in Active Directory from CSV with prefix avoiding duplicate entries when we have info@gmail.com ...
Hi there I got the following error trying to solve an issue this morning for a migration where the same username was being used with different UPN and as a g...
Hi there in this article I’m covering how to save costs on your VM environment by scheduling a time to start and stop your VM on a schedule. Create an Azure ...
Hi there in this article I’ll demonstrate how to spin up a SQL server 2019 Standard version on Azure IAAS on a standard VM (Windows 2019 from marketplace). S...
Hi there In this post I’m covering, actually adding one more component to previous article Azure Terraform #5 – The Variable Definitions (.tfvars) Files. Tho...
Hi there today I’m talking about Microsoft Teams Locations and demonstrating how to use powershell script to populate subnets and trusted public ips. Microso...
Hi there in this post I’m covering Azure & Terraform series today I’m continuing to use the previous vars.tf file which we used to declare all variables for ...
Hi there In this article I’m covering a need that my client had when his IAAS SQL VM was ready for Dev, UAT environment and he didn’t want to use Azure backu...
Hi there Today’s article will demonstrate how to add a data disk to a production vm to run SQL Access the VM Create the new disk (add the new disk and create...
Hi there in this article I’m covering how to audit Team creation and deletion with email notification on Office 365. Go to portal https://protection.office.c...
Hi there In this article I’m showing how to create a DL (Distribution List) on Office 365 portal go to your Office 365 tenant portal home \ groups \ add a gr...
Hi there In this quick article I’m demonstrating how to remove / delete all resources from your Azure Trial subscription. When your trial is over you can swi...
Hi there in this post I’m covering Azure & Terraform series today I’m introducing vars.tf file which we use to declare all variables for our main.tf file to ...
Hi there For those who were waiting for the Version History at OneDrive client and voted at https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive/suggestions...
Hi there Today I’m demonstrating how to register programmatic deployment for CIS benchmark based VM’s images from Azure marketplace to your Azure Subscriptio...
Hi there In this post I’m covering how to protect your vms on Azure by using RSV (recovery service vault) to backup your vms and its data. Quick option: you ...
Hi there Today I’m talking about Azure RI (Reserved Instances) and before we get into that have in mind that Microsoft Azure Advisor will show you 5 items to...
Hi there Did you know that Storage accounts on Azure come with Firewall disabled by default allowing external access (any to storageaccountname)? Before you ...
Hi there In this article I’m covering Live Events demo. Created a live events under a users associated to a Live Meeting policy that allows “Live Meeting” fo...
Hi there Did you know you have CIS Hardened Images available on Azure Marketplace o deploy on your environment? CIS Hardened Images, also known as virtual ma...
Hi there Did you know that you can have 2 (two) different Microsoft Teams’ domain users collaborating across companies? You can use the Azure AD B2B to orche...
Hi there Have you noticed that you can now download the Teams Meeting attendance list on your meetings? Yes! Start the meeting and it’s over before you end i...
Hi there In this post I’d like to show you JIT (just-in-time) and how it works JIT will create an inbound rule on a NSG (Network Security Group) associated t...
Hi there in this article I’ll demonstrate how to reset the VM user password from Azure Portal. Did you know that if you don’t even know the admin you can sti...
Hi there In this post I’m talking about different ways to save money on monthly invoices on Azure. Due to pandemic moment we’re living on several clients SMB...
Hi there In this post I’m covering the Teams Whiteboard. Microsoft defines Whiteboard as a free-form, digital canvas where people, content, and ideas come to...
Hi there Another feature released on April 2020 it’s the Raise your hand (lower your hand after you had raised it). Start your meeting you can test it solo g...
One of the coolest features released no Teams it’s the Custom Background images. You just need to upload your preferred pictures to its Default location Defa...
Hi there In this article I’m covering a summary of 3 topics we talked about Prerequisites Terraform latest version PATH variable configure (you can call terr...
Hi there This article is more technical than the first one. However, I’m trying to align the whys behind the technical approach. Moreover, if your goal it’s ...
Hi there Did you noticed the new features at Office 365 Portal “New Admin Center” experience? Groups you can filter by Mail enabled security: Microsoft recom...
Hi there In this post I’ll cover some issues that we faced and how to fix it based on its symptoms Error deploying Teams Workload – What is this?, This is al...
Hi there In this post I’d like to show you how we can automate ADDS synced security groups membership in order to have an additional security group used to a...
Hi there In this article I’m covering how to enable MFA for all users based on get-msoluser queries First of all let’s cover some basics on get-msoluser comm...
Hi there In this post I’m sharing a couple more powershell scripts and routines to help you out on Microsoft Teams deployment and management. Script #1 – Exp...
Hi there In this article I’m showing how to upgrade in place your Azure AD connect You can export of profiles before running the upgrade or snapshot the virt...
Hi there In this article I’m demonstrating how to lockdown Teams creation to a specific Security Group member. This will allow you to keep your deployment cl...
Hi there This post is quick and you’ll learn how to delete a Teams Application Policy from your Teams deployment. Log on Teams Admin Portal Go to https://adm...
Hi there In this article I’m covering the new Office 365 Admin portal report for enabled teams users. Teams setup status comes with a the following warning ...
Hi there Microsoft just release the 1:1 call recording Did you know that 1:1 or meet now allows you to record the call? You can now present or pretend you’re...
Hi there At this post I’m covering Guest access on Office 365 Groups and Teams. I want to share with everyone some findings that could prove helpful to custo...
Hi there At this post I’m covering how to auto assign users to a Team on Teams Steps Enable Users & Groups Sync from ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) ...
Hi there One simple task that turn into a nightmare when you’re managing medium to large environments on Teams it’s how you manage membership group assignmen...
Hi there In this post I’m covering the Audio Conferencing feature at Microsoft Teams You use Audio Conferencing licenses when you need to add a regular phone...
Hi there At this post I’m covering basic tasks on Microsoft Teams using PowerShell. 1. Connecting to Microsoft Teams – Available commands. #Microsoft Teams M...
Hi there At this post I’m sharing a default script I’ve used to connect to Microsoft Teams & Office 365 on my daily basis tasks. If your organization has Azu...
Hi there At this article – Part2 I’ll show you how to create and manage policies to enforce compliance on Azure Resources and Azure Resource Groups guarantee...
Hi There In this article I’m going to introduce you on how to use Azure Policy to keep your Resources and Resources Groups standardized with Tags. What is Az...
Hi there Continuing our journey on how to automate Azure Resources deployment using Terraform today we’re demonstrating how to create (or add to our current ...
Hi there If you’re thinking of Deploying Microsoft Teams under Office 365 subscription or M365 you are on the right place. I’m covering a few field tips so y...
Hi there At this post series we’ll cover the how to create an Azure Resource Group, VNET (Virtual Network) with subnets and 01 Linux VM with Public IP addres...
Hi there As an introduction of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Template I’d like to cover this in a couple articles. At this o...
Hi there In this article I’m demonstrating how to use Azure Policy to enforce each Resource to be created within a specific resource with at least two TAGS: ...
Hi there We can use Azure Policy to enforce specific azure resources to be created only on specific locations in Azure Regions such as: CanadaCentral This Az...
Hi there After you have your Tags in place in your Azure Subscription you are able to check Costs based on the predefined TAGs such as cost center (CC0100, C...
Hi there Recently to automate some tasks we used a full export from Azure Resources. You can view and export its views by Subscription if you want to keep ea...
Do you know you can have different users on different email domains at Office 365? If that’s your need you can learn here how to add a new user to your Offic...
Hi there Do you know if users from different domains (UPN – User Principal Name) under the same Office 365 tenant can talk to each other using MS Teams? Shor...
Hi there If you’re like anybody else who likes to optimize your work trying to automate your LABs I hope this article might be helpful. Following you have a ...
Hi there If you don’t want to worry about having all required Azure PowerShell modules up to date in your PC you can use the Azure Cloud Shell to execute you...
Hi there If you need add a new domain in Office 365 please continue to read this article. Why would you need to add new domain to office 365? If you are migr...
Hi again Are you having issues troubleshooting Microsoft Teams deployment? Please check the following questions to lead your troubleshooting matrix: Are you ...
Hi there in this post I’m demonstrating how to update Azure Tags using PowerShell – Azure Cloud Shell update Azure Tags for a Azure Resource Group #blog post...
Hi again This post it’s to demonstrate how to create the Azure Tags on a Resource Group as well as on an Azure Resource (stogare account) using PowerShell us...
Hi there You can maintain your Azure Resources clean to avoid high billing invoices. You will need the following: Azure Tag flagging your Azure Resources wit...
Hi there In this post I’ll demonstrate how to check if your Azure Resources have Tags implemented and how to add tags to them. Tags can be used to identify d...
Hi there Have you ever to export file and folder security ACLs from a specific folder on disk or remote network path on a server? The following approach it’s...
Hi There Even if you’re doing LABs, PoC (Proff of conceps) or rolling Azure AD connect (AD sync) on production sometimes you might face the follow error mess...
Microsoft has Announced that Microsoft Technet Gallery is being retired. All current content is available for download (site is in read-only). All my scripts...
Hi there If you don’t have Azure AD P1 or P2 this article it’s addressed to you. Here you can find what you need to export users’ current license status E1, ...
Hi there After working on a project where we had 30 domains to be migrated over between two different Office 365 tenants I picked one of the tasks and I’m po...
Hi there For those are looking for blogging tools such as having GIF (or animated GIF) on your posts as follow check the apps I’ve found Demo: Upload folder ...
HI there How many of you use Power Automate (AKA Microsoft Flow) on Office 365 to automate easy tasks such as get an email notification about the Weather, a ...
Hi there In this post I’m going over on how to create a static HTML web app in Azure You’ll need: Free azure subscription An Azure Resource (I’m using “MyBlo...
Hi There, This script will help you to add members to a Distribution Lists (DL) from a CSV file You just need a csv file with two columns: distribution list ...
Hi there In this article will be configuring Azure Front Door with WAF () to block unauthorized access per Region (Geo-filtering) Azure Front Door Service en...
Hi there In this post I’m covering how to export Office 365 Role Members to CSV View role groups Use the EAC to view role groups In the EAC, go to Permission...
Hi There, This script will help you to create Distribution Lists (DL) from a CSV file and will hide all those DLs (Distribution Lists) from the GAL (Global A...
Hi there I run into a client ticket where he asked to change the client cache after an Office 365 Pro Plus click-to-run failed. My initial thought was the de...
Hi there After a couple file server to cloud migration projects I decided to write this article to help you to think about the main points to be considered b...
Hi there I got a ticket recently to push Azure Point-to-Site VPN cilent using GPO (Group Policy Objects) and got this successful by doing the following: Conf...
Hi again This PowerShell script runs on PowerShell and PowerShellISE. It generates as much as passwords you request by answering the question. Tested with Lo...
Hi there In this article we’re gonna explore how to create an Azure Point-to-Site VPN for Remote Access Connect to your Azure virtual networks from anywhere ...
Azure Portal Documentation. How to use keyboard shortcuts in the Azure portal. Create a Free Azure account – click here Create your first Resource Group on A...
What is the Microsoft Forms? Microsoft Forms is a new part of Office 365 Education that allows teachers and students to quickly and easily create custom quiz...
Hi again, after a long period without posting I’m here again. Today I’m going to share with you a sing post about WMI filters on Windows 7 and 10 This week t...
I have been seeing people complaining about new features happening after browser updates and after we have searched at TechNet forums. We went to LATAM-PTS a...
Topology Prerequisites ADDS – Active Directory Domain Services. Lync Server 2013 or Skype For Business deployed in the environment ADCS – Active Directory Ce...
What is MIM? https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt150253.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 How does it work? Syncing, managing and enabling users in ...
Olá a todos, hoje vamos abordar os ultimos updates liberados pela Microsoft para Exchange Server Ambos foram testados em laboratorio e em produção. O único s...
Olá pessoal para quem está tendo dificuldades com o tema, após consultarmos forum technet, canal de parceiros Microsoft que apoia as entregas em projetos no ...
Olá a todos apenas replicando o link do download do script para download dos updates necessários para atualização de hosts Hyper-v 2012/2012 R2 em cluster. h...
Olá neste artigo iremos mostrar como instalar o OWA (Office Web Apps) em alta disponibilidade. Topologia proposta Pré-requisitos Em todos os servidores que i...
Neste post iremos abordar como configurar um “notebook” para ser uma boa ferramenta de trabalho rodando Hyper-v 3.0 em Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Noteboo...
Boa Noite a todos. Nesse post vou falar um pouco do planejamento para uma implementação do Lync Server 2013. Existem várias ferramentas e links para auxiliar...
Olá pessoal, após conquistar o exame 70-247 decidi fazer um breve post sobre o exame. Referência http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=70-247 ...
Olá pessoal, após conquistar o exame 70-246 decidi fazer um breve post sobre o exame. Referência http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=70-246 ...
Descrição Neste artigo iremos abordar como resolver problemas de permissão de gravação em diretórios de aplicações web rodando em Servidor IIS (durante uploa...
Este blog se endereça a todos aqueles que querem aprender e compartilhar a respeito de tecnologias Microsoft. Também postaremos artigos tecnicos pertinenes v...