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Anoop C Nair
Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.
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Android
Secure Android Management for Healthcare Emergency and Warehouse Teams with Microsoft Intune
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about Secure Android Management for Healthcare Emergency and Warehouse Teams with Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Intune provides a unified platform for managing Android devices across various industries. It enables organizations to efficiently provision, secure, and configure both corporate-owned and shared devices, ensuring employees in sectors like retail, healthcare, and finance can […]
AVD
Built-In Resilience and Reliable Architecture Highlights for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
Key Takeaways Built-In Resilience and Reliable Architecture Highlights for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop! Functionality is delivered across three main areas, each designed using specificarchitectural principles to enhance the overall user experience. The service operates at a global scale, supporting millions of users worldwide. To manage this massive scale, the architecture avoids any single […]
AVD
3 Key Areas of Resiliency in Windows 365 and AVD Connectivity Management and Workload
Key Takeaways 3 Key Areas of Resiliency in Windows 365 and AVD Connectivity Management and Workload! Service resiliency is delivered through 3 main areas: the connectivity platform, the management platform and workload resiliency. The connectivity platform ensures users can securely connect through the best path to their resources, the management platform supports administrative and configuration […]
Intune
Why App Delivery is Slowing Down in Microsoft Intune During or After Migration
Let’s discuss why App Delivery is Slowing Down in Microsoft Intune During or After Migration. The story is the same for many organizations: migrating management of devices to Intune is mostly successful, but the actual rollout of Intune stalls because apps are still catching up. Autopilot will get a device to a desktop, yet without […]
Microsoft 365
How Microsoft M365-E7 2026 Delivers an AI-First Premium Experience with Integrated Copilot Governance and Entra Identity
Key Takeaways Today we are focussing on the topic of How Microsoft M365-E7 2026 Delivers an AI-First Premium Experience with Integrated Copilot Governance and Entra Identity. First of all, this news is not confirmed by Microsoft but strongly there are some rumors that Microsoft 365 may introduce a new premium enterprise license called Microsoft 365 […]
Windows
MDE Introduces a More Predictable Transparent Secure and Enterprise Ready Onboarding Experience for Windows Devices
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about MDE Introduces a More Predictable Transparent Secure and Enterprise Ready Onboarding Experience for Windows Devices. Onboarding all devices in your organization is essential for maintaining a strong security posture. Research from Microsoft Threat Intelligence shows that in most ransomware attacks, the machine that spread the attack was not yet […]
Intune
How to Control iOS Keyboard Shortcut Settings using Intune
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about How to Control iOS Keyboard Shortcut Settings using Intune. IOS Text Replacement helps users type faster by expanding short shortcuts into full phrases, such as turning “omw” into “On my way”. It reduces repetitive typing for things like email signatures, addresses, emojis, or common responses, making everyday communication quicker […]
Intune
How to Configure Prevent Users from Making Network Files Available Offline using Microsoft Intune
Key Takeaways Let’s discuss how to Configure Prevent Users from Making Network Files Available Offline using Microsoft Intune. This policy, Prevent Users from Making Network Files Available Offline policy controls whether users can manually make network files and folders available for offline access. When this policy is enabled, users are restricted from selecting files or […]
Intune
Require Secure RPC Communication for Remote Connections using Intune
Key Takeaways: Let’s discuss about Require Secure RPC communication for Remote Connections using Intune. The “Require secure RPC communication” policy is a foundational security setting in Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS). It dictates how the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) handles Remote Procedure Calls the “behind-the-scenes” messages that allow different software processes to talk to […]
Intune
Require use of Specific Security Layer for Remote Connections using Intune
Key Takeaways: Let’s discuss Require use of Specific Security Layer for Remote Connections using Intune. This policy setting specifies whether to require the use of a specific security layer to secure communications between clients and RD Session Host servers during Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections. Require use of Specific Security Layer for Remote Connections using […]
Intune
Managing Microphone Access on HoloLens 2 using Intune
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about Managing Microphone Access on HoloLens 2 using Intune. When the Microphone Disabled policy is enabled on HoloLens 2, the microphone is completely disabled at the system level. This prevents all apps and features from using the microphone and cannot be overridden through normal device settings. It is mainly used […]
Intune
Controlling LPT Port Redirection in Remote Desktop using Intune
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about Controlling LPT Port Redirection in Remote Desktop using Intune. This policy controls whether data can be redirected to local LPT (printer) ports during a Remote Desktop session. By default, Remote Desktop allows users to redirect data from the remote system to local LPT port devices. Controlling LPT Port Redirection […]
Intune
Managing Suspicious File Blocking in Microsoft Defender using Intune
Key Takeaways Hey, let’s discuss about Managing Suspicious File Blocking in Microsoft Defender using Intune. This policy controls how strictly Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans and blocks suspicious files. In simple terms, it decides how quickly and aggressively Defender should act when it finds something unusual. When the setting is enabled, Defender becomes more aggressive it […]
Intune
Configure Windows Interactive Logon Message Title using Intune Policy
Key Takeaways Lets discuss Enhancing User Awareness with Interactive Logon Message Title Using Intune Policy. This security policy lets you set the title shown at the top of the logon message that appears before a user sign in to a Windows device. This title is displayed together with the logon message text and helps users […]
Intune
How to Control Internet Traffic Routing for Remote Clients using Intune Policy
Key Takeaways Let’s discuss Improving Remote Access Security with Traffic Control Using Intune Policy. This policy controls how internet traffic is handled when a computer connects to your organization’s network using DirectAccess. When users are working remotely, their device connects to the company network through a secure tunnel. At that point, internet traffic can either […]
SCCM
SCCM CMPivot Architecture and Sample Queries
Let’s check SCCM CMPivot Architecture and Sample Queries in this post. CMPivot allows you to quickly assess the state of devices in your environment and take action. Fast channel architecture changed the entire behavior of SCCM. Now it’s not at all a slow-moving server(SMS). You can make it run as fast as you can. The […]
Microsoft 365
3 Easy Methods to Delete Alternate Rows in Microsoft Excel
Let’s explore the 3 Easy Methods to Delete Alternate Rows in Microsoft Excel. Excel arranges data in a grid with numbered rows and lettered columns. This lets users easily perform calculations and other tasks using formulas and functions. In this article, I will explain how to delete every other row in Excel. There are three […]
Intune
Enforce DDM Software Updates on macOS Device using Intune Settings Catalog
This blog post explains Enforce DDM Software Updates on macOS Device using Intune Settings Catalog. DDM makes it easier to handle updates. Devices can now automatically manage updates based on set policies. This reduces interruptions for users and improves their overall experience. Through macOS Settings, IT administrators can control the macOS versions in their organization, […]
Entra
Entra Refresh Tokens Valid for 90 Days Key Actions based on your Licensing Entra ID Free E3 P1 and E5 P2
Let’s discuss Entra Refresh Tokens Valid for 90 Days Key Actions Based on Your Licensing Entra ID Free E3 P1 and E5 P2. Microsoft extended the default validity of the Entra Refresh token to 90 days. Before the recent update, the validity of tokens was typically 14-90 days, depending on the configuration. Refresh tokens themselves do not require a specific […]
Microsoft 365
New Office ADMX Template for Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Project and Visio | Import to Intune
Microsoft rolled out a New Office ADMX Template Version: 5469.1000 for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Project and Visio. This post shows how to import the ADMX template to Intune. The administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft Office have been significantly updated. IT administrators use the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft Office to manage and […]
Windows 11
Top 83 Windows 11 Desktop Admin Interview Questions
Let’s discuss the Top 83 Windows 11 Desktop Admin Interview Questions. Desktop Admins are the real heroes of the IT world because they are real people who interact with end users. They help users resolve various issues in the cyber world. They are technology problem resolvers responsible for establishing, diagnosing, repairing, maintaining, and upgrading hardware […]
Microsoft 365
Allow or Block Audio Capture Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
Hi, there today with a new topic Allow or Block Audio Capture Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center. As we all know that Edge browser is one of the significant browsers that uses in many organizations. With the help of MS365, they are providing a list of policies for oragnizations. So we […]
Microsoft 365
How to Allow or Block Web Authentication Requests on Sites with Broken TLS Certificates in Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
Hi there today we are discussing how to Allow or Block Web Authentication Requests on Sites with Broken TLS Certificates in Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center. As you all know that security measurements are very important for the users Especially using a browser. Here secure method that allows users to log in to websites […]
SCCM DP Roles have PXE and Throttling Options ConfigMgr 2012
SCCM DP Roles have PXE and Throttling Options ConfigMgr. Exciting changes have been made to the Configuration Manager 2012 DP and PXE (more details). In Configuration Manager 2012, unifying infrastructure and simplifying administration are two of the release’s three key pillars (the third is user empowerment). Keeping those pillars in mind, we have updated the […]
Microsoft 365
Enable Alternate Error Pages in Microsoft Edge Via Microsoft 365 Admin Center Policy
Let’s discuss how to Enable Alternate Error Pages (AlternateErrorPagesEnabled) in Microsoft Edge. This is a Microsoft Edge policy that allows Edge to connect to a web service. This will help generate URLs and provide search suggestions for problems like DNS errors. The Microsoft 365 Admin Center enables administrators to manage settings through Microsoft products, including […]
Windows 11
Windows 11 Minimum System Requirements Updated
Let’s quickly check Windows 11 Minimum System Requirements to get a free upgrade to Windows 11 using the Windows 11 PC Health Check App. Is it possible to fix the issue? Can this PC run Windows 11? For some devices, resolve the problem related to Windows 11 support. Using the PC Health Check app, you […]
Intune
Fix a Stuck Legacy Jamf Connector to Restore New Jamf Intune Integration and Mac Device Sync
Key Takeaways How to Fix a Stuck Legacy Jamf Connector to Restore New Jamf Intune Integration and Mac Device Sync. Organizations using Microsoft Intune and Jamf Pro are experiencing issues with legacy connectors that are now unsupported. Following outdated Microsoft documentation, many admins initially set up the old connection method, only to discover that Jamf […]
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