What’s up, everyone! Did you hear that Microsoft has updated their security baselines? In this post I will explain what security baselines there are and how to implement them. The previous version of the Windows 365 security baseline broke the ability to upload files to the Cloud PC using the Continue Reading
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Using a Windows 11 IoT Enterprise thin client to connect to Cloud PCs or AVD
What’s up, everyone! This week I’ve had a lot of fun with nothing less then a thin client running Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC from my friends at 10ZiG. And there’s some great potential here. The thin client is built like a powerhouse and it runs Windows 11 IoT Enterprise. Continue Reading
Introducing cross-region disaster recovery for Windows 365 Enterprise
What’s up, everyone! Join me in this post about arguably the most easy way to configure a part of business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) as I dig into cross-region disaster recovery for Windows 365. In this post I will cover the existing BCDR features and compare them when enabling Continue Reading
Securing connections to Windows 365 from unmanaged Android and iOS devices using Intune MAM
What’s up, everyone! IT admins have the ability to manage certain applications with Microsoft Intune Mobile Application Management (MAM) from managed and unmanaged Android and iOS/iPadOS devices. The really cool thing is that admins now have the ability to secure connections to Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop as well. Continue Reading
Using remediations to deploy a Quick Assist shortcut on the desktop
What’s up, everyone! There are a couple of ways to deploy a shortcut to the desktop of the user. In this post I will zoom in on using Intune remediations to check if the Quick Assist shortcut is available on the users desktop. And if it’s not, it will create Continue Reading
Managing hybrid Windows 365 Cloud PCs
What’s up, everyone! I know! I can already hear you thinking: “What’s that? Cloud PCs in your Active Directory?” Yes, that’s possible! Until now I always used Microsoft Entra joined Cloud PCs together with Intune to manage Cloud PCs. But what happens when you are in a situation where you need Continue Reading
The Frontline concurrency buffer explained
What’s up, everyone! This week I want to highlight a new feature called concurrency buffer. It aims to make your life as a Windows 365 Frontline admin more easy by temporarily allowing more connections to Frontline Cloud PCs on peak moments of the day. A simple example that comes to Continue Reading
Cloud PC maintenance windows explained
What’s up, everyone! In this weeks post I will check out a new feature called Cloud PC maintenance windows. This feature is currently in public preview and I thought it was a good idea to find out what it can do for us. Enjoy! Requirements There are no special requirements Continue Reading
Automating Cloud PC management tasks
What’s up, everyone! Recently I wrote a post on how to reboot Cloud PCs using the new Microsoft Graph APIs for Windows 365 (link). It would be even better if there’s a way to automatically run this task and I decided I did not want to rely on having servers Continue Reading
Signing into a Cloud PC from Windows 365 Boot using a NFC capable security key
What’s up, everyone! Time flies when you are having fun! It’s already back in February when I wrote a post on how to use a FIDO2 security key to sign into a Cloud PC. I had great response regarding this post (thanks for that!). Since then I had a chat Continue Reading