Migrating AD Domain Joined Computer to Azure AD Cloud only join
Over the years, a lot of people have been looking for a solution to migrate on-premises Active Directory joined devices to Azure Active Directory cloud-only ...
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Dynamically Update Primary Users on Intune Managed Devices
Intune is great at managing devices, especially when there is a primary user assigned. In most common use cases, the primary user is automatically assigned, ...
MMS Intune Management PowerApp Demo Part 3: Adding the buttons, gallery, and completing the app
In today’s post I will complete the app by adding a gallery and two buttons. Those buttons will call the Power Automate workflows that call Microsoft Graph ...
MMS Intune Management PowerApp Demo Part 2: Creating the PowerApp user lookup controls
This is a relatively simple app, but I will try to capture any of the details you may need to build your own copy. This app is designed to be a jumping off p...
MMS Intune Management PowerApp Demo Part 1: Creating the PowerAutomate flows
There’s a chicken-or-egg question when building Power Apps based on Power Automate workflows. Should I create the workflow first or the app first? I have don...
Intall MMS Demo PowerApps for Intune
This post covers the step-by-step process required to install the demo app in your environment. As a bonus I have also included a second version of the app w...
Comparing Invoke-RestMethod to the PowerShell SDK
For those of you who have worked with Microsoft Graph in PowerShell, you may have noticed one glaring omission in all those blog posts.
Silently Collect AutoPilot Hashes Using Microsoft Graph and a Provisioning Package
Collecting and managing AutoPilot hashes can be a painful process. Today we are going to deal with the first part of that – collecting the hash.
Using Power Automate to update MEMCM Device based on Intune User
In this blog post, I will explain why the demonstration in my last post wasn’t practical for automation and provide a PowerShell runbook that solves those pr...
Running an Azure Automation runbook to update MEMCM Primary User
In this blog post, I will explain why the demonstration in my last post wasn’t practical for automation and provide a PowerShell runbook that solves those pr...
Connecting an Azure Automation Account to the Configuration Manager AdminService
This is it. In today’s post, I will cover how I access the AdminService for Automation from Azure.
Setting up a Hybrid Worker on an Azure Arc Enabled Server
In today’s post I will configure a Hybrid Worker Group, the final building block to establishing access to on-premise resources from Azure Automation.
Creating an Azure Automation Account
There are a lot of different tools that can be used to automate tasks in Azure, but perhaps the most flexible is an Azure Automation account.
Working with Azure Key Vault in PowerShell
While a key vault isn’t required for using tools like Azure Automation, it will allow us to store our secrets and access them without needing to store them i...
Adding Filters to application assignments with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph
Over the course of the last two posts, we have been exploring how to create a PowerShell script to complete a task using Microsoft Graph. Now we need to put ...
Updating device management names in PowerShell with Microsoft Graph
Over the course of the last two posts, we have been exploring how to create a PowerShell script to complete a task using Microsoft Graph. Now we need to put ...
Splatting with Invoke-RestMethod in PowerShell
Invoke-RestMethod is a much more flexible option. We can make any REST API call we want to, it is native to PowerShell, and it automatically converts JSON or...
Defining a Script and Finding the Microsoft Graph Queries
Over the course of the next few posts, I am going to create a script that will update a device’s management name based on the primary user.
Troubleshooting Microsoft Graph App Registration Errors
While I was writing my last post, I ran into a few issues while creating the App Registration to connect to Microsoft Graph. In this post I will provide a fe...
Connecting to Microsoft Graph with PowerShell
We use a lot of different tools to automate tasks, but perhaps the most important tool for many of us is PowerShell. PowerShell is incredibly powerful, and w...
Everything I Wanted to know about APIs but was afraid to ask
Learning how to use an API wasn’t hard. Finding the right resources to get started was. This post is the first in a series on how to use and access APIs, spe...
The Remote Impostor: Looking back to look forward
Almost everyone I know has felt overwhelmed at some point over the last year. That can manifest in any number of ways, and for impostors in a remote world th...
The Remote Impostor: What have we lost?
That is the crux of Impostor Syndrome. If we boil it down to its most basic elements, we find that living with impostor syndrome means that we spend a lot of...
The Managed Modern Endpoint blog is back!
I know that it has been a while since I last posted a blog entry. The break wasn’t because I didn’t have ideas, nor because I didn’t want to blog.
Practical PowerShell: Part 4 - Function Junction
It’s taking everything in me right now to not break into School House Rock’s “Conjunction Junction,” but unfortunately this post is about functions, not conj...
Practical Powershell part 3: Basic scripts - on with the show!
As we modernize, we will find a greater need to rely on PowerShell for managing users, devices, and licenses in the cloud. While the Administrative consoles ...
Disrupting the Modern Workplace, Part II: When disruptors get disrupted
I haven’t been on my game this week. If we’re honest, I think a lot of us have been a little bit off. Covid-19 has been looming for months, yet somehow we fa...
Practical PowerShell Part 2: Perfection not needed - finding cmdlets, interpreting errors, and returning an object
AThe most important lesson in learning PowerShell is simple: No one expects you to know everything.
Disrupting the Modern Workplace: Are our IT teams ready to drive change?
In a recent meeting I sat back as the attendees “discussed” their vision for addressing a specific challenge. I was a late invitee, and it was clear to me th...
Practical PowerShell: Where do I start?
At a recent event I was sitting at a table with several Microsoft team members and customers. We all had one thing in common – a love for Microsoft’s Modern ...
Managing localization settings in a Microsoft Endpoint Manager CM Task Sequence with native functionality
Prior to 1910 there was not a native setting in the task sequence for setting UI language and input settings. 1910 introduced new settings on the Apply Windo...
Injecting language packs in a WIM file using WimWitch
At a high-level language injection is a fairly simple process, but there are a few steps involved and some pitfalls to be aware of…
Digital Natives: Changing the way we Communicate
Are we even speaking the same language? We spend a lot of time writing user-facing documentation, only to have users ask us questions that we already answere...
Managing Language Packs in an MEMCM Task Sequence with UI++ and Unattend.xml
I was recently asked to create a simple process to change the primary language of Windows 10 during OS Deployment. Due to regional expectations we also had t...
Welcome to the Community: Build Your Network to Combat Impostor Syndrome
That’s the real crux of impostor syndrome: we tend to compare ourselves to our heroes, and unless we mentally ‘measure up,’ we deem ourselves ‘unworthy.’ I...
Soft Skills are the New Tech Skills: Building a Skill Set to Excel in the Modern Workplace
“Hello … IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Roy and Maurice from the IT Crowd earned a special place in pop culture as the nerdy but lovable IT...
Change Your Mind: Addressing Impostor Syndrome
What people want is to walk into the room feeling like an impostor and to walk out of the room not feeling like an impostor. That’s not how it works. In fact...
Building Better Conditional Access Policies with the What If tool
Have you ever deployed a Conditional Access policy, only to later discover that users had found a way to circumvent it? It is surprising to discover that som...
From the Help Desk to the Board Room: Defeating Self Doubt
“For the first exercise Dr. Gervais asked us if we were interested in having an extraordinary individual experience. We all nodded yes. Then he moved on and ...
Empower End Users by Understanding Their Needs
“Change for the sake of change is frivolous. It must be avoided. I know what users want because I’ve been doing this for so long, I know what works!”
I hope they don’t notice: Why we experience Impostor Syndrome
What would all these people think if they discovered where I came from? Would my opinions on Endpoint Management and the Modern Workplace matter to them if t...
It’s not you, it’s me: Examining our role in transforming Endpoint Management
I get it – you want this amazing modern workplace experience, but I’m not sure you know what you’re ACTUALLY asking for.
Do I belong at this table?
At a recent event I was sitting at a table with several Microsoft team members and customers. We all had one thing in common – a love for Microsoft’s Modern ...
Walkthrough: Using Guided Scenario to Deploy App Protection Policies
In case you haven’t explored the new Admin Center you may not have noticed the new guided scenarios.
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I am Sean Bulger, an IT Pro working in the Modern Endpoint Management workspace.