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New Windows Autopilot resources available
It’s been a busy day for new Windows Autopilot resources. First, we launched a new Windows Autopilot landing page, with high-level details about Windows Autopilot capabilities and feature (with more...
View ArticleA recap from Microsoft Ignite 2018
Another Ignite conference has been completed, and I’m on my way back home to sleep for as long as possible. For those that weren’t able to attend, or for those that did attend but weren’t watching the...
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Speeding up Windows Autopilot for existing devices
At Ignite 2018, we announced Windows Autopilot for existing devices, a new feature designed to migrate devices from Windows 7 (or any other version of Windows, i.e. 8.1 or 10), Active Directory-joined...
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Trying out Windows Autopilot User-Driven Hybrid Azure AD Join
With Windows 10 1809 now available, we’ve added new scenarios to Windows Autopilot. You can read about them in the announcement blogs: Windows Autopilot: What’s new and what’s next (overview)...
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Blocking for app installation using Enrollment Status Page
When you do an Autopilot deployment, we recommend configuring the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) to block until those app installations are done – the user won’t be able to get to the desktop until the...
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Revisiting Windows Autopilot for existing devices
Back in October, I posted a blog talking about speeding up Windows Autopilot for existing devices, with a custom task sequence template to avoid the extra sysprep generalize and specialize that happens...
View ArticleEvaluating/Testing/Demoing modern deployment with Windows Autopilot
Whether you are evaluating Windows Autopilot for the first time, testing out new features and capabilities, or demoing it to new customers, you’re typically going through the same basic steps: Getting...
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Assigning Autopilot profiles by exception
I mentioned in my previous blog that I typically use an “All Autopilot Devices” dynamic group to assign an Autopilot profile automatically to most devices, while using two additional groups to let me...
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USB media and Windows Information Protection
If you do lots of Windows deployments, you likely create USB media fairly frequently. But if you are using Windows Information Protection (WIP), you could run into problems if that USB key is used on...
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New version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit released!
A new version of MDT, build 8456, was released today. You can read about all the changes here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/mdt/release-notes and download it from here:...
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