Troubleshooting Windows AutoPilot: Sample ETW Traces
In yesterday’s AutoPilot troubleshooting blog, https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus/2017/12/13/troubleshooting-windows-autopilot-level-300400/, I showed a variety of captured traces for...
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Windows AutoPilot Azure AD Branding
When you use Windows AutoPilot to deploy new devices, you want the process to be friendly and familiar for the users going through the process. One of the ways that is done is by customizing the logon...
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Changing the Hyper-V screen resolution during OOBE
I’ve recorded a variety of videos (especially for Windows AutoPilot, but prior to that for other Windows deployment scenarios) that involve capturing the initial phases of a Hyper-V VM’s boot process....
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Afraid of Windows 10 with Azure AD join? Try it out (part 1)
I’ve been surprised by the number of organizations that have never tried to join a Windows 10 device into Azure Active Directory. So let’s spend some time talking about that. You’ve been able to join...
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Starting a new chapter
When I originally accepted a job with Microsoft, just over 14 years ago, I chose the company because of the sheer number of different roles that were available – lots of opportunities for new...
View ArticleAfraid of Windows 10 with Azure AD join? Try it out (part 2)
In the part 1 blog, I talked about the mechanics of joining Windows 10 devices to Azure AD. Now let’s shift focus and talk about the impact of doing it. I already mentioned that Azure AD doesn’t...
View ArticleWhat’s Changed in MDT 8450
Back in December, a new build of MDT was released. Continuing the pattern established with the release before it (8443), it’s identified only by its build number, hence it’s called MDT 8450. As Aaron...
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More on included Windows 10 apps
I’ve stated this publicly a few times, but many people don’t realize the distinction so I’ll repeat it again here. There are provisioned apps included in Windows 10 (that you can remove, see...
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ConfigMgr task sequences from the internet
After some campaigning and some quick work from the ConfigMgr team for the ConfigMgr tech preview 1802 release, you can now use non-OSD task sequences, such as those that install apps or perform...
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Printing to on-prem printers from Azure AD-joined devices
Since most of us have been using Active Directory for ages, you probably also take for granted the process for printing to your on-premises printers: They are published to Active Directory, you can...
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Managing Windows AutoPilot devices using the Intune Graph API
A while back, I published a sample script called Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo, which is designed to help define existing computers with the Windows AutoPilot deployment service, See...
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Cleaning up apps to keep Windows 10 sysprep happy
As we documented at https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/2769827/sysprep-fails-after-you-remove-or-update-windows-store-apps-that-inclu, sysprep will fail when creating a custom Windows 10 image if...
View ArticleNEW: Upgrade to Windows 10 1803 without suspending BitLocker
One of the new features mentioned in the What’s new in Windows 10 1803 documentation is a new ability to perform a feature update without suspending BitLocker. This is what it says: New command-line...
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Troubleshooting Improvements in Windows Autopilot
I wrote a couple of blogs (the basics and the more advanced scenarios) about troubleshooting Windows Autopilot late last year, which focused on the capabilities that existed at that point in time. But...
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Yet another way to clean up in-box apps
Starting with Windows 10 version 1703, you can now remove provisioned in-box apps like Xbox using the MDM platform capabilities built into Windows. (If you think you need to use this to remove Candy...
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Deploying a kiosk using Windows Autopilot
In today’s Tech Community blog, we talk about a variety of new Autopilot features. For the Autopilot self-deploying mode, I thought it would be useful to get into more of the specifics of how to...
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Autopilot profile assignment using Intune
We’ve had questions over the past several months, as customers scale up with Autopilot, about how to assign an Autopilot profile to new devices, as it can get kind of tedious to have to do this...
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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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