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How to create and deploy Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PC Custom Images
With Windows 365 you can deploy your Cloud PCs with a standard Azure Gallery image. There are Windows 10 Enterprise images available optimized for Cloud PC, with or without the Microsoft 365 Apps...
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How to stop receiving “Your weekly PIM digest” emails – A workaround
Microsoft Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is a powerful Azure AD service that provides time-based and approval-based role activation for access to resources in Azure, Azure AD and connected...
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How to create and deploy a Windows 11 custom image with Windows 365...
Less then a month ago I wrote a blog about How to create and deploy Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PC Custom Images. What could be the case with cloud services such as Windows 365 is that developments...
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How to add iOS devices manually in the Apple Business Manager (ABM) for...
It’s a best practice to enroll corporate owned iOS/iPadOS devices via the Apple Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) program (PKA Device Enrollment Program – DEP). It offers “out of the box” security...
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How to setup Android Zero-Touch Enrollment with Microsoft Endpoint Manager –...
Android Zero-Touch Enrollment is a (free) service to automate and enforce MDM enrollments for Android devices running Android 9 or higher, independent of device manufacture. It offers end-to-end...
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How to install Windows 11 in Hyper-V
Windows 11 has now been released over a month ago and many companies are now considering the switch. It is always good to test extensively first and get some hands-on experience. If you don’t have a...
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How to move or restore a Windows 11 VM in Hyper-V with TPM enabled (Shielded...
In my previous blog I showed you step-by-step how to install Windows 11 as a VM in Hyper-V. The difference with Windows 10 is that Windows 11 requires a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip in order to...
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How to exclude Shortcuts from syncing to OneDrive with Microsoft Endpoint...
Microsoft OneDrive is a great service for storing your files. And when you have “Known Folder Redirection” enabled, your Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders are redirected to OneDrive and synched...
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How to update Security Baselines in Microsoft Intune to a newer version
Security Baselines in Microsoft Intune are templates that contains policy configurations that by default are configured with the best practice from the Microsoft security teams. And that makes a...
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How to enable and configure Microsoft Remote Help in Microsoft Intune
Recently Microsoft made Remote Help generally available. Remote Help is an application to offer remote assistance to end users that are using Windows 10 or 11 endpoints. Remote Help is a Microsoft...
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How to add or remove system apps in the Android Enterprise Work Profile with...
Depending on the use cases and the requirements of the company, Android Enterprise Work Profile can be a great enrollment mode for both BYOD devices and company owned devices (in fully managed mode)...
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How to deploy Windows Autopatch with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Intune
Windows Autopatch is a new service from Microsoft that automates the update process of Windows (both quality updates and feature updates), Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (aka Office apps), the...
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How to manage local user group membership with Microsoft Intune to make users...
I did several Intune projects by customers, and with almost every implementation a subset of users’ needs to have local administrator rights (for example developers). There are several ways to grant...
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How to implement and manage Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC
In August 2021, Microsoft released Windows 365 Cloud PC. A new cloud-based service that provides Cloud PCs to end users. With this Windows 365 Cloud PC, users get their own personalized desktop in the...
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How to configure Windows Autopilot with White Glove deployment
Some time ago I wrote a blog about “How to setup Windows AutoPilot and add existing devices the quickest way”. At that time, White Glove did not exist yet. And it’s great to know how to setup Windows...
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Quicker assign multiple resources within Microsoft Intune with Policy Sets
With the October 14, 2019 Microsoft Intune update, management of Microsoft Intune has become a little easier. And with “little easier” I mean that it is now possible to assign multiple resources like...
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How to implement and manage Azure AD Domain Services (Azure AD DS) for a fast...
I recently visited a customer who wanted a Windows Virtual Desktop PoC. And although it is customary for me to implement a Windows Virtual Desktop PoC within the current production environment and take...
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How to provision a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Host Pool with Service...
As described earlier in this blog you can easily provision a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) host pool with an user account that have “RDS Owner” or “RDS Contributor” permissions on the Windows Virtual...
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How to configure Conditional Access with Session Management for Windows...
Recently I implemented Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) for a customer. This customer has the policy that you always needs to get challenged by Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) before you get access to a...
View ArticleTalk Techie To Me – Windows Virtual Desktop
Last week I was the guest in the “Talk Techie to me” podcast for the second time. “Talk Techie to me” is a monthly podcast presented by Jeroen Engelander and Madeleine van Rotten. Every month they...
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Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Host Pool deployment error – Subscription is...
Recently I was deploying a new Windows Virtual Desktop environment in a complete new Microsoft Azure tenant with a new Azure subscription. Although my user account has the right permissions in the...
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Microsoft MVP – Enterprise Mobility 2020-2021!
Since the first of February, I have been awarded as Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Enterprise Mobility (2020-2021) !!! I am very proud and honored about this award!! I started this...
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How to start OneDrive (and automatically sign-in) when using a RemoteApp in...
Recently I had a use case where a customer uses Windows Virtual Desktop with RemoteApps, and files had to be opened and saved on the user’s OneDrive within these applications. Not a very exceptional...
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How to apply Outlook.com rules on the junk folder and How to “stop”...
UPDATE : A more advance flow is described in this new blog. I use Microsoft Outlook.com for my private mail for many years now, and over the years I receive more and more spam. In most cases...
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Call to Action : Add the new Microsoft Office (Hub) app for iOS and Android...
In the last few weeks I have had contact with a few companies that use Microsoft Endpoint Manager / Microsoft Intune for managing their mobile devices. In most cases they do this for a longer time and...
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How to configure automatic Contact Syncing from Microsoft Outlook to the...
After companies apply Mobile Application Management (MAM) / App Protection Policies to their employees’ mobile devices, and forced them to use the Managed Outlook app instead of the native mail...
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How to create an Azure Service Principal for use with Windows Virtual Desktop...
Some time ago, I wrote a blog about How to provision a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Host Pool with Service Principal in the case that MFA is enabled for (every) user/admin in the Azure environment and...
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How to deploy and manage Windows Virtual Desktop “Spring Release”
After a long wait the next version of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is now in public preview. This next version is also known as “WVDv2” and “Spring Release” and there are a lot of changes since the...
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How to install and configure Microsoft Teams (Public Preview) for Windows...
Recently, Microsoft released the Public Preview of Microsoft Teams for Windows Virtual Desktop environments. With the new media optimizations included in this version of Microsoft Teams for Windows...
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Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) – Image Management : How to manage and deploy...
A lot of questions I receive about Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) are about Image Management. Questions like; How can I create a custom image and apply updates on it? What about versioning and the...
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How to change the default Windows Virtual Desktop “SessionDesktop” name to a...
When you create a new Windows Virtual Desktop Host pool, a default “Desktop Application Group” (DAG) will be created for you. When you assign a user or an Azure AD Security group to this Desktop group,...
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How to publish the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) with Windows...
The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables the IT administrator to remotely manage the (local) domain with tools like “Active Directory Users and Computers”, “DNS” and “Group Policy...
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How to get the Windows Virtual Desktop – Remote Desktop client for Windows –...
Just like with the rapid development of Windows Virtual Desktop itself, the Remote Desktop client for Windows also get at least an update every month. Microsoft keeps a good record of what’s new with...
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How to implement FSLogix Profile container using Azure Files and Active...
With FSLogix Profile container you can maintain user context (for example application settings) in non-persistent environments like within a Pooled Windows Virtual Desktop Host pool. It will optimize...
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I’m speaking at “Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop virtual...
Together with Gertjan Jongeneel, we will give a session in the “Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop virtual event, second edition”! We are very honored to be able to speak at such great...
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How to deliver a GPU powered Azure VM (example for CAD applications) with...
It’s not uncommon for customers to ask for the possibilities to deliver a GPU (graphics processing unit) powered desktop with Windows Virtual Desktop. If employees have to work with multimedia enabled...
View ArticleMicrosoft meets Community WVD event – Our session follow up
On September, 30 2020, Gertjan Jongeneel and I presented a session with the title ‘Sharing everything you want to know about Windows Virtual Desktop – Notes from the field’ at the ‘Microsoft meets...
View ArticleSharing everything you want to know about Windows Virtual Desktop – notes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeaqnRaX6g Or session recording from the “Microsoft meets Community : Windows Virtual Desktop – second edition” event.For all the links to articles mentioned in this...
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How to shadow an active user session in Windows Virtual Desktop via Remote...
During our session last week during the “Microsoft meets Community : Windows Virtual Desktop – second edition:” event, I briefly mentioned the possibilities of shadowing an active user session in...
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How to fix the borderless window “problem” in Windows Virtual Desktop
First of all, it is not really a Windows Virtual Desktop problem, this has been a Microsoft Windows setting for many years now. However, when publishing a Desktop or a RemoteApp from a Windows Virtual...
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I am speaking at the Dutch Windows Virtual Desktop User Group – DWVDUG
Together with Gertjan Jongeneel, we will give a session during the first Dutch Windows Virtual Desktop User Group (DWVDUG)! We are very honored to be able to speak at this very first edition. Our...
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How to start with Shared iPads for Business with Microsoft Endpoint Manager...
I get the following question regularly; “can we configure our Apple iPads as Shared device. Where you as a user, can login and logoff without seeing each other’s data?”. Most of the time it’s about...
View ArticleDutch Windows Virtual Desktop User Group event – our Session Follow Up
[BLOG in Dutch due the event] Op 9 november 2020 hebben Gertjan Jongeneel en ik een sessie mogen geven op de allereerste editie van de ‘Dutch Windows Virtual Desktop User Group’ (DWVDUG)! Onze sessie...
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How to add Windows 10 devices to Windows Autopilot even faster
UPDATE: An up-to-date version of this blog can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/windows-autopilot-ultimate-step-by-step-deployment-guide-robin-hobo/ In July, 2018, I wrote this blog about...
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How to remove Microsoft Store for Business apps in Microsoft Intune
The Microsoft Store for Business is a powerful service to distribute and manage modern Windows 10 applications from the Windows 10 Store (both free and paid applications). You can connect the Microsoft...
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How to apply Outlook.com mail rules on the Junk Mail folder and delete email...
Outlook Mail Rules cannot be applied to the Junk Folder. This was a bit frustrating for me because after several years of using Outlook.com for my private email, I get quite a bit of spam every day....
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How to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise with Windows Virtual Desktop
In addition to Windows Server and Windows 10, you can also use Windows 7 Enterprise for your Windows Virtual Desktop host pool. The rollout is slightly different than with Windows 10. There are a...
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How to setup Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment with Microsoft Intune
Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment (KME) is a Zero Touch provisioning solution. You can fully automate the enrollment of new, or factory reset devices into an MDM solution like Microsoft Intune. The end...
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How to enable Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop
At the end of March 2021, Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop went GA. It will provide a dashboard built on Azure Monitor Workbooks that gives you insides of your Windows Virtual Desktop...
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How to manage your Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts (single user) with...
By default all Windows Virtual Desktop session hosts are joined with your domain. And in most cases you will apply policy configurations to them via Group Policy Objects (GPO). If you also using...
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