More control on Windows-as-a-Service with Microsoft Intune Feature Update Deployments

On By Ronny de JongIn Configuration Manager, Intune, Microsoft Intune, Modern Management, Windows 10, Windows Update for BusinessLeave a comment

With the introduction of Feature Update Deployments, IT-administrators get more control over how Windows 10 feature updates are installed via Windows Update for Business. With Feature Update Deployments, they have the ability to choose a given feature update (e.g. 1803, 1809, or 1903) and stay there indefinitely*. It provides more granular and predictable control the way feature updates find their way to devices across your organization.

With Windows 10 feature updates, you select the Windows feature version that you want devices to remain at.

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Revise your OneDrive (Sync) restrictions when shifting to a Modern Workplace!

On By Ronny de JongIn Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Modern Management, Office 365, Windows 10Leave a comment
OneDrive client is unable to sync your folders.

What is a modern workplace these days without having your personal- or group data synced to OneDrive and taking the full advantage Microsoft’s cloud storage has to offer!? One of the most asked feature is silently configuring your OneDrive client to automatically synchronize your (personal) data. Continue reading “Revise your OneDrive (Sync) restrictions when shifting to a Modern Workplace!” →

Microsoft keeps its Password-less promise and ships native FIDO2 support to Azure AD & Windows 10

On By Ronny de JongIn Azure Active Directory, Azure AD, Enterprise Mobility, Identity, Microsoft Intune, Modern Management, Password-less, Windows 10, Windows Hello for Business14 Comments

Microsoft continues to deliver it’s password-less promise and introduces native FIDO2-based authentication to Windows 10 & Azure AD.

“There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords. People use the same password on different systems, they write them down and they just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure.”

Bill Gates, RSA 2004

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Together, we achieve more. Great achievements in a Microsoft Modern Workplace era

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Exiting times! Needless to say I’m proud and humble rewarded for the 5th consecutive year as a Microsoft MVP (EnterpriseMobility).

It’s a great honorand pleasure to be able to make a modest contribution for the Microsoft community and help others by inspiring and sharing your experiences. As mentioned, this is such a great way to help others getting them further.

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Microsoft Defender ATP’s diary: From a SecAdmin’s Perspective

On By Ronny de JongIn Andriod, iOS, Microsoft Intune, Security, Windows 101 Comment

This blog post is an introduction of a series of blogs to cover the game changing risk-based approach Microsoft Defender ATP offers to the discovery, prioritization, and remediation of endpoint vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

As mentioned in “The evolution of Microsoft Threat Protection” by Debraj Ghosh, PM of Microsoft Threat Protection, security comes
in general with two responsibilities: 1) Security Operations (SecOps) and 2) Security Administrations (SecAdmins).

SecOps act by incident response via a centralized alert view and powerful hunting capabilities enabling ad-hoc investigations.

SecAdmins will gain the visibility, control, and guidance necessary to understand and act on the threats currently impacting their organization, as well as information on past and future threats.

In this series of blogs I will focus exclusively on the responsibility of a SecAdmin and all aspects that Microsoft Defender ATP has to offer in regards. Therefore we kick off this serie starting with Configuration Management and Threat & Vulnerability Management.

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Moving away from passwords with Windows 10, Windows Hello for Business & Microsoft Intune

On By Ronny de JongIn Microsoft Intune, Modern Management, Password-less, Windows 10, Windows 10, Windows Hello dor Business, Windows Hello for BusinessLeave a comment

In 2004, long before we went online massively concepts like phishing or ransomware were on the rise, Bill Gates, predicted at the RSA Conference that year the demise of passwords saying “they just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure.”

For years, we’ve been discussing the vulnerabilities of passwords (80 percent of security breaches are down to stolen passwords & credentials) and the need to ditch them for more robust & secure solutions. Many initiatives have been launched like Microsoft’s CardSpace, the Higgins project, the Liberty Alliance, NSTIC, the FIDO Alliance and various Identity 2.0 proposals. All with the explicit goal of eliminating passwords.

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