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Hey you…

Microsoft did it again…

Seems like I’m starting every blog like this huh?

I was casually browsing through the Windows Message Center… you know… because apparently that is what I do for fun nowadays… when I saw this:

Intune: Windows Health Attestation Migration to Microsoft Azure Attestion

Okay… Health Attestation… Azure Attestation…

Sounds like one of those backend changes where Microsoft moves something from Sevice A to Service B… changes a few URLS… and expects us to pretend we noticed.

Cool… moving on…

EXCEPT!!!

This one can actually make your Windows devices NON-COMPLIANT

… oh.. shit…

So… now you have my attestation… I mean ATTENTION…

Microsoft announced on September 17th 2026 that Windows Health Attestation compliance evaluation for Windows 11 devices managed through Intune will automatically migrate from the current Device Health Attestion service…

DHA

… to Microsoft Azure Attestation…

MAA

… during the first half of 2027.

And… before you think

Engin… come on… that’s 2027… why the hell are we talking about this now?

Well… Because I would rather check a firewall rule today… than troubleshoot 3000 suddenly non-compliant laptops on a Monday Morning… Ain’t nobody got time for that.

So… What the hell is Health Attestation?

Before we start opening firewall ports like it’s 2003 let’s first understand what we are actually talking about. If you have a Windows compliance policy in Intune you probably have seen these settings before:

Require BitLocker
Require Secure Boot
Require Code Integrity

Pretty straightforward. BitLocker Enabled? Good. Secure Boot enabled? Nice… Code Integrity working? WONDERFUL!. Device compliant.

Right?

Well… Not exactly. Intune isn’t simply asking Windows:

Yo… is Secure Boot enabled?

… and Windows replies:

Trust me bro…

That would be… slightly problematic. Windows Health Attestation uses hardware backed information (including TPM protected boot information) to verify the security state of the device. Very simplified it looks like this:

Windows boots
↓
TPM + Boot measurements
↓
Health Attestation
↓
Intune evaluates the result
↓
Compliant / Non-Compliant
↓
Conditional Access potentially ruins someone's morning

The important part here is that the attestation service is used to validate that the security state being reported can actually be trusted. Microsoft describes this as a validating boot-time security properties of the device. So… this isn’t just another registry key somewhere.

DHA… MAA… WTF?

Up until now Intune has used the Device Health Attestation service (DHA) for this compliance evaluation. Microsoft is moving Windows 11 over to Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA). Windows 11 already contains the Health Attestation CSP functionality required to communicate with Microsoft Azure Attestation.

The device collects attestation evidence such as:

Boot information
TPM audit information
TPM certificate information

That evidence can be sent to Microsoft Azure Attestation. MAA validates it and returns a signed attestation result which can be used by Intune to determine the health of the device…

In other words…

OLD:

Windows 11 -> DHA -> Intune -> Compliance

NEW:

Windows 11 -> MAA -> Intune -> Compliance

From the user’s perspective? Nothing… from your perspective? Hopefly also nothing…

Hopefully…

So… what can actually break?

And here we arrive at the fun part… your firewall… because OF COURSE IT’S THE FIREWALL!!!

Microsoft specifically warns that if your firewall configuration prevents Windows 11 devices from reaching the new Microsoft Azure Attestation endpoints… devices using Device Health compliance settings can fall out compliance…

uhm… let me repeat that for you… Your laptop can have:

Bitlocker enabled
Secure boot enabled
code integrity enabled
TPM working perfectly
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT…

And Intune can still report it as non-compliant because the device cannot reach the attestation service… The laptop is healthy… Intune just can’t prove it…

Perfect… Love it…

And then… Conditional Access enters the room…

This is where a boring network change can suddenly become a VERY visible user problem. A lot of organizations have Conditional Access policies using:

Require device to be marked as compliant

Which makes perfect sense… but… imagine this:

Firewall blocks MAA
↓
Health Attestation fails
↓
Device falls out of compliance
↓
Conditional Access sees non-compliant devices
↓
User can't access corporate resources
↓
Service Desk ticket
↓
Another Service Desk ticket
↓
327 Service Desk tickets
↓
Someone blames Intune
↓
Someone blames Microsoft
↓
Someone restarts the laptop 14 times
↓
Someone eventually checks the firewall

I may have seen similar movies before

Are YOU affected?

Before we panic… and start changing firewalls everywhere… Check whether this actually applies to you… This is mainly something you should investigate if you have:

Windows 11 devices (check)
Managed through Microsoft Intune (check)
Windows compliance policies (check)
Device Health settings enabled (check)
Restrictive outbound firewall rules (check)
Proxy filtering (check)
SSL/TLS inspection (check)

Especially the last one deserves some attestation… I MEAN ATTENTION… damn… did it again…

Microsoft explicitly says that SSL traffic inspection should NOT be used for the required attestation endpoints. So… if your security team decrypts and inspects every HTTPS connection because…

SECURITY!!!

… you probably want to have a conversation with them… bring coffee… maybe cookies…

Which Compliance settings are involved?

The 3 important Device Health settings mentioned by Microsoft are:

Bitlocker

This verifies the BitLocker state reported during boot. Small reminder: Health Attestation evaluates this at boot time. So if you just enabled BitLocker and the device is still showing non-compliant…

REBOOT THE DAMN DEVICE.

Sometimes IT really is that easy.

Secure Boot

Secure Boot makes sure the system starts using trusted boot components with valid cryptographic signatures. If somebody tampers with the boot process Secure Boot is supposed to notice. If somebody tampers with the boot process, Secure Boot is supposed to notice.

Code Integrity

Code Integrity verifies the integrity of drivers and system files being loaded into Windows. Unsigned or modified kernel components? Not exactly something we want on our corporate endpoints right? All three can depend on Health Attestation when used as a Device Health compliance requirements.

What do I need to allow?

The new Azure Attestation endpoints depend on the location of your Intune tenant. You can find you your tenant location here:

Intune Admin Center

Tenant administration
↓
Tenant status
↓
Tenant details
↓
Tenant location

For European tenants Microsoft currently lists these MAA endpoitns:

intunemaape7.neu.attest.azure.net
intunemaape8.neu.attest.azure.net
intunemaape9.neu.attest.azure.net
intunemaape10.weu.attest.azure.net
intunemaape11.weu.attest.azure.net
intunemaape12.weu.attest.azure.net

Required traffic:

Outbound HTTPS
TCP 443

and again… NO SSL INSPECTION

Don’t just copy my European list because you happen to be reading this article while sitting somewhere in Europe. Your physical location does NOT determine the Intune tenant location.

Check your tenant… Check Microsoft Learn… Then configure your firewall…

For the love of Cthulhu… don’t create random firewall rules because some guy called ENGIN THE MAGNIFICENT put 6 URLs on his blog…

What about Windows 10?

Interesting detail… According to Microsoft’s current documentation Windows 10 devices continue using the existing DHA endpoint. The same applies to GCCH and DoD environments. So this migration is specifically something Windows 11 Intune administrators should pay attention to.

Although if you are still designing a brand new Windows 10 deployment strategy… in late 2026… We probably need to have a completely different conversation.

Do I need to change anything in Intune?

As far as the announced migration goes… no giant migration project… no new compliance policies… no “Migrate to Azure Attestation” button that you need to press while sacrificing a Surface Laptop to the Microsoft gods. Microsoft says the compliance evaluation will automatically migrate during the first half of 2027.

Your preparation is mainly around connectivity. That means I would check:

Which Windows compliance policies use Device Health settings?
Which Windows 11 devices receive those policies?
What is my Intune tenant location?
Can those devices reach the correct MAA endpoints?
Is outbound TCP 443 allowed?
Are those endpoints excluded from SSL inspection?
Do we use Conditional Access policies that require compliant devices?

Number 7 is important… because a compliance problem is annoying. A compliance problem combined with Conditional Access can become an outage.

Can I test this?

This is the part where I would NOT wait until Microsoft starts migrating productiond evices.

Take a few Windows 11 test devices… Look at your current compliance configuration… check your network path, the proxy logs, the firewall logs… Check whether the required Azure Attestation endpoints are reachable… and most importantly:

TALK TO YOUR NETWORK/SECURITY TEAM BEFORE THE CHANGE HAPPENS… not during… not after… BEFORE…

I know… REvolutionary concept.

One more thing

Microsoft maintains the official Intune network endpoint documentation and those endpoints can change. So please don’t create a firewall rule today… print this article… put it inside your change documentation… lock it in a cabinet… and assume those 6 endpoints will remain identical until the end of civilization.

Always validate against the current Microsoft documentation before implementing the change. Microsoft changes things… this is basically the reason this blog exists.

TLDR

Microsoft is moving Windows 11 Health Attestation compliance evaluation in Intune from Device Health Attestation (DHA) to Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) during the first half or 2027.

IF you use Device Health compliance settings such as:

BitLocker
Secure Boot
Code Integrity

… your Windows 11 devices need connectivity to the appropriate Azure Attestation endpoints for your Intune tenant region.

If your firewall or proxy blocks those endpoints Microsoft says affected devices can fall out of compliance. You need:

Outbound HTTPS / TCP 443
Correct regional MAA endpoints
No SSL inspection on those endpoints

And if you combine Intune compliance with Conditional Access… A firewall configuration problem can suddenly become a user access problem.

So… no panic… no emergency change… no weekend migration…

Just check it now… Future you will appreciate it.

Final Thoughts

I actually like this change. Azure Attestation is the logical place for this functionality and from an administrator perspective Microsoft is making the migration pretty painless.

There is no massive Intune redesign needed (let’s hope they won’t do that)… no new agent (please for the love of Cthulhu no agents)… no application deployment (we’re not in the SCCM era right?)… No 600MB MSI that needs 3 reboots and a virgin sacrifice (maybe the last one..)

Just… connectivity…

But those are also the changes I don’t like ignoring. Because when a huge feature migration requires almost no administrator interaction it becomes VERY easy to forget about it… until something breaks… So check your compliance policies… talk to your firewall guys… test your Windows 11 devices… and then go back to ignoring it until 2027.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

35:T36a1,

Hey You

Microsoft did it again… I was casually going through Microsoft Learn… you know… minding my own business when I saw this:

The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is now called Microsoft Copilot

Okay… Wait… Didn’t we already have an app called Microsoft Copilot?

Yes… Yup… we did.

For the last couple of years Microsoft has been creating Copilots faster then I can keep track of them..

Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot Chat
Github Copilot
Security Copilot
Copilot Studio
Copilot in Windows
Copilot in Edge
Copilot in probably my refrigerator somewhere…

(thank God they removed it from X-Box)

And now… Microsoft is doing something tat ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE.

They are briging the Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot applications together into one unified Microsoft Copilot app.

FINALLY!

But…

Because… why the fuck not… of course there’s a “but”.

If you manage Windows devices there are a couple of things you probably want to know before the broad rollouts starts in September 2026.

So… let’s take a look…

So… what exactly is being unified?

Until now… we basically had 2 different worlds.

Microsoft Copilot – Mostly associated with the personal Microsoft account experience. And: Microsoft 365 Copilot

The work and school experience using Microsoft Entra ID.

Microsoft is now moving towards a single Microsoft Copilot client that can handle both. The account you sign in with determines the experience you get.

Personal Microsoft account? => Personal Copilot experience

Microsoft Entra ID account? => Work or school Copilot experience

And yes… users will be able to switch between them inside the same application.

Before every Security Officer reading this article has a small heart attack… Relax… Microsoft says that data entered in the personal Microsoft Account experience doesn’t flow into the work or school experience and vice versa.

There are also visual indicators.

When you’re signed in with your work accounts, for example, the application shows that you’re using the Work experience.

That is actually important. Because if we’re putting personal and corporate AI experiences inside the same application users REALLY need to know which one they’re using.

Trust me… (because I’m the one guy you should? IDK… just go with it okay?)

Somebody WILL paste company information in the wrong windows. We all did it… you know why?

Because… … users!

So… what’s changing?

Starting August 18th 2026 Microsoft started introducing updates across the web, desktop and mobile Copilot experiences.

The obvious changes are:

One Microsoft Copilot name
A simplified icon
Better indicators for personal versus work accounts
One client experience
An account switcher
New deployment and update controls for administrators

But… there is another change that I think administrators should REALLY REALLY REALLY pay attention to…

The URL.

The Microsoft 365 Copilot web experience is moving from:

https://m365.cloud.microsoft

to:

https://copilot.cloud.microsoft

Now… normally your browser will simply redirect the user… Great… unless…

Your proxy says no
Your firewall says no
Your Secure Web Gateways says no
Your allowlist says:

WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCESS MY NETWORK?

If copilot.cloud.microsoft is blocked in your environment… congratulations…

You may have just created a future Service Desk ticket.

September is where things get interesting.

We’re currently in the initial availability phase. Microsoft says the broad commercial rollout starts in September 2026.

That means RIGHT NOW is actually the perfect time to test this… not September… not when 4000 users suddenly have a different Copilot application. Not when your Service Desk starts asking you why everyone’s Copilot looks different.

NOW!

Microsoft gives organizations controls to test the unified application before the broad rollout. This is where things get interesting for us Endpoint people.

Microsoft Edge Update enters the chat

Plot twist… dun dun dun!!!!

The deployment mechanism heavily relies on Microsoft Edge Update… yes… EDGE UPDATE. Because apparently Edge Update looked at copilot and said:

Fuck yeah… I can manage that too!!!

For windows devices Microsoft currently requires Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.253.25 or higher. You can quickly check your version with Powershell:

(Get-Item "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe").VersionInfo.ProductVersion

If you’re below 1.3.253.25 fix that before spending three hours troubleshooting why the Copilot policies don’t work.

Future you will thank you!

New Copilot update policies

Microsoft also introduced specific Edge Update policies for Microsoft Copilot. At the moment these include:

Install
Update
Uninstall
TargetChannel
CopilotUnificationAllowed

The last one… yeah… that is the interesting one… CopilotUnificationAllowed.

I’m pretty sure whoever named that policy gets paid per character.

The policy allows Microsoft Edge Update to unify the existing Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot applications. For devices that already have one of the Copilot applications installed Microsoft says you can enable:

CopilotUnificationAllowed = 1

… to test the unified experience before the broad rollout. The registry location behind the policy is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate

… with:

CopilotUnificationAllowed{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}

… as a REG_DWORD. Value: 1

Now… Before someone copies this registry key… creates an intune remediation… asigns it to ALL DEVICES and then blame me when 30000 computers explode…

Don’t…

Pilot…

Test…

Validate…

Then deploy… for the love of Cthulhu…

What if Copilot isn’t installed yet?

Well… Microsoft actually has thought about that too. There is an Install policy specifically for Copilot. If the application isn’t installed yet you can configure the Install policy as:

Fore Installs (Machine-Wide)

Which equals:

The registry value is:

Install{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}

under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate

But there’s another requirement. Microsoft says you also need to enable Updater Experimentation and Configuration Service Control

That policy name sounds less like a Windows setting and a more like something Tony Stark would use to accidentally create Ultron.

What if I do nothing?

You can… Microsoft will progressively roll out the unified application to eligible devices… and… maybe that’s perfectly fine for your organization… but… there’s a difference between

We tested it and decided to let Microsoft handle the rollout

… and …

Wait… Microsoft changed Copilot?

Me… I prefer the first one.

One thing for European organizations

There is also an important distinction for organizations in the European Economic Area. Microsoft previously introduced automatic deployment of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app through Microsoft 365 Apps, but that automatic installation isn’t enabled for EEA customers.

That doesn’t mean you can’t deploy Copilot. You can still deploy it yourself, for example through Intune. Just don’t confuse automatic installation of Copilot with the unification of an existing Copilot installation.

They’re related changes, but they’re not the same thing.

TL;DR

Microsoft is combining Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot into one application. The rollout has already started and broad commercial deployment is expected from September 2026.

If you’re managing corporate Windows devices, I would check four things:

Is copilot.cloud.microsoft accessible?
Is Microsoft Edge Update current?
Do we want to allow personal Microsoft accounts?
Have we tested the new Copilot experience on a small group?

That’s basically it… No huge migration project… No panic… Just something I’d rather test now than troubleshoot later.

Final Thoughts

I actually think Microsoft is moving in the right direction here.

The number of different things called “Copilot” was getting ridiculous, and having one application where your account determines the experience is easier to understand.

For users, this should eventually make Copilot simpler.

For administrators, it means we have a little homework to do first.

Luckily, not that much.

Cheers,

Engin

36:Td88,

Hey you

Let me guess… You’re trying to clean up devices.

You open:

Intune
Entra ID
AutoPilot

… and suddenly you’re playing Where’s Waldo: Enterprise Edition

Same Device… Different names… Different states… Different portals.

No clue which one is the real one

Welcome to Device Hell

Let’s break it down:

Device exists in Intune
Also in Entra ID
Also in AutoPilot
Maybe renamed… maybe not… good luck… 👍

And then:

One is compliant
One is stale
One hasn’t checked in since 2022
One says “Last seen: yesterday”

Perfect. Love it. No notes.

So, what do people do?

Manual cleanup. Click… search… delete… repeat…

Across 3 portals… for HOURS

Introducing: Remove Device Everywhere

One GUI, one search, one action.

Across:

Intune
Entra ID
AutoPilot

What it actually does:

🔍 Search by device name or serial
📊 Combine results from multiple sources into ONE view
👀 Show preview before deleting anything
🧹 Remove selected devices or everything found
🔗 Optional: remove linked records automatically
📁 Bulk mode via CSV
📝 Full audit logging (because… CAB is watching 👀)

Example

You search:

Device: ENG-LAPTOP-01

Source	Status
Intune	Exists
Entra ID	Stale
Autopilot	Registered

Instead of opening 3 portals… you just click:

Remove Everywhere

euhm.. that’s it… I… euhm… don’t know what else to write right now…

Oh the links…

Github:

enginsoysal/remove-device-everywhere: GUI tool to search and remove device records across Intune, Entra ID, and Autopilot

You can also download it via the Powershell Gallery:

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Remove-DeviceEverywhere

Coffee?

Cheers,

Engin

37:T3a83,

Hey You

I love playing around with Copilot for Github in Visual Studio Code. I have a lot of projects running but sometimes I like to play around… I like to try new things… and sometimes I just mess with it just to see what kind of stupidity I can get out of Copilot.

However, everytime I do play around, or work with serious projects, Copilot doesn’t always does what I ask it to do. So… today I will bring you on a journey of a typical project that I’ll be working on and I’ll show you how irritating sometimes it can be.

Spoiler alert: In the end it drove me crazy.

What is this project you might ask?

Text to ASCII generator

I got something cool I want you to do… create me a html page that can create ASCII art from a text box.

I do not want to tell in detail what I want. I prefer Copilot to be the programmer and just come up with… whatever it likes to do.

Well, this sounds promising. I didn’t want to look into the code because I don’t want to interfere with what it does. This will be a surprise for you as well for me.

So… how is the result?

Hot diggity damn

That… actually looks pretty good. I didn’t ask it to design it this way and to be honest, it’s pretty user friendly.

1 issue though. It doesn’t work. Let’s go to the prompt.

Looks awesome. See screenshot. Thanks! However… it’s not working. When I create on “Render ASCII” it does nothing. Maybe a missing JS file (hint hint hint)

It should be click and not create. What I really like is that I can send it screenshots and it will recognize everything in the screenshot.

So… you say it’s fixed? I doubt it because I still see only 1 file. index.html.

But… let’s see.

ok, euhm… still not working… maybe… we can make it modular for troubleshooting? would that be a good idea? have a seperate CS file and a seperate JS file? I don’t know…

So, here’s me giving more hints and actually telling the damn thing to use a CS file and a JS file. Doing everything in a single file is stupid so why do it?

interesting…

Awesome. It made a style.css and a script.js. That sounds promising right?

The output box gives me the following error: Cloud not render: Figlet library not loaded

This was actually the first red flag. I didn’t notice it yet but it’s using an external source to download fonts. The FIGlet library.

It says it’s fixed but is it really? Here’s where I woke up and said to myself

CDN? CDN? Why are you adding a CDN for something that should be local

But… does it work?

Nope… and I got a little big angry this time.

excuse me? Are you using … external sources? NO NO NO! This should be local… I should not depend on external services. If a JS file is needed… you should create it.

I don’t like being depended on other services. If I (Copilot) can create offline services, I would do that.

Everything locally… But… does it work?

IT’S ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!! But… the fonts are not… well… they look ugly. We need monospaced fonts like Courier… or whatever Powershell uses… You know… where all characters are identical?

I don’t know man… it still doesn’t show the art properly… maybe the output screen isn’t formatted to show ASCII ART well… (hint hint hint)

is this te best you could do? It looks like we’re stuck in a loop. The output just not as satisfying as I woult like it to be. Come on… you can do better… I believe in you!!!

Here’s where I got angry. The green monster in me ripped my pants and I smashed everything while screaming ENGIN SMASH!

I am SO dissapointed right now. In my anger I deleted EVERYTHING! We’re going to start from scratch. Create an HTML page that will create ASCII art from a textbox. I want at least 3 fronts, a copy mechanisme, the output should be UNDER not next to it like you did it in the previous version. Make it modular. Do your best.

And… this time… I think it actually listened.

If you want to try it out for yourself, click here

We are living in an AI bubble right now. Yes, it is true that a lot of jobs already have been replaced by AI and it will not stop replacing.

However, In order to replace creatives with AI, clients will need to accurately describe what they want.

This article reminded me of this meme:

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

38:T2b53,

Hey You

Well… it happened again. I logged into Microsoft Learn… because… I do that every single day… don’t judge me… and suddenly that familiar message appeared:

AZ-140 – Your Certification Expires Soon

AZ-140: Azure Virtual Desktop Speciality Renewal

My (uhum) favourite exam… my baby… my “I deploy this in production while half asleep” certification.

And… yeah… I passed.

See them fireworks? They really know how to make a man feel special.

So… what did Microsoft REALLY test?

Let’s be honest. Microsoft exams aren’t about memorizing buttons anymore. They’re about

Have you ACTUALLY done this in real life?
Are you an admin or a tourist?
Did you read anything in the last 12 months?

So… let me break down the topics Microsoft secretly tried to expose you with… with some examples from the renewal dashboard.

1. Networking

Microsoft always starts with networking… ALWAYS! Because AVD without networking is just a Windows login screen floating in the void… … they all float… and soon you’ll float too… (shit… just saw Welcome to Derry and it kicks ass).

They want to know if you genuinely understand:

How RDP Shortpath behaves when DNS is moody
Why UDP is king and TCP is the sad fallback
Wheter you know Bastion exists (and that Public IPs are a crime)
How load-balancing logic affects user experience
The relationship between VNets, peering and session hosts

Example questions

A user reports that Shortpath was working yesterday but (oh oh ) isn’t today. What’s the first think you check?
1. Think UDP accessibility, routing, DNS resolution, firewall behavior
An architect insists on deploying a Bastion host in every region. Should you?
1. Hint: Cross-region peering. One Bastion (Ring) can rule them all.

Microsoft doesn’t test your memory here… they test your trauma.

2. Storage

If FSLogix doesn’t work… nothing works. This section was ruthless… just like my previous blog Admin Renewal; Storate… always storage

Expect questions around:

Azure Files vs Premium Files vs NetApp Files
Identity based access with Kerberos
NTFS vs Share level permissions
FSLogix profile container behavior
Cloud Cache multi location design

Example Questions

A profile container fails to mount on only half the session hosts. What do you investigate first?
1. Permissions consistency, Kerberos delegation, DNS, SMB signing
Your manager wants Cloud Cache with two Azure Files endpoints in different regions. Does that make sense?
1. Think latency, writes, FSLogix performance impact.

Storage isn’t a topic in this exam… it’s a personality test

3. Session hosts

Microsoft loves testing your ability to build and maintain the actual machines behind AVD.

This includes:

Image preparation (golden image discipline is real)
Azure Compute Gallery Usage
Gen2 requirements
Scaling plan mechanics
VM registration failures (everyone’s favorite monday morning problem)

Example Questions

A new session host doesn’t register with the host pool. What’s the first thing you check?
1. AVD agent status, workspace registration, time sync, hybrid join
Your organization wants to update the image monthly without breaking the world. What do you recommend?
1. Shared Image Gallery + versioning + host pool draining

This section test whether you’ve ever built an image… sober…

4. Access & RBAC

Just like in my Azure Admin Renewal blog where Microsoft hits you with subtle logic traps, the AZ-140 renewal … did the exact same thing.

They want you to know if you understand:

Who can add session hosts
Who can manage drain mode
Which identity runs autoscale
What start VM on connect actually needs
The difference between “Contributor” and “You just gave someone full control of Azure”

Example Questions

You need to give someone permissions to add session hosts but not remove them. Which role fits?
1. Thin granular AVD roles… not Owner… not contributor
Start VM on Connect isn’t working. What role is missing?
1. Hint: Desktop Virtualization Power On Contributor (assigned on the ARM Prover SPN).

RBAC questions aren’t technical… they’re EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

FSLogix

If there’s one thing Microsoft LOVES testing… it’s FSLogix

Topics include:

VHDLocations
CCDLocations for Cloud Cache
ProfileType selection
Redirections.xml logic
Disk compaction behavior
Multi session quirks

Example Questions

Users complain their profile loads slowly in the morning. What’s your first suspect?
1. Storage latency, Azure Files throughput, Cloud Cache warm up
You need redundant profile endpoints across two storage accounts. How do you set that up?
1. CCDLocations… Always…

If you’ve never had FSLogix corrupt a profile at 08:55… are you even an AVD admin?

6. Monitoring

Monitoring is no longer optional. Microsoft wants you to know if you actually run AVD in production or just pray it works

Expect content about:

Log Analytics Workspaces
Diagnostic Settings (Workspace level + Host pool level)
AVD Insights
KQL basics
Performance baselining
Session reporting

Example Questions

You need to investigate why users can’t subscribe to the workspace feed. Where do you enable logs?
1. On the Workspace resource (not the host pool)
A scaling plan fails randomly and nobody knows why. What’s your move?
1. Collect logs from the autoscale engine via Diagnositcs -> Log analytics

If monitoring isn’t configured your AVD is basically a haunted house.

Final Thoughts

This one wasn’t about trick questions or memorizing tabs… it was about real world logic…

If you’ve ever deployed AVD in production…
If you’ve ever rebuilt an image at midnight…
If you’ve ever chased a broken FSLogic container like it owed you money…

… if you’ve done all of the above… this exam will feel like Microsoft simply checking “Are you still the real deal?”

… yes… I still am… for another year that is.. 🙂

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

39:T2b37,

Hey You

Microsoft did it again. On November 25th, I opened my inbox, minding my own business, drinking my coffee (Irish off course), ready for a normal day…

… and then I saw it:

Great… fantastic… I love chaos before 09:00.

But… before we start rewriting our entire cloud architecture… RELAX.

Let me break down what this actually means, why Microsoft is doing this, who’s impacted and how to figure you if YOU need to take action… or if you can safely keep scrolling LinkedIn instead.

So… what is happening?

Starting January 2026, Azure will begin rolling out new Subordinate Certificate Authorities (Sub CAs) used by the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS).

The current Sub CAs expire in April 2026.

This affects all Azure Clouds… commercial, government, national cloud… EVERYTHING!!! As confirmed in the official Microsoft blog.

But here’s the important part straight from the email

Most customers don’t need to take action

Translation: If your application does NOT use certificate pinning… you can chill. If it DOES… well… welcome to the 5% Club of Pain

Why is Microsoft doing this?

2 big reasons…

1. Browser root store changes

On April 15, 2026, Chrome and Firefox will distrust the DigiCert Global Root G1. So Microsoft must rotate to new roots and intermediates

2. Certificate lifetime reduction

IMDS certificates are moving from 180-day to 100-day lifetimes. More secure, more rotation… more chances something breaks at 3 AM.

Yay…

Here’s the ONLY question that matters: Do you use certificate pinning?

If yes => you MUST update your certificate list before January 2026.

If not => you can ignore this entire blog… but read it anyway because we both know you’re curious.

The Certificate Pinning doc explains it clearly: Certificate pinning happens when developers hardcode or restrict trusted certificates things like:

Thumbprints
Serial numbers
Subject Distinguished Names
Common Names
does this list still keep going?
Public keys
Intermediate CA lists
Custom Trust stores
Anything that says “ONLY accept THESE certificates”

If you do ANY of that… you’re impacted. If your app just trusts the OS root store => you’re fine.

The new certificate list (a.k.a. “The table of DOOM”)

Microsoft published a MASSIVE (that’s what she said) list of new and existing CA certificates used across Azure services. It includes:

New intermediates
Removed intermediates
Root CAs
OSCP responders
Regional changes
Historical rotations going back to 2023

If you rely on pinned intermediates => you must add ALL new ones from that list. If you pinned only root CAs, you’re probably safe… but… still double check.

Timeline (IMPORTANT!!!)

Microsoft’s rollout goes like this

January 6, 2026 => East US 2 EUAP, Central US EUAP, West Central US, East Asia
January 23, 2026 => UK South
February 1, 2026 => All remaining regions

All clouds finish rotation by April 2026, when old Sub CAs expire.

If your app uses certificate pinning: Here’s what you must do

Based on Microsoft’s guidance:

1. Scan your code

Search for:

Hardcoded thumbprints
Serial numbers
CN/SAN checks
Public key pinning
Custom CA bundles
Intermediate CA references

If ANY appear => you pin certificates

2. Add ALL new Sub CAs

From the CA list. Not just the ones you see today. ALL of them.

3. Keep both old and new CAs until April 2026

This is explicitly required to avoid downtime.

4. Update your trust store

For:

Windows
Linux (/etc/ssl/certs)
Java (use keytool command)

5. Add fallback logic

Microsoft even recommends it:

Create fallback logic to minimize future impact

You’ll thank yourself later.

If you do NOT use certificate pinning

Congratulations. You belong to the lucky 95%. Your workload will continue to function normally, and Microsoft’s own words apply

You can ignore this message

Close this tab. Drink your coffee. Finish your day in peace.

Should you STOP using certificate pinning?

Short answer? YES!

Microsoft says it plainly in the pinning doc

We recommend discontinuing certificate pinning

Pinning is fragile in 2025 and later. Intermediates rotate often… roots change… OSCP responders shit… (I meant to write shift… after rereading this part I actually laughed a bit… So… I’m keeping it)… You become the weakest link in your own architecture.

If you MUST pin => pin only the root CA. Pinning intermediates is a one-way ticket to outage-ville.

TL;DR

Azure IMDS is changing its TLS certificate in January 2026.
Old Sub CAs expire in April 2026
95% of customers don’t need to do anything
If you pin certificates => update your CA list NOW!
Pinning is discouraged
Timeline varies by region
You’re probably fine… unless you’re not

Final Thoughts

These certificate rotations aren’t sexy. They don’t involve AI… no CoPilot… They don’t even involve YAML (thank god).

But they DO affect production workloads… quietly, suddenly and usually on a Friday afternoon.

So do the one thing future you will thanks for:

Check your app
Update your CAs if needed
And if you can.. stop certificate pinning altogether

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

3a:T2b84,

Hey You,

Let me paint you a picture

You’re working for a customer. A big one. The kind where policies exist… not because people follow them but because Legal needs to sleep at night.

And one of those policies is:

When you leave the office… SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER

Simple right? RIGHT? … no? Of course not. Because there will always be users who:

“forget”
“don’t have time”
“but I was only gone for 17 hours???”
“I needed to generate 1.21 gigawatts to power this new device which I installed inside the Delorean”
Or simply think that closing the laptop lid sends it straight to Valhalla

And this client of mine took this policy seriously. Like… SERIOUSLY seriously. Security… Energy… Compliance… Nightly Maintenance… the whole checklist.

So… how do you enforce it?

Easy: You create a GPO that shuts the machine down when idle.

Or… at least… that’s the theory. Because in the real world?

Idle ≠ Safe to Shut down

A computer can be idle while:

rendering a massive video
running a Power BI refresh
processing a script
uploading files
sitting with unsaved documents open
while someone is still connected remotely
Or when someone tries to plot a scheme to steal plutonium from some Libyan nationalists who hired you to create them a… … never mind

GPO sees none of that. GPO only sees:

No mouse? No keyboard? -> Must be sleeping -> KILL IT WITH FIRE

Perfect if your organization is filled exclusively with interns and psychopaths. But not perfect for a customer who has legitimate long-running workloads.

So… what do you do?

You build something yourself. In PowerShell. Obviously

I needed something smarter, something polite, something that didn’t kill a 3D render because someone went to lunch.

So… I wrote a script. A beautiful, slightly chaotic, very Engin-Style script.

# Time in seconds for idle detection (10 hours)
$idleTime = 36000

# Countdown time in seconds (2 hours)
$countdownTime = 7200

# Define the script for the pop-up
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public static class IdleTime
{
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    struct LASTINPUTINFO
    {
        public uint cbSize;
        public uint dwTime;
    }

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern bool GetLastInputInfo(ref LASTINPUTINFO plii);

    public static uint GetIdleTime()
    {
        LASTINPUTINFO lastInputInfo = new LASTINPUTINFO();
        lastInputInfo.cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LASTINPUTINFO));
        GetLastInputInfo(ref lastInputInfo);
        return ((uint)Environment.TickCount - lastInputInfo.dwTime) / 1000;
    }
}
"@

function Show-Popup {
    [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Windows.Forms')
    [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing')

    # Create form
    $form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form
    $form.Text = "Idle Warning"
    $form.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(500, 200)
    $form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
    $form.TopMost = $true

    # Label for the message
    $label = New-Object Windows.Forms.Label
    $label.Text = "The computer has been idle for 10 hours. The computer will shutdown after 2 hours."
    $label.AutoSize = $true
    $label.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(10, 20)
    $form.Controls.Add($label)

    # Countdown label
    $countdownLabel = New-Object Windows.Forms.Label
    $countdownLabel.Text = "Time remaining: 02:00:00"
    $countdownLabel.AutoSize = $true
    $countdownLabel.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(10, 60)
    $form.Controls.Add($countdownLabel)

    # Shutdown Now button
    $shutdownButton = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
    $shutdownButton.Text = "Shutdown Now"
    $shutdownButton.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(100, 40)
    $shutdownButton.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(50, 100)
    $shutdownButton.Add_Click({
        Stop-Timer
        Shutdown-Computer
        $form.Close()
    })
    $form.Controls.Add($shutdownButton)

    # Cancel Shutdown button
    $cancelButton = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button
    $cancelButton.Text = "Cancel Shutdown"
    $cancelButton.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(100, 40)
    $cancelButton.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(200, 100)
    $cancelButton.Add_Click({
        Stop-Timer
        [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Shutdown canceled.")
        $form.Close()
    })
    $form.Controls.Add($cancelButton)

    # Function to stop the timer
    function Stop-Timer {
        if ($global:timer) {
            $global:timer.Stop()
            $global:timer.Dispose()
        }
    }

    # Function to shutdown the computer
    function Shutdown-Computer {
        Stop-Timer
        Stop-Computer -Force
    }

    # Set up timer for countdown using System.Windows.Forms.Timer
    $global:timer = New-Object Windows.Forms.Timer
    $global:timer.Interval = 1000 # 1 second
    $global:timer.Add_Tick({
        $global:countdownTime -= 1
        $timeSpan = [System.TimeSpan]::FromSeconds($global:countdownTime)
        $countdownLabel.Text = "Time remaining: " + $timeSpan.ToString("hh\:mm\:ss")

        if ($global:countdownTime -le 0) {
            Shutdown-Computer
            $form.Close()
        }
    })

    $global:timer.Start()

    # Show the form
    $form.Add_Shown({$form.Activate()})
    [void]$form.ShowDialog()
}

# Idle detection loop
while ($true) {
    # Get the system idle time in seconds
    $idleSeconds = [IdleTime]::GetIdleTime()

    if ($idleSeconds -ge $idleTime) {
        Show-Popup
    }

    # Check every 60 seconds
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 60 
}

And this is what it does:

Detects real idle time using the Windows API
Pops up a Windows Form
Show a 2-hour countdown
Lets the user choose:
- Shut Down Now
- Cancel Shutdown
And only shuts the machine down if the user actually abandoned the device.

It’s basically a polite “Bruh… are you still there?” assistant. And let’s be honest, after 12 hours? If you still haven’t checked your machine, it deserves to be shutdown.

Let’s break it down

1. Detecting real idle time (not the fake GPO one)

I call the Windows API “GetLastInputInfo” through a little C# class inside Powershell. Yes… I know… C# inside powershell.

Don’t judge me.

2. 10 hours of real idle -> Trigger the popup

Because yes… people actually leave devices unattended for 10 hours.

3. The popup appears

The popup basically says:

Yo… your machine… you know… has been idle for 10 hours.

I’m giving you 2 hours to fix your life choices. We can get the plutonium somewhere else… like… lightning or something

And then… the timer starts ticking.

4. User chooses

The red pill… or the blue pill? Wait… that’s the Matrix… we were talking about Back to the Future a minute ago. I’m confused…

Shutdown Now -> Immediate shutdown
Cancel Shutdown -> “Okay buddy… you win this round”

5. If nobody answers -> Shutdown

If you ignore my popup for 2 hours… I assume you’re either:

Home
Fired
Kidnapped
Playing the guitar to get your parents kiss each other so that your hand will come back and start playing Johnny be good which then Chuck Berry will steal your song just by listening to it for 2 seconds… like what was that btw???

Either way: PC goes off

Why this works (and why GPO doesn’t)

The solution is:

Context-aware
- Only triggers after extreme idle time which GPO doesn’t have
User-Friendly
- You get TWO HOURS to stop it
Faile-Safe
- No user interaction for 12 hours? Shutdown
Easy to deploy
- SCCM
- Intune
- GPO Logon script
- Scheduled task

Your pick

Conclusion

Now, I know some PowerShell gurus out there are judging my script.

Users will forever find a way to break policies. So instead of fighting them… I built something that gives them a choice

Either take responsibility
Or I’ll take the responsibility for you

A simple PowerShell script that solves a real problem in the real world.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

3b:Tedc,# Time in seconds for idle detection (10 hours) $idleTime = 36000 # Countdown time in seconds (2 hours) $countdownTime = 7200 # Define the script for the pop-up Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework Add-Type @" using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public static class IdleTime { [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] struct LASTINPUTINFO { public uint cbSize; public uint dwTime; } [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern bool GetLastInputInfo(ref LASTINPUTINFO plii); public static uint GetIdleTime() { LASTINPUTINFO lastInputInfo = new LASTINPUTINFO(); lastInputInfo.cbSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LASTINPUTINFO)); GetLastInputInfo(ref lastInputInfo); return ((uint)Environment.TickCount - lastInputInfo.dwTime) / 1000; } } "@ function Show-Popup { [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Windows.Forms') [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing') # Create form $form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form $form.Text = "Idle Warning" $form.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(500, 200) $form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen" $form.TopMost = $true # Label for the message $label = New-Object Windows.Forms.Label $label.Text = "The computer has been idle for 10 hours. The computer will shutdown after 2 hours." $label.AutoSize = $true $label.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(10, 20) $form.Controls.Add($label) # Countdown label $countdownLabel = New-Object Windows.Forms.Label $countdownLabel.Text = "Time remaining: 02:00:00" $countdownLabel.AutoSize = $true $countdownLabel.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(10, 60) $form.Controls.Add($countdownLabel) # Shutdown Now button $shutdownButton = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button $shutdownButton.Text = "Shutdown Now" $shutdownButton.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(100, 40) $shutdownButton.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(50, 100) $shutdownButton.Add_Click({ Stop-Timer Shutdown-Computer $form.Close() }) $form.Controls.Add($shutdownButton) # Cancel Shutdown button $cancelButton = New-Object Windows.Forms.Button $cancelButton.Text = "Cancel Shutdown" $cancelButton.Size = New-Object Drawing.Size(100, 40) $cancelButton.Location = New-Object Drawing.Point(200, 100) $cancelButton.Add_Click({ Stop-Timer [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Shutdown canceled.") $form.Close() }) $form.Controls.Add($cancelButton) # Function to stop the timer function Stop-Timer { if ($global:timer) { $global:timer.Stop() $global:timer.Dispose() } } # Function to shutdown the computer function Shutdown-Computer { Stop-Timer Stop-Computer -Force } # Set up timer for countdown using System.Windows.Forms.Timer $global:timer = New-Object Windows.Forms.Timer $global:timer.Interval = 1000 # 1 second $global:timer.Add_Tick({ $global:countdownTime -= 1 $timeSpan = [System.TimeSpan]::FromSeconds($global:countdownTime) $countdownLabel.Text = "Time remaining: " + $timeSpan.ToString("hh\:mm\:ss") if ($global:countdownTime -le 0) { Shutdown-Computer $form.Close() } }) $global:timer.Start() # Show the form $form.Add_Shown({$form.Activate()}) [void]$form.ShowDialog() } # Idle detection loop while ($true) { # Get the system idle time in seconds $idleSeconds = [IdleTime]::GetIdleTime() if ($idleSeconds -ge $idleTime) { Show-Popup } # Check every 60 seconds Start-Sleep -Seconds 60 }3c:T1d9d,

Hey You

It’s late 2025 and as the year closes, I wanted to achieve another badge on my already huge list. The AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

I have learned that the best way to learn is to teach. Maybe that’s why I became a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Anyway… I wanted to blog every lesson that I have learned.

Before we dive into fancy architectures or high-availability designs… let’s talk about something that quietly decides whether your Azure environment lives or dies: MONITORING

Yeah, that thing everyone “enables by default” and then forgets about.

Spoiler: default ≠ done

Why monitoring comes first

Monitoring touches everything… management, performance, security, alerting and automation. Microsoft enables basic monitoring out of the box, but every service behaves differently. If you don’t design monitoring intentionally, you’ll end up blind when it matters most.

Metrics vs Logs – Two sided of the truth

Type	What it is	Example
Metrics	Numbers that describe system state at a single point in time	CPU = 82%, Memory = 71%
Logs	Detailed records of events, traces or actions	VM restarted, user deleted, deployment failed

Metrics show symptoms. Logs tell you stories. Together they form your diagnostic X-ray.

Sources: Where all data comes from

Azure doesn’t have one place for “the truth”. It has many. Each talks its own dialect:

Azure Resources => Native logs per service (VM, Storage, SQL, etc)
Subscription-level logs => Management actions, deployments, health events
Tenant logs => User operations (creation, modification, deletion)
Application logs => From your .NET, Java, Node apps, usually via Application Insights
OS logs => Windows Event Logs or Linux Syslog (needs diagnostics agents)
Custom sources => External apps dumping to csv. APIs or custom exporters

If it can generate data, Azure can collect it. But you decide what’s useful and where it goes.

Log analytics – The real powerhouse

A Log Analytics Workspace is where everything comes together. Here’s why every serious architect uses one:

Store logs for longer than 90 days
Query with Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Correlate metrics, events and traces with multiple sources
Visualize data with charts and dashboards

Pro tip: Log retention and data egress cost money. Forwarding logs cross-region = cross-budget pain.

Agents – Because not everything is “Cloud Native”

Azure services push data automatically but VMs need agents.

Windows => Event logs via Diagnostics Extensions
Linux => Syslog via Log Analytics Agent or Azure Monitor Agent (note that Log Analytics Agent will be deprecated)

Install the right one or you’ll end up monitoring nothing but silence.

Alerts – From Insight to Action

Monitoring isn’t just about watching graphs. It’s about doing something when things go wrong.

Alerts in Azure follow a clear pattern:

Signal => Metric or log events (e.g. CPU > 90%)
Criteria => When the condition is true
Action Groep => What happens next (email, SMS, webhook, Teams notification etc)

You can attach multiple action groups to a single rule… because when the VM’s on fire EVERYONE deserves the ping!

Designing monitoring like an architect

When building solutions around Log Analytics always ask yourself:

Where does the data originate?
Who needs access?
How long should it be retained?
Who’s paying for the ingestion and storage?

Centralized monitoring (one workspace for all subscriptions) = easier governance

Decentralized (per team or app) = better isolation

Both can be right… just… don’t mix them blindly

My takeaway from this lesson

Monitoring isn’t an afterthought. It’s the nervous system of entire Azure design.

If you skip it your architecture isn’t secure, performant or even realistic. Every decision, from log routing to alerting, affects cost, visibility and accountability.

Now I know that this is all theoretic and no hands on… YET… I will keep on posting new articles regarding the AZ-305 (and I hope I can do it on a weekly base) and some (if not most) will be hands on. So … what’s next? Hands on off course 🙂

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

3d:T3ec3,

Hey You

Have you already worked with CoPilot for GitHub? You have? You’re cool… but have you also worked with CoPilot for GitHub… IN VISUAL STUDIO CODE? No?

Let’s be honest… Every time I open Visual Studio Code, I tell myself “this time… it’s going to be simple”. And every time… I lie.

So today, I wanted to challenge myself (and CoPilot) to build something so simple it can’t possibly go wrong:

A WebApp that turns a LinkedIn profile into a downloadable CV. No APIs, no Azure, no complicated setup… just vibes.

Let’s start with VSC and CoPilot for GitHub

The first prompt was as pure as it gets:

We’re building a super simple web app that turns a LinkedIn profile into a CV.

Use React.

The user enters a LinkedIn URL and the app shows basic info like name, job title and skills. You can use dummy data for now. Keep it clean, single page, no backend, no APIs.

It populates all the files… AMAZING

CoPilot did not hesitate. It instantly created folders, files and logic… faster than I could even type “npm install”. Honestly, I just sat there watching the lines of code appear like I was in the Matrix, minus the cool glasses.

I realized that I need NPM to get this working. Yeah, I know… minor detail.

For those who don’t live in Terminal land: NPM (Node Package Manager) is basically the glue that holds every web developer’s sanity together. It installs dependencies, runs builds and makes sure your project doesn’t cry itself to sleep at night.

So… I installed it…

And ran it…

And it worked.

Well well well.. how the turn tables… … euhm..

It looked great already… but we can always make it prettier… right? So I gave CoPilot my next instruction:

Make the layout look clean and modern with good spacing and subtle colors.

Add a title on top that says “Linkedin -> CV Generator”

Use a nice font like Inter or Poppins

Center everything… the input and button should look professional

And within seconds, my terminal looked like it was styling a landing page for a startup that doesn’t exist yet. Subtle colors, smooth layout… the whole thing screamed “minimalist productivity tool with montly subscription”

Hot diggity damn

This… actually looks cool right?

Next step – DATA!

When the user enters a LinkedIn URL, show a simple CV layout below it.

Include:

Name

Job Title

Work Experience

Skills

Just use placeholder data for now… no external calls or APIs

And so… it did. But let’s be honest… placeholder data never looks cool. It showed me “Jane Doe” which is fine… Except I wanted real LinkedIn data.

So, I told CoPilot:

It shows Jane Doe… can you come up with actual data?

VSC Reply (the serious kind)

I see - you want the app to actually extract data from the LinkedIn profile URL. However, there's a technical limitation here:

The problem:
- LinkedIn profiles require authentication and don't allow direct scraping
- Their official API requires OAuth and has strict rate limits
- Doing this purely in the browser (client-side) without a backend isn't possible due to CORS and authentication requirements

What we'd need:
1. A backend server (Node.js/Python) to handle requests
2. One of these approaches:
  - LinkedIn Official API (requires app registration, OAuth, limited access)
  - Web scraping with Puppeteer/Playwright (against LinkedIn's ToS, easily blocked)
  - Third-party LinkedIn data APIs (like RapidAPI services - costs money)

Quick solution I can implement:

Would you like me to:
- Add a backend (Node.js Express server) that uses a third-party API service for LinkedIn data extraction?
- Add a scraping backend (Puppeteer-based, though this violates LinkedIn ToS and gets blocked frequently)?
- Make it manual - Let users paste their LinkedIn profile data (copy-paste sections) instead of just the URL?

Which approach would you prefer? Option 3 (manual data entry) is the most practical for a demo without legal/technical issues.

It calmly explained:

LinkedIn requires authentication
Scraping isn’t allowed
OAuth setup is required
We can use third-party APIs… … for money…

Basically, it was like:

You either break LinkedIn’s Terms of Service, or you pay someone who already did

To me… that is completely unacceptable. For anyone who knows me knows that I believe EVERYTHING is possible. Succes is our only option. So… I replied back…

I don’t want a demo… I want something real. Let’s do it! Let’s create this webapp… Let’s rule the world!

CoPilot blinked for a few seconds… then decided to build something COMPLETELY different.

VSC had completely other ideas

I ran the webserver and saw something that made me scratch my head a bit.

The screen wasn’t showing my app. It showed a new extension… something CoPilot had apparently added ON IT’S OWN (Skynet?)

No warning. No prompt. Just… there.

I stared at it like Neo (Tom Anderson) started at the screen when Morpheus was talking to him the first time on his computer. Remember?

So, I followed its instructions and to my surprise (actually not surprise because I knew it would work because why wouldn’t it work I mean AI is already taking over the world so basically it already knows what we’re thinking of and one day Skynet will use us as a double A Duracell battery) it was there

I loaded up the extension.

Do I dare to click it?

How deep does this rabbit hole go?

Ok, that was the last Matrix reference (We realized that this was a complete lie)

OMG!

It worked. And it was glorious.

Now I wanted to take it one step further. Because what’s a CV generator without a Download button right? Let’s take the red pill.

Add a button under the CV that lets the user download the whole thing as a PDF.

Use a simple method like jspdf or html2canvas

The downloaded PDF should look exactly like what’s displayed on screen.

Seconds later, a shiny button appeared. DOWNLOAD AS PDF

I clicked it… and BOOM it worked.

The moment of truth

With just a few prompts and a lot of curiosity (and matrix karate chops), I had built a working app that can take a LinkedIn profile (or a fake one… THANKS JANE) and turn it into a downloadable CV.

Not bad for an evening of AI-powered chaos.

My original goal was to make something I could share on my website. Something you could use right away but then I realized… I have no idea how to post it properly (yet). Maybe in my next post we’ll make that happen.

The plot twist

I opened the project folder this morning, ready to continue and do some crazy sh*t… and CoPilot had renamed it to:

/CoPilot_Dating_App

No joke.

Somewhere between “LinkedIn -> CV” and “Download PFD” CoPilot decided that job hunting and matchmaking were basically the same thing.

Maybe it’s right… maybe every CV is just a dating profile for recruiters. Either way… I’m keeping the name.

Final Words

This was one of those rare experiments where the journey was more entertaining than the destination.

CoPilot for GitHub inside Visual Studio Code is ridiculously powerful. If you haven’t tried it yet, do it.

Just don’t be surprised if it builds a live life instead of a résumé.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

3e:T4e0,I see - you want the app to actually extract data from the LinkedIn profile URL. However, there's a technical limitation here: The problem: - LinkedIn profiles require authentication and don't allow direct scraping - Their official API requires OAuth and has strict rate limits - Doing this purely in the browser (client-side) without a backend isn't possible due to CORS and authentication requirements What we'd need: 1. A backend server (Node.js/Python) to handle requests 2. One of these approaches: - LinkedIn Official API (requires app registration, OAuth, limited access) - Web scraping with Puppeteer/Playwright (against LinkedIn's ToS, easily blocked) - Third-party LinkedIn data APIs (like RapidAPI services - costs money) Quick solution I can implement: Would you like me to: - Add a backend (Node.js Express server) that uses a third-party API service for LinkedIn data extraction? - Add a scraping backend (Puppeteer-based, though this violates LinkedIn ToS and gets blocked frequently)? - Make it manual - Let users paste their LinkedIn profile data (copy-paste sections) instead of just the URL? Which approach would you prefer? Option 3 (manual data entry) is the most practical for a demo without legal/technical issues.3f:T1fb6,

Hey You,

If you’re still running an on-prem Exchange Server in 2025, first of all… congratulations. You’re officially on a government watchlist.

Okay, maybe not literally, but according to a new joint report by the NSA, CISA, ASD and the Canadian Cyber Centre, your Exchange server is under imminent threat. And they’re not joking.

The 24-page paper called “Microsoft Exchange Server Security Best Practices” just dropped and it’s basically a wake-up call for anyone who thought “We’ll patch it next week” was still a valid IT strategy.

Let’s go over wat actually matters.

1. Keep it updated (like… yesterday)

Exchange’s update cadence is 2 cumulative updates per year and monthly security patches. If you’re skipping eve one… JUST ONE… you’re leaving the door wide open for every HAFNIUM, ALPH and their cousins.

Use:

They’re free. They work and they’ll save you from a weekend incident response call.

2. Migrate or Die (figuratively)

As of October 14th, 2025, Exchange 2016 and 2019 are officially End-Of-Life. Microsoft’s message is clear: move to Exchange Server SE or Microsoft 365.

Still need time? Fine… just isolate that box from the internet, lock it down and let it quietly retire in a network corner.

No internet… no exposure… simple math.

3. Keep the EM service alive

Microsoft’s Exchange Emergeny Mitigation (EM) service applies temporary fixed automatically through the Office Config Service. Think of it as Exchange’s “defibrillator”… not a cure… but it can keep you alive until the doctor (patch) arrives.

4. Apply baselines

CIS Benchmarks®, DISA STIGs, Microsoft Security Baselines… pick one.

Baseline = Known good

No baseline = guesswork

Guesswork + exchange = breach.

5. Built-in protection exists (use it)

You already have:

So, turn them on.

Bonus: block webshell creation with ASR. If that doesn’t sound cool… you’ve never been hacked.

6. Kill NTLM before it kills you.

NTLM is finally on life support. Start auditing and migrating to Kerberos now.

The new Exchange Server SE (CU1) will replace NTLMv2 with Kerberos by default… so this is not optional.

7. Modern Auth or Bust

Basic Authentication is dead. Use Modern AUTH + MFA (OAuth 2.0 via ADFS or Entra ID).

It’s more secure… and honestly… if you’re still typing passwords in plain text in 2025… you DESERVE every phishing mail you get.

8. Encrypt EVERYTHING

TLS everywhere (inside and out)
Enable HSTS
Use Extended Protection (EP) to stop token relay attacks
And yes… restart the damn server after changing TLS configs. I know you won’t but now you can’t say you didn’t know.

9. Role separation & Split permissions

Stop using Domain Admin accounts to manage Exchange. I will repeat… STOP USING THE DAMN DOMAIN ADMIN ACCOUNTS…

RBAC exists for a reason… use it. If exchange gets compromised, it shouldn’t take down your ENTIRE AD FOREST with it.

10. Zero Trust… or… Zero Chance

Every line of the NSA reports screams ZERO TRUST:

Assume breach.

Verify explicity.

Minimize blast radius

Translation: Stop trusting everything inside your LAN.

TL;DR… your next steps

Patch everything
Plan your migration to Exchange SE of M365
Enable EM Service
Turn on built-in protections
Get rid of NTLM
Use Modern AUTH + MFA
Lock down admin access
Embrace zero trust

Because honestly, if the NSA, CISA, ASD and Canada are all writing one document… together… you might want to take the hint.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

40:T23f9,

Hey You,

It’s that time again.

The magical “Renew your certification” popped up when I navigated to https://learn.microsoft.com, and like every year, I clicked it with that little bit of fear and a lot of curiosity.

… and yes I navigate EVERY DAY on the Learning portal of Microsoft.

I’m talking about the Azure Administrator Associate renewal, which is something every admin either forgets, panics about, or (in my case) uses as an excuse to open a beer after passing it.

This year, I renewed it for the third time and trust me, the questions were surprisingly solid. Not tricky, not impossible, but enough to make you realize that Microsoft quietly moved the cheese while you weren’t looking.

So instead of breaking the NDA and giving you the actual questions, let me walk you through what Microsoft really tested — the themes, the traps, and the stuff you actually need to understand if you want to ace this thing.

App Services – Same, but smarter

If you think App Services is still about “deploy a web app” think again.

This year’s renewal was laser focused on:

Runtime stacks (yes, .NET 9 and PHP 8.4 did made their appearance)
Windows vs Linux App Services plans – Knowing when you need seperate plans
Deployment Center (Github integration, CI/CD pipeline, permissions, etc).
VNet Integration – and the hidden cost of picking the wrong tiere

Pro Tip: The cheapest App Service plan that supports VNet integration is P1V2 (Premium). Everything below that is a “Yeah buddy… nice try… but… NO!!!”

Azure Container Instances – Still not a full kubernetes, but close enough though

ACI questions were all about networking and persistence.

Think:

How do you make a container keep its data after a restart?

Answer: Azure File share, not blob storage

Also, region awareness matters, if your container instance and VNet are in different regions, forget about integration.

This year Microsoft really wanted you to understand that you can’t just throw containers anywhere. The question literally punished anyone wo didn’t read the fine print:

VNet must be in the same region.

Ouch

Storage, it’s always storage… ALWAYS STORAGE

If this renewal had a theme, it was storage. Every other question had something to do with it.

Topics that came up:

Lifecycle management (Hot -> Cool -> Archive Transitions)
Which account types support it? (Hint: Storagev2 and Blob Storage only)
SAS Tokens – temporary, time-based access (January 1st to 31st anyone?)
Redundancy (ZRS = 3 copies)
Private endpoint vs service endpoint

If you see “private ip address” the correct answer is Private Endpoint

If you see “Azure backbone” go for Service Endpoint

Subtle difference… big trap!!!

Azure Bastion – Because nobody wants to expose RDP to the internet

Right? … right? Seriously? RIGHT???

Microsoft clearly loves bastion now. You can tell because it keeps showing up like a clingy ex in every admin exam.

Main focus areas:

You must have an AzureBastionSubnet (minim /26 prefix)
Bastion works across peered VNets, even across regions
You don’t need multiple Bastions if the VNets are peered

So yeah, the correct answer was 1 Bastion Host. And yes, they asked it like they were hoping you’d pick 4.

Backup & Recovery Services – Snapshots, Vaults and Math

There were multiple questions about backup policies, especially around “instant recovery snapshots”.

Here’s the trick:

Snapshots live in the Backup Resource Group
You can keep them for max 5 days
The rest (long-term backups) live inside the Recovery Services Vault

So if they ask you “How many restore points collections on January 10?” remember this formula:

Only snapshots from the last 2 days live in the resource group

Everything else is LONG GONE!

Virtual Machines – The old but GOLD section

Topics:

Availability sets and fault domains (that’s where you configure them)
Choosing the right VM size for data warehousing -> Storage optimized (LS-Series)
Scale sets: if you want to add custom VMs, you need Flexible orchestration, not Uniform

So yeah, the correct answer was “change the orchestration mode” not “change the OS disk”.

It’s always the orchestration. Always.

Microsoft Entra ID (a.k.a. Azure AD)

This part… was actually fun. You could tell Microsoft is slowly blending Entra into everything.

Topics they hit:

Administrative units (to delegate management to specific departments)
Dynamic membership rules with -and / -or logic (operator precedence matters!)
System assigned managed identities and their ability to get Azure AD roles
Who can get directory roles? Only users and managed identities, not resource groups

I saw at least 2… YES TWO questions that looked easy until you remembered that resource groups aren’t identities.

Nice try Microsoft!

Networking, VNets & Peering

The “connectivity section revolved” around subtle logic:

A VM can only join VNets in the same region
VNets in different region? You need peering, not wishful thinking
Bastion in one region can still mange VMs across peered VNets

These are the small things that separate the “click-and-pray” admins from the ones who ACTUALLY understand what’s going on under the hood. We all know who we’re talking about.

Bonus: Policy, Vaults & Retention

A few sneaky questions touched on:

Difference between Backup vault and Recovery Services vault
Retention limits on instant recovery snapshots (max = 5 days)
Default vault usage per region and resource type

If you only skimmed docs this year, this is where you’d lose easy points

Conclusion – It’s not about memorizing, it’s about knowing

The 2025 renewal wasn’t about trick questions; it was about administrative logic. Microsoft wants to see if you understand why something works a certain way, not just where to click.

Every question could be answered if you stopped for two seconds and thought:

What would I actually do in production?

That’s the real secret. Not memorizing, not guessing… just practical understanding.

So yeah, passed it. Got the badge extended to 2027 and treated myself to a well-deserved coffee (it might be Irish).

If you’re about to take your renewal soon:

Relax. Read the question twice. Think like an admin, not like a textbook.

And when you pass… you know… celebrate like one.

Cheers,

Engin

41:T1aed,

Hey You,

I hope you’re doing great! I wanted to take a moment to share the incredible experience we had at the WorkplaceDudes Summit 2024, held this past Friday at the Dutch Innovation Factory in Zoetermeer. This event was nothing short of amazing, thanks to the contributions of everyone involved.

A Day of Inspiration and Learning

From 10:00 to 22:00, we dove into a full day packed with insightful sessions and awesome networking opportunities. The summit had around 15 sessions covering the latest in workplace technology, IT innovation, and practical solutions for modern challenges.

Thank You to Our Speakers

We were honored to have such awesome speakers:

Samantha Kloos-Kilkens delivered the keynote on “How to Fly with Security Copilot: A guide to AI-powered defense.”
Anjuli Jhakry discussed the ease of using Microsoft Entra External ID for authentication.
Jeff Wouters provided practical tips for using Intune with Graph API.
Jeroen Burgerhout and Sander Rozemuller guided us through secure emergency access strategies.
Joost Gelijsteen and Rudy Ooms showcased revolutionary changes in Endpoint Privilege Management.
Maarten Follearts presented on “Who’s Boss, Who Not in Application Management and Reporting.”
Oktay Sari shared insights on managing MacOS with Microsoft Intune.
Pim Jacobs explained the benefits and migration process for Entra Connect Cloud Sync.
Ralph Eckhard introduced the concept of immersive meetings in Teams.
Ruud Gijsbers Rademakers navigated the landscape of RBAC roles in Intune.
Stephan van Rooij discussed packaging third-party apps for Intune.
Tim Hermie presented on “All You Hear is Copilot, but how to make it (Data) secure?”

Appreciation for Volunteers and Sponsors

A huge thank you goes out to our dedicated volunteers. Your hard work behind the scenes ensured the event ran smoothly and efficiently. Your efforts are truly appreciated and didn’t go unnoticed.

We also extend our gratitude to our sponsors, whose generous support made this event possible. Your contributions allowed us to create a space where ideas could flourish and professionals could connect and learn from each other.

Shoutout to the Dudes

Lastly, but certainly not least, I want to thank the core team of WorkplaceDudes. Your passion and commitment to fostering a community of innovation and learning are what made this summit a reality. Jeroen Burgerhout, Richard Sousa Ferreira, and Pascal Vis, (and of course ME) your dedication is inspiring and pivotal to our success.

Looking Ahead

The positive feedback from attendees has been overwhelming, and we’re already excited about what the future holds for WorkplaceDudes. Stay tuned for more events and initiatives as we continue to explore and shape the future of workplace technology together.

Thank you all for being a part of this journey. Let’s keep pushing forward and making great things happen!

Cheers,

Engin

42:Tafc,

Samantha Kloos-Kilkens delivered the keynote on “How to Fly with Security Copilot: A guide to AI-powered defense.”
Anjuli Jhakry discussed the ease of using Microsoft Entra External ID for authentication.
Jeff Wouters provided practical tips for using Intune with Graph API.
Jeroen Burgerhout and Sander Rozemuller guided us through secure emergency access strategies.
Joost Gelijsteen and Rudy Ooms showcased revolutionary changes in Endpoint Privilege Management.
Maarten Follearts presented on “Who’s Boss, Who Not in Application Management and Reporting.”
Oktay Sari shared insights on managing MacOS with Microsoft Intune.
Pim Jacobs explained the benefits and migration process for Entra Connect Cloud Sync.
Ralph Eckhard introduced the concept of immersive meetings in Teams.
Ruud Gijsbers Rademakers navigated the landscape of RBAC roles in Intune.
Stephan van Rooij discussed packaging third-party apps for Intune.
Tim Hermie presented on “All You Hear is Copilot, but how to make it (Data) secure?”

43:Tebb,

Hey You

I hope you’re having a wonderful week just as I am right now. I’m currently on holiday and didn’t plan to blog this week, but something happened that I needed to share with all of you.

If you’re not following me on LinkedIn or X (formerly Twitter), you might have missed it.

Hoped for… but not expected! Proud to be a #MicrosoftMVP 🌟 #MVP pic.twitter.com/wxwG9nT4kG
— Engin Soysal | MVP | MCT (@enginsoysal) May 1, 2024

Yeah… that’s right. I have officially been welcomed by Microsoft as a Microsoft MVP.

What is an MVP?

For those of you who don’t know what a Microsoft MVP is; it’s a cool recognition from Microsoft for tech lovers who enjoy sharing what they know with others. It’s given to folks who are super helpful and spread their tech skills and knowledge across different communities connected to Microsoft.

So, here’s my obligatory article that I’m writing now, which EVERY Microsoft MVP has done, but this is a huge deal for me and I could not be happier about this.

I never had the desire to become an MVP; it was definitely not something that was on my path. It’s very hard to become an MVP and even harder to maintain… let me rephrase that before someone says, “That’s what she said.”

It’s hard to …

It’s not easy to maintain…

you know what…

IT’S HARD… (that’s what she said)

What do I do that impacted the community?

Good question. I will let you in on a very personal secret. I suffer from imposter syndrome. I really don’t think that I deserve it.

I recently found out that most tech enthusiasts suffer from imposter syndrome, so I’m not alone.

Let’s hope that I can maintain this hard-to-get status (that’s what she said).

Cheers,

Engin

44:T45e,

In this exciting episode of “WorkplaceDudes,” we take you on a technology tour!

Last week, Jeroen attended the MEM Summit in Paris, where he shares his experiences. During this Summit, there was also a lot of news regarding Microsoft Intune.

I take over with a practical demo and useful tips about Microsoft Edge, explaining how the browser distinguishes itself with its latest features. Moreover, we discuss an exciting update of the Microsoft App Store, which now supports .exe files for downloads, making it easier to install apps directly.

We also welcome a new “Dude” to our team: Pascal Vis, who adds his unique insights and expertise to our discussions. Don’t miss this informative and interactive episode as we explore the latest technological trends and tools!

45:T238a,

Hey you

Hope you’re having a wonderful week, just as I am. I had some time to play around with CoPilot Studio, and let me tell you, this is definitely a game-changer.

What is CoPilot?

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past two years, you might have missed the big boom of AI now conquering the world. Every company is now creating their own AI bot to do… ANYTHING. Microsoft, of course, has a bigger advantage in this field, as they have invested in a little company called OpenAI and created their own AI called CoPilot.

CoPilot will be available on EVERY platform that Microsoft releases, but let’s focus on CoPilot Studio for a bit.

Navigating to https://aka.ms/copilotstudio, you’ll be greeted with the welcome page of CoPilot Studio. On this page, you can see more information, including pricing. The fun part starts when we actually try CoPilot Studio. Clicking on “Try a demo,” you can actually create your own chatbot.

*Most screenshots will be in Dutch.

I will be using the learn page of Microsoft to create a ChatBot. All we have to do is input the URL and click on “Start Chat,” or in my case, “Chat starten.” It’s actually that easy.

It will utilize the learn website of Microsoft, index the page (if it hasn’t done so already), and try to answer all questions coming from that page.

This isn’t the fun part though. That will come shortly.

If you want to delve deeper into CoPilot Studio, you have to sign in to get the best out of it.

The Power Platform people among us will probably notice that this is actually the Power Platform. CoPilot Studio will be part of the Power Platform as it will (or already has) replace Chatbots.

Let’s create a new CoPilot and give it a name.

The name you give it here will be the name of the CoPilot. All you have to do now is click on “Create,” or in my case, “Maken.” That’s it… you’re done. Pack your bags and go to Hawaii and party all day long.

This is still not the best part, though.

You can start chatting with your new best friend. Remember that we used the learn page of Microsoft to get all its information.

I like to turn on the track; this way, I can see how it works.

You can see the subjects and how it uses that to answer the user. You can add more subjects or change them.

This is still not the coolest part, though.

The coolest part

Now, in my honest opinion, this is the coolest part of CoPilot Studio. You can create new subjects or topics, but you can let it create its own workflow by just giving it one sentence. Let me explain.

Navigating to Topics, or in my case, “Onderwerpen,” you’ll see that you can create a new subject by giving it a description.

By just giving it a simple sentence, it will create new topics for me based on that description. The best part is that it will be generative. I will be giving it the following description:

“Allow users to submit a training request.”

With this single sentence, it created a generative workflow regarding training requests.

Let’s put it to the test

Let’s return to the chatbot and tell it that I want to request training. Let’s see what it will do.

The Topic “Request Training” is triggered, and now it’s going to use the workflow to get all the information that I need.

With just a little sentence, it created a generative topic using AI. I can add an action at the end of this workflow so that it will gather all information and send it via mail to me. How cool is that?

Conclusion

AI is here to stay. Use it and learn it because if you don’t, you’ll be left behind. This CoPilot Studio is your first step into the magnificent world of AI.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

46:T4133,

Hey You!

I hope you’re having a fantastic week, just as I am. I’ve been scoring big time with all the challenges that have been laid out for me.

What happened?

I’ll tell you. You might remember my last post, “Optimizing SCCM Deployments: Remove device from collection after OSD” where I faced a significant challenge in removing a device from a device collection after OSD.

Well, that was just the beginning of my adventure with SCCM.

Most devices that are deployed are already registered in SCCM/MECM/MEM and are also domain-joined. This presents some issues:

Many devices are members of device collections that clutter the system.
Many devices are members of multiple AD groups that adds to the clutter.

Besides this, there are administrative issues:

People managing the deployment sometimes provide a device name with a MAC address already in use. (HOW? I don’t know???)
The same people might add a device, but it ends up having a completely different MAC address from what is registered in SCCM. (Why are they making my job harder than it already is?)

So, I can’t proceed with my work until I find a way to automate this process.

Solution

Here’s the plan. I need a PowerShell script that will:

Query the MAC address to check if it’s already in use by another machine.
Check if the machine already exists in SCCM.
1. If it does, verify if the MAC address matches.
2. If it doesn’t match, produce an error.
3. If the MAC is the same, delete the machine from SCCM.
Add the machine back to SCCM and to the device collection.
If the machine does not exist, add the machine to SCCM.
Check if the machine is domain-joined.
1. If it is, remove it from the domain.

This process needs to be logged, and all errors must be displayed. There’s also the bonus of incorporating a real GUI.

*Side note: The TXT file needs to contain the computer names with MAC address. Something that looks like this:

COMP001,00:00:00:00:00:01
COMP002,00:00:00:00:00:02
etc

This is what the GUI eventually looks like.

Here is this script.

##########
# 
# Version 2.3
# - Welcome text when starting
# - Added a cancel button
#
# Version 2.2
# - Pop-up that shows which computers are going to be added
#
# Version 2.1
# - Turned on for troubleshooting. Location: \\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import
#
# Version 2.0
# - Created a GUI
#
# Version 1.5
# - Script check if MAC address is already registered with another machine
#
# Version 1.4.2
# - Added some lines to make the output more clearer
#
# Version 1.4.1
# - Message at the end
#
# Version 1.4
# - Added new variable $addToSCMM. If this is on $false it will not add the computer to SCCM.
#
# Version 1.3
# - If machine has a differet MAC address it will log this in a notepad
# - Added new variable $removeFromAD. If this is set to $false it will not remove from AD
#
# Version 1.2
# - Added a button "Browse" to open a TXT file
# - Each letter will be be uppercased
#
# Version 1.1
# - Machine that already exists in SCCM and MAC address is the same; machine will be removed.
# - Script goes back to local so that it doesn't get stuck at the SCCM server.
#
# Version 1.0
# - Machine that exist will be placed in de deployment collection.
# - Machine that exists and MAC address is correct will be added in de the deployment collection.
# - Machine that does not exists will be added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection.
# - Machine that exists but has a different MAC address will be notified.
# - Machine will check if it's domain joined and if needed it will be removed from AD.
#
##########

# Versioning
$versionNumber = "v2.3"

# Adding some libraries so that the GUI can work
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

# Variable for the collections
$allCollectionName = "All Systems"
$deploymentCollectionName = "Windows 10 x64 Deployment" # Still working on getting this automated

# Variabele for logging
$userName = $env:USERNAME
$date = Get-Date

# Location for logging
$logFile = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import\importComputers_$versionNumber.txt"
$logBackup = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import\importComputers_$versionNumber.bak"

# This part will check if the log size isn't too big
if (Test-Path -Path $logFile) {

    $logFileSize = (Get-Item -Path $logFile).Length

    # Check if log is bigger than 1 MB
    if ($logFileSize -gt 1MB) {
        
        # Check if a .bak already exists, if so that delete it first.
        if (Test-Path -Path $logBackup) {
            
            Remove-Item -Path $logBackup -Force

        }

        # Rename current log file extension to .bak
        Rename-Item -Path $logFile -NewName $logBackup

    }

}

# Here I define the main screen of the GUI including the title and the version number with the variable $versionNumber
$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Text = "SCCM Computer Importer $versionNumber"
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,400)
$form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'

# Here I define the Browse button
$browseButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$browseButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,10)
$browseButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,23)
$browseButton.Text = 'Browse'
$browseButton.Add_Click({

  $openFileDialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
  $openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
  $openFileDialog.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files (*.*)|*.*"
  if ($openFileDialog.ShowDialog() -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) {

    $global:txtFilePath = $openFileDialog.FileName
    $startButton.Enabled = $true

  }

})

# I have to add the Browse button to the GUI
$form.Controls.Add($browseButton)

# Start button
$startButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$startButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(120,10)
$startButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,23)
$startButton.Text = 'Start'
$startButton.Enabled = $false
$startButton.Add_Click({

    $outputTextBox.Clear()
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("Script started using file`r`n$global:txtFilePath`r`n`r`n")

    # Need to check if a file is selected.
    if ($global:txtFilePath -ne $null -and $global:txtFilePath -ne '') {

        try{

            # Every letter needs to be uppercase. The magic is done here
            $fileContent = Get-Content -Path $global:txtFilePath
            $computers = $fileContent | ForEach-Object {
            
                # UPPERCASE!!!
                $_.ToUpper()
                $outputTextBox.AppendText("$upperCaseLine`r`n")
            
            }               

        } catch {

            # Error if the TXT file is corrupted.
            $outputTextBox.AppendText("Error reading file: $_`r`n")

        }

    } else {

        $outputTextBox.AppendText("No file selected.`r`n")

    }

    # I need it to confirm the computers that will be added. I also added a cancel button.
    $confirmationMessage = "The following machines will be improted:`r`n`r`n$(($computers -join "`r`n"))`r`n`r`nClick OK to continue or CANCEL to go back."
    $confirmationResult = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($confirmationMessage, "Confirm", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OKCancel, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Information)

    # Check what the user does
    if ($confirmationResult -ne [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) {

        # If user cancels report that
        $outputTextBox.AppendText("Cancelled by user`r`n")
        return

    }

    # Let's log before we begin!
    "==========`r`n$userName started the script at $date.`r`n`r`n$(($computers -join "`r`n"))`r`n==========" | Add-Content -Path $logFile

    # Import the SCCM-Module
    try {

        Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1)
        $outputTextBox.AppendText("SCCM-Module imported.`r`n")
        
        # Change to the SCCM path
        Set-Location ((Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSite).Name + ":")
        $outputTextBox.AppendText("Changed to SCCM path.`r`n")

    } catch {
    
        $outputTextBox.AppendText("Error importing SCCM-Module: $_`r`n")

    }

    # Get information from the deployment collection
    $deploymentCollection = Get-CMDeviceCollection -Name $deploymentCollectionName

    foreach($computer in $computers){

        # Seperate the machine from MAC Address
        $details = $computer.Split(',')
        $name = $details[0].Trim()
        $macAddress = $details[1].Trim()

        # Check if machine already exists in SCCM
        $sccmComputer = Get-CMDevice -Name $name
        $sccmComputerMac = Get-CMDevice | Where-Object { $_.MACAddress -contains $macAddress }

        # Variables for continueing with the script
        $continueScript = $true
        $addToSCCM = $true
        $removeFromAD = $true

        # Log location for the user 
        $tempPath = [System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%TEMP%\importComputer.txt")

        $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n")
        $outputTextBox.AppendText("- Computer $name with MAC $macAddress -`r`n")
            
        # Check if MAC already exists
        if ($sccmComputerMac) {

            # If the machine name and MAC address are not the same
            if ($sccmComputerMac.Name -ne $name) {
            
                $sccmComputerMacName = $sccmComputerMac.Name
                $outputTextBox.AppendText("Mac: $macAddress is already registered with $sccmComputerMacName`r`n")
               
                # Save Log
                $tempMessage = "- Mac: $macAddress is already registered with computer $sccmComputerMacName. Please check."
                Add-Content -Path $tempPath -Value $tempMessage
                
                # Flag to not conintue with this machine
                $continueScript = $false
                
                $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n")
            }
    
        }
    
        # Check if we can continue with the script
        if ($continueScript) {
    
            # Check if machine already exists in SCCM
            if ($sccmComputer) {
    
                $sccmMacAddress = $sccmComputer.MACAddress
    
                # Machine exists, check MAC address
                if ($sccmMacAddress -eq $macAddress) {
    
                    $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name with MAC-address $macAddress exists in SCCM`r`n")
               
                    # Remove machine en add to the deployment collection
                    if ($deploymentCollection) {
                    
                        Remove-CMDevice -DeviceName $name -Force
                        $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name removed from SCCM.`r`n")
               
                    }
        
                } else {

                    # MAC address is not the same
                    $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name exists in SCCM, but MAC-address $macAddress is not the same.`r`n")
               
                    # Save Log
                    $tempMessage = "- $name exists in SCCM but MAC-Address $macAddress is not the same. Please check."
                    Add-Content -Path $tempPath -Value $tempMessage

                    # Variable for not removing from AD
                    $removeFromAD = $false

                    # Variable for not adding to SCCM
                    $addToSCCM = $false

                }
    
            }

            # Check if we can add the machine to SCCM
            if ($addToSCCM) {

                # Machine will be added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection
                Import-CMComputerInformation -CollectionName $allCollectionName,$deploymentCollectionName -ComputerName $name -MacAddress $macAddress
                $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection.`r`n")
               
            }

            # Check if machine can be removed from AD
            if ($removeFromAD) {
    
                # Check if machine already exists in AD
                if (Get-ADComputer -Filter { Name -eq $name }) {
    
                    # Remove the AD object
                    Remove-ADComputer -Identity $name -Confirm:$false
                    $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name removed from AD.`r`n")
               
                }
    
            }

            $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n")
          
        }

    }

    # Update all collections
    Invoke-CMCollectionUpdate -Name $allCollectionName
    Invoke-CMCollectionUpdate -Name $deploymentCollectionName

    # Party
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("#############################################`r`n")
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("#               You are done!               #`r`n")
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("#       Wait 3 minutes before you start     #`r`n")
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("#              Time to PARTY!!!             #`r`n")
    $outputTextBox.AppendText("#############################################`r`n")

    # Check if log file already exist
    if (Test-Path -Path $tempPath) {

        # Open log file
        Invoke-Item -Path $tempPath

        # Wait 2 seconds before the temporary log file gets deleted
        Start-Sleep -Seconds 2

        # Delete the log file
        Remove-Item -Path $tempPath -Force

    }

})

# Wow... all that and NOW we can add the start button? Damn...
$form.Controls.Add($startButton)

# Output screen
$outputTextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$outputTextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40)
$outputTextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(560,300)
$outputTextBox.Multiline = $true
$outputTextBox.ScrollBars = 'Vertical'
$outputTextBox.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Consolas", 10)

# Add some explanation in the output field
$introText = "Welcome to the SCCM importer version $versionNumber`r`n" +
             "`r`nYou can use a TXT file to add the computers. The TXT file with all computers must look like this:`r`n" +   
             "`r`n`r`nCOM00001,00:00:00:00:00:01`r`nCOM00002,00:00:00:00:00:02`r`nCOM00003,00:00:00:00:00:03`r`netc.`r`n"
$outputTextBox.Text = $introText

$form.Controls.Add($outputTextBox)

# And here we show the GUI
$form.ShowDialog() | Out-Null

CD C:

Conclusion

Automation for the win! There are still a few tasks I need to complete, but the primary goal is to automate the deployment collection process.

Thank you for reading.

Cheers,

Engin Soysal

47:T312e,########## # # Version 2.3 # - Welcome text when starting # - Added a cancel button # # Version 2.2 # - Pop-up that shows which computers are going to be added # # Version 2.1 # - Turned on for troubleshooting. Location: \\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import # # Version 2.0 # - Created a GUI # # Version 1.5 # - Script check if MAC address is already registered with another machine # # Version 1.4.2 # - Added some lines to make the output more clearer # # Version 1.4.1 # - Message at the end # # Version 1.4 # - Added new variable $addToSCMM. If this is on $false it will not add the computer to SCCM. # # Version 1.3 # - If machine has a differet MAC address it will log this in a notepad # - Added new variable $removeFromAD. If this is set to $false it will not remove from AD # # Version 1.2 # - Added a button "Browse" to open a TXT file # - Each letter will be be uppercased # # Version 1.1 # - Machine that already exists in SCCM and MAC address is the same; machine will be removed. # - Script goes back to local so that it doesn't get stuck at the SCCM server. # # Version 1.0 # - Machine that exist will be placed in de deployment collection. # - Machine that exists and MAC address is correct will be added in de the deployment collection. # - Machine that does not exists will be added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection. # - Machine that exists but has a different MAC address will be notified. # - Machine will check if it's domain joined and if needed it will be removed from AD. # ########## # Versioning $versionNumber = "v2.3" # Adding some libraries so that the GUI can work Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing # Variable for the collections $allCollectionName = "All Systems" $deploymentCollectionName = "Windows 10 x64 Deployment" # Still working on getting this automated # Variabele for logging $userName = $env:USERNAME $date = Get-Date # Location for logging $logFile = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import\importComputers_$versionNumber.txt" $logBackup = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\import\importComputers_$versionNumber.bak" # This part will check if the log size isn't too big if (Test-Path -Path $logFile) { $logFileSize = (Get-Item -Path $logFile).Length # Check if log is bigger than 1 MB if ($logFileSize -gt 1MB) { # Check if a .bak already exists, if so that delete it first. if (Test-Path -Path $logBackup) { Remove-Item -Path $logBackup -Force } # Rename current log file extension to .bak Rename-Item -Path $logFile -NewName $logBackup } } # Here I define the main screen of the GUI including the title and the version number with the variable $versionNumber $form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $form.Text = "SCCM Computer Importer $versionNumber" $form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(600,400) $form.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen' # Here I define the Browse button $browseButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $browseButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,10) $browseButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,23) $browseButton.Text = 'Browse' $browseButton.Add_Click({ $openFileDialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog $openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop") $openFileDialog.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files (*.*)|*.*" if ($openFileDialog.ShowDialog() -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) { $global:txtFilePath = $openFileDialog.FileName $startButton.Enabled = $true } }) # I have to add the Browse button to the GUI $form.Controls.Add($browseButton) # Start button $startButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $startButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(120,10) $startButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(100,23) $startButton.Text = 'Start' $startButton.Enabled = $false $startButton.Add_Click({ $outputTextBox.Clear() $outputTextBox.AppendText("Script started using file`r`n$global:txtFilePath`r`n`r`n") # Need to check if a file is selected. if ($global:txtFilePath -ne $null -and $global:txtFilePath -ne '') { try{ # Every letter needs to be uppercase. The magic is done here $fileContent = Get-Content -Path $global:txtFilePath $computers = $fileContent | ForEach-Object { # UPPERCASE!!! $_.ToUpper() $outputTextBox.AppendText("$upperCaseLine`r`n") } } catch { # Error if the TXT file is corrupted. $outputTextBox.AppendText("Error reading file: $_`r`n") } } else { $outputTextBox.AppendText("No file selected.`r`n") } # I need it to confirm the computers that will be added. I also added a cancel button. $confirmationMessage = "The following machines will be improted:`r`n`r`n$(($computers -join "`r`n"))`r`n`r`nClick OK to continue or CANCEL to go back." $confirmationResult = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show($confirmationMessage, "Confirm", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OKCancel, [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Information) # Check what the user does if ($confirmationResult -ne [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) { # If user cancels report that $outputTextBox.AppendText("Cancelled by user`r`n") return } # Let's log before we begin! "==========`r`n$userName started the script at $date.`r`n`r`n$(($computers -join "`r`n"))`r`n==========" | Add-Content -Path $logFile # Import the SCCM-Module try { Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1) $outputTextBox.AppendText("SCCM-Module imported.`r`n") # Change to the SCCM path Set-Location ((Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSite).Name + ":") $outputTextBox.AppendText("Changed to SCCM path.`r`n") } catch { $outputTextBox.AppendText("Error importing SCCM-Module: $_`r`n") } # Get information from the deployment collection $deploymentCollection = Get-CMDeviceCollection -Name $deploymentCollectionName foreach($computer in $computers){ # Seperate the machine from MAC Address $details = $computer.Split(',') $name = $details[0].Trim() $macAddress = $details[1].Trim() # Check if machine already exists in SCCM $sccmComputer = Get-CMDevice -Name $name $sccmComputerMac = Get-CMDevice | Where-Object { $_.MACAddress -contains $macAddress } # Variables for continueing with the script $continueScript = $true $addToSCCM = $true $removeFromAD = $true # Log location for the user $tempPath = [System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%TEMP%\importComputer.txt") $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n") $outputTextBox.AppendText("- Computer $name with MAC $macAddress -`r`n") # Check if MAC already exists if ($sccmComputerMac) { # If the machine name and MAC address are not the same if ($sccmComputerMac.Name -ne $name) { $sccmComputerMacName = $sccmComputerMac.Name $outputTextBox.AppendText("Mac: $macAddress is already registered with $sccmComputerMacName`r`n") # Save Log $tempMessage = "- Mac: $macAddress is already registered with computer $sccmComputerMacName. Please check." Add-Content -Path $tempPath -Value $tempMessage # Flag to not conintue with this machine $continueScript = $false $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n") } } # Check if we can continue with the script if ($continueScript) { # Check if machine already exists in SCCM if ($sccmComputer) { $sccmMacAddress = $sccmComputer.MACAddress # Machine exists, check MAC address if ($sccmMacAddress -eq $macAddress) { $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name with MAC-address $macAddress exists in SCCM`r`n") # Remove machine en add to the deployment collection if ($deploymentCollection) { Remove-CMDevice -DeviceName $name -Force $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name removed from SCCM.`r`n") } } else { # MAC address is not the same $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name exists in SCCM, but MAC-address $macAddress is not the same.`r`n") # Save Log $tempMessage = "- $name exists in SCCM but MAC-Address $macAddress is not the same. Please check." Add-Content -Path $tempPath -Value $tempMessage # Variable for not removing from AD $removeFromAD = $false # Variable for not adding to SCCM $addToSCCM = $false } } # Check if we can add the machine to SCCM if ($addToSCCM) { # Machine will be added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection Import-CMComputerInformation -CollectionName $allCollectionName,$deploymentCollectionName -ComputerName $name -MacAddress $macAddress $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name added to SCCM and placed in the deployment collection.`r`n") } # Check if machine can be removed from AD if ($removeFromAD) { # Check if machine already exists in AD if (Get-ADComputer -Filter { Name -eq $name }) { # Remove the AD object Remove-ADComputer -Identity $name -Confirm:$false $outputTextBox.AppendText("Machine $name removed from AD.`r`n") } } $outputTextBox.AppendText("===========================================================================`r`n") } } # Update all collections Invoke-CMCollectionUpdate -Name $allCollectionName Invoke-CMCollectionUpdate -Name $deploymentCollectionName # Party $outputTextBox.AppendText("#############################################`r`n") $outputTextBox.AppendText("# You are done! #`r`n") $outputTextBox.AppendText("# Wait 3 minutes before you start #`r`n") $outputTextBox.AppendText("# Time to PARTY!!! #`r`n") $outputTextBox.AppendText("#############################################`r`n") # Check if log file already exist if (Test-Path -Path $tempPath) { # Open log file Invoke-Item -Path $tempPath # Wait 2 seconds before the temporary log file gets deleted Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 # Delete the log file Remove-Item -Path $tempPath -Force } }) # Wow... all that and NOW we can add the start button? Damn... $form.Controls.Add($startButton) # Output screen $outputTextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $outputTextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40) $outputTextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(560,300) $outputTextBox.Multiline = $true $outputTextBox.ScrollBars = 'Vertical' $outputTextBox.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Consolas", 10) # Add some explanation in the output field $introText = "Welcome to the SCCM importer version $versionNumber`r`n" + "`r`nYou can use a TXT file to add the computers. The TXT file with all computers must look like this:`r`n" + "`r`n`r`nCOM00001,00:00:00:00:00:01`r`nCOM00002,00:00:00:00:00:02`r`nCOM00003,00:00:00:00:00:03`r`netc.`r`n" $outputTextBox.Text = $introText $form.Controls.Add($outputTextBox) # And here we show the GUI $form.ShowDialog() | Out-Null CD C:48:T4c2,

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49:T2617,

Hey You

I hope you’re having a wonderful week, just as I am because I just solved an issue that I have been having. This one REALLY needed me to think outside the box.

Setup

Let me start with the setup. I deploy Microsoft Windows (OSD) using System Center Configuration Manager… I mean Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager… I mean Microsoft Configuration Manager… I can’t keep up with all those name changes, so I will be referring to it as SCCM (because I’m old school).

Because of security reasons that I won’t mention here, I demand that the machine should be added to SCCM using the COMPUTERNAME and MAC Address before it is deployed. This eliminates the need for a prompt for the computer name during OSD or needing to have a script to name the computer.

I also have a deployment called “Windows 10 x64 deployment” in which all machines that are going to be deployed need to be a direct member of this collection. This ensures that rogue machines cannot be deployed.

Are you with me so far? Because it’s going to go deeper down the rabbit hole as we continue.

Scenario

Here’s where things get interesting: once a machine is deployed, it isn’t removed from the “Windows 10 x64 deployment” device collection. You might wonder, “Who cares?”

Well, I do!

Not removing the machine from the collection means any user could potentially PXE boot into the Windows PE boot image and start a new OSD deployment. Besides this big security flaw, the device collection has about 2,000 members, which seems like a significant waste, doesn’t it? This is a problem I’m determined to solve.

I have read https://www.systemcenterdudes.com/sccm-remove-collection-osd, which is an awesome article by the System Center Dudes (maybe they should also change their names?) and it does work… but… also it doesn’t. Let me explain:

ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE READ THE ARTICLE OF THE SYSTEM CENTER DUDES, IF NOT SKIP THIS PART:

For this script to work it needs to get the machine name up front; however, the machine name is asked up front during OSD and stored into a variable. This is not the case in my situation because the computer name has already been defined before.

So when I do try a env:COMPUTERNAME it will use the SCCM server computer name and not the machine computer name because the SCCM server is running the script.

ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE NOT READ THE ARTICLE OF THE SYSTEM CENTER DUDES:

Can’t give it the computer name of the machine in order for the script to work.

Solution

I know that this might not be THE best solution, but it’s the one I took so in my opinion it’s THE best solution.

I kept the first part regarding the Status Filter Rules described by the System Center Dudes.

Status Filter Rules

Open the SCCM Console
Go to Administration \ Site \ Status Filter Rules (Top ribbon)
Enter the following values in “Status Filter Rules”
1. Name: Remove Client after OSD
2. Component: Task Sequence Manager
3. Message ID: 11171

In the action tab :

1. Check Report to the event log – This will be helpful for troubleshooting.
2. Check the Run a program option as follow: C:Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShellv1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass “<path to your script>NameOfTheScript.ps1

What this does is that when a machine has succesfully been deployed it will trigger the SCCM to run a powershell script.

Why?

You’ll find out in a minute.

Task Sequence

I added another step in the Task Sequence. It’s a powershell script that does the following:

$computerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME

New-Item - Path "\\SCCMSRV01\Software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\Log\computers\$computerName" -ItemTpe File

You might have noticed that I created a folder in the SCCM folder called “RemoveDeviceCollection”. This script takes the computername of the machine and creates a file with the computername without extension.

So let’s say your computername is PST1704, it will create a file called “PST1704” in that location.

Why?

You’ll find out in a minute

Powershell

This is that minute. You might recall the “Status Filter Rules” in which we defined a Powershell script. This is that script:

# I want logging so here I define the location for logging
$logFile = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\deployLog.txt"
$logBackup = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\deployLog.bak"

# I don't want the log to be very big so here I check if the log file exceeds 1 MB
if (Test-Path -Path $logFile) {

    $logFileSize = (Get-Item -Path $logFile).Length

    # Check if log file is bigger than 1 MB
    if ($logFileSize -gt 1MB) {
        
        # If the log file IS too big it should create a backup file. 
        # Before doing that it does need to check if a backup file already exists
        if (Test-Path -Path $logBackup) {
            
            Remove-Item -Path $logBackup -Force

        }

        # Rename log file to .bak
        Rename-Item -Path $logFile -NewName $logBackup

    }

}

# Here I start the LOG which technically is only 3 lines. 
Start-Transcript -Path $logFile -Append

# Collection ID voor "Windows 10 x64 Deployment"
$collectionID = "P050317A"

# Folder of all computer names
$folderName = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\computers"

# Convert all files to computernames
$computerNames = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderName | ForEach-Object { $_.BaseName}

forEach ($computerName in $computerNames) {

    # Connect to the SCCM Server. Notice that I don't define the SCCM server.
    # It's all automagically done
    Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1)
    cd ((Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSite).Name + ":")
    
    # Remove from Device Collection
    Remove-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule -CollectionId $collectionID -ResourceName $computerName -Force
    Write-Output "Machine $computerName deleted from collection 'Windows 10 x64 Deployment'"

    # Back to local (not the SCCM server).
    CD C:

    # Remove the computername file. Need to tidy up
    Remove-Item -Path $folderName\$computerName -Force
    Write-Output "file $computerName deleted from $folderName"

}

# Stop log
Stop-Transcript

Conclusion

As mentioned before, this might not be the best way to do it but I am pretty satisfied with this solution.

In a nutshell:

The Task Sequence creates a file with the name of the computer without extension
The task sequence manager reports to the SCCM server triggering a powershell script when a deployment is succesfull
The scripts checks if the log file exceeds 1MB, if so make a backup of it
Start logging
Check the file with the computername
Remove the computer from the device collection
Delete the file
End logging

Cheers,

Engin

4a:T81c,# I want logging so here I define the location for logging $logFile = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\deployLog.txt" $logBackup = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\deployLog.bak" # I don't want the log to be very big so here I check if the log file exceeds 1 MB if (Test-Path -Path $logFile) { $logFileSize = (Get-Item -Path $logFile).Length # Check if log file is bigger than 1 MB if ($logFileSize -gt 1MB) { # If the log file IS too big it should create a backup file. # Before doing that it does need to check if a backup file already exists if (Test-Path -Path $logBackup) { Remove-Item -Path $logBackup -Force } # Rename log file to .bak Rename-Item -Path $logFile -NewName $logBackup } } # Here I start the LOG which technically is only 3 lines. Start-Transcript -Path $logFile -Append # Collection ID voor "Windows 10 x64 Deployment" $collectionID = "P050317A" # Folder of all computer names $folderName = "\\SCCMSRV01\software\OSD\Scripts\RemoveDeviceCollection\log\computers" # Convert all files to computernames $computerNames = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderName | ForEach-Object { $_.BaseName} forEach ($computerName in $computerNames) { # Connect to the SCCM Server. Notice that I don't define the SCCM server. # It's all automagically done Import-Module (Join-Path $(Split-Path $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH) ConfigurationManager.psd1) cd ((Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSite).Name + ":") # Remove from Device Collection Remove-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule -CollectionId $collectionID -ResourceName $computerName -Force Write-Output "Machine $computerName deleted from collection 'Windows 10 x64 Deployment'" # Back to local (not the SCCM server). CD C: # Remove the computername file. Need to tidy up Remove-Item -Path $folderName\$computerName -Force Write-Output "file $computerName deleted from $folderName" } # Stop log Stop-Transcript4b:T43a,

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4c:T167b,

Hey You

It was a dark and stormy night, and I was huddled in front of my computer screen, trying to make sense of the SCCM logs. Our server, let’s call it DLFCMX01, had installed the SCCM agent, but it was not getting any policies. As a member of the IT team, I knew this was a serious issue, and I was determined to solve the mystery and save the day.

The Background

SCCM is a vital tool for managing and deploying software updates to our Windows servers. Policies are crucial in the SCCM ecosystem, as they tell the client what actions to take. But when a client is not receiving policies, chaos can ensue.

The Mysterious Disappearance of the Policies

As I dug deeper into the logs, I discovered that DLFCMX01 was not receiving any policies from SCCM. The logs were filled with error messages like

 client is not registered

and

[RegTask] - Server rejected registration request: 3

I felt like I was in the middle of a spy thriller, trying to crack a code to uncover the enemy’s secrets.

The Investigation

After taking a deep breath and gathering my thoughts, I began to investigate. The first step was to uninstall the SCCM agent on DLFCMX01 using the command:

ccmsetup.exe /uninstall

Then, I turned to the SCCM server and opened the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

After running the command:

SELECT * FROM System_DISC where Name0 = 'DLFCMX01'

I copied the SID0 value. Next, I checked if the ClientKeyData table had the same SID using the command

SELECT * FROM ClientKeyData where MachineSID = 'S-1-5-21-1123123123123123123123-123123123123-123123123'

I was beginning to feel like a spy cracking a code.

With the help of my trusty SQL skills, I verified that the SCCM agent was uninstalled on DLFCMX01 and deleted the related data from the ClientKeyData and System_DISC tables.

DELETE FROM ClientKeyData where MachineSID = 'S-1-5-21-1123123123123123123123-123123123123-123123123'

DELETE FROM System_DISC where Name0 = 'DLFCMX01'

After making sure that DLFCMX01 was removed from the Configuration Manager Console, I reinstalled the client on DLFCMX01 using the command

ccmsetup.exe /mp:DLFSCCM01.prosystech.nl SMSSITECODE=PST RESETKEYINFORMATION=TRUE

The Lessons Learned

In the end, the mystery was solved, and the policies started flowing again. Through this experience, I learned that when it comes to SCCM, a systematic approach is crucial. I also learned that SQL skills are a valuable asset in the world of SCCM.

The Conclusion

In conclusion, if you find yourself in a situation where a server is not receiving SCCM policies, don’t panic. Take a deep breath, channel your inner spy, and follow the steps outlined in this article. And always remember to have some fun along the way. After all, even spies need a little humor in their lives.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

(REFERENCE: For more information on SCCM, visit the official Microsoft documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/introduction-to-configuration-manager)
(REFERENCE: For SQL tutorials, visit w3schools at https://www.w3schools.com/sql/)

4d:T1ae2,

Hey you!

Are you tired of manually granting access to calendars and agendas in Exchange Online for each user in your organization? Do you wish there was an easier and more efficient way to get this done? Well, have no fear, because I’ve got just the solution for you!

Introducing the Powershell script that automates calendar access in Exchange Online and could potentially leave your Service Desk team unemployed! (Just kidding, I don’t want to start any HR issues)

The Problem:

Let’s face it, manually granting access to calendars and agendas for each user in your organization is tedious and time-consuming. You might forget to apply it to some users, or worse, apply it to the wrong user. And to make matters worse, not every user has the same folder. Some have Agenda, some have Calendar, and some even have Kalendar (we don’t know what language that is either).

01001110 01101111 01110011 01111001 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101

The Solution:

Enter my trusty Powershell script! This script connects to Exchange Online and adds a specific permission to calendars and agendas of all user mailboxes in the tenant. And the best part? It’s fully customizable to exclude certain users from this process. So, if your Management Team says that some users will not be sharing their calendar, you can simply add them to a list and the script will skip them.

The Features:

This script is not just efficient, it’s also loaded with features. Here are some of the key features:
Automatically connects to Exchange Online and prompts for credentials
Retrieves a list of all user mailboxes and a list of users that should not be imported in this list from a text file
Checks if the mailbox has a specific folder (calendar, agenda, or kalender) and adds a specific permission (Reviewer) to that folder for a specific user (Read_Group)
Provides a progress report for each mailbox to keep you informed of the script’s progress

# Import the Exchange Online PowerShell module
Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement

# Connect to Exchange Online
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
Connect-ExchangeOnline -Credential $UserCredential -ShowProgress $true

# Get a list of all user mailboxes by alias
$Mailboxes = Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited

#Get a list of users that should NOT be imported in this list
$NoSharePLZ = Get-Content -Path C:\Script\NoSharePLZ.txt

ForEach ($Mailbox in $Mailboxes){

    $GetAlias = $($Mailbox.Alias)

    if ($NoSharePLZ -imatch $GetAlias){
    
        Write-Host "This is mailbox $Mailbox and will be ignored"

    } else {

        Write-Host "Checking for $Mailbox"

        # Check if the mailbox has a "calendar" folder
        $hasCalendarFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Calendar'}) -ne $null

        # Check if the mailbox has an "agenda" folder
        $hasAgendaFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Agenda'}) -ne $null

        # Check if the mailbox has a "kalender" folder
        $hasKalenderFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Kalender'}) -ne $null

        # Add permission to the "calendar" folder if it exists
        if ($hasCalendarFolder) {
            Write-Host "$Mailbox has calendar"
            $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar" -User Read_Group -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            if (!$existingPermission) {
                add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                Write-Host "$Mailbox calendar done"
            }
            else {
                Write-Host "$Mailbox calendar already has the required permission"
            }
        }

        # Add permission to the "agenda" folder if it exists
        if ($hasAgendaFolder) {
            Write-Host "$Mailbox has agenda"
            $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\agenda" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            if (!$existingPermission) {
                add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\agenda" -User Read_Group -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda done"
            }
            else {
                Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda already has the required permission"
            }
        }

        # Add permission to the "kalender" folder if it exists
        if ($hasKalenderFolder) {
            Write-Host "$Mailbox has Kalendar"
            $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender" -User Read_Group -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            if (!$existingPermission) {
                add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda done"
            }
            else {
                Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda already has the required permission"
            }
        }
                
    }

}

Conclusion:

In conclusion, this Powershell script is the perfect solution for automating calendar access in Exchange Online. It saves time, reduces errors, and can potentially leave your Service Desk team unemployed (just kidding, I am not that mean). So, give it a try and let me know what you think!

4e:Tcfc,# Import the Exchange Online PowerShell module Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement # Connect to Exchange Online $UserCredential = Get-Credential Connect-ExchangeOnline -Credential $UserCredential -ShowProgress $true # Get a list of all user mailboxes by alias $Mailboxes = Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited #Get a list of users that should NOT be imported in this list $NoSharePLZ = Get-Content -Path C:\Script\NoSharePLZ.txt ForEach ($Mailbox in $Mailboxes){ $GetAlias = $($Mailbox.Alias) if ($NoSharePLZ -imatch $GetAlias){ Write-Host "This is mailbox $Mailbox and will be ignored" } else { Write-Host "Checking for $Mailbox" # Check if the mailbox has a "calendar" folder $hasCalendarFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Calendar'}) -ne $null # Check if the mailbox has an "agenda" folder $hasAgendaFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Agenda'}) -ne $null # Check if the mailbox has a "kalender" folder $hasKalenderFolder = (Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity $Mailbox.Name | Where-Object {$_.FolderPath -eq '/Kalender'}) -ne $null # Add permission to the "calendar" folder if it exists if ($hasCalendarFolder) { Write-Host "$Mailbox has calendar" $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar" -User Read_Group -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if (!$existingPermission) { add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "$Mailbox calendar done" } else { Write-Host "$Mailbox calendar already has the required permission" } } # Add permission to the "agenda" folder if it exists if ($hasAgendaFolder) { Write-Host "$Mailbox has agenda" $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\agenda" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if (!$existingPermission) { add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\agenda" -User Read_Group -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda done" } else { Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda already has the required permission" } } # Add permission to the "kalender" folder if it exists if ($hasKalenderFolder) { Write-Host "$Mailbox has Kalendar" $existingPermission = Get-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender" -User Read_Group -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if (!$existingPermission) { add-MailboxFolderPermission -Identity "$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender" -User R_STND_Agenda_Lezen -AccessRights Reviewer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda done" } else { Write-Host "$Mailbox agenda already has the required permission" } } } } 4f:T1228,

Hey You

It has been a while since I posted something on my blog, I do apologize. I just started with a new client and my schedule has been like a roller coaster. CRAZY!!!

Anyway; I’ve got another Powershell script that you might find interesting.

When I searched amazing this is the first image I got…

My last Powershell script was a big success on Reddit. So maybe you’ll like it too. Here’s a way to create a ServiceDesk GUI Tool.

Scenario

To this day I am still baffled by some companies that lack documentation of their system or configuration. It shouldn’t be that difficult. Documentation helps you, saves you, gets you coffee, informs you and so much more.

At a recent client of mine, they used an SMTP Relay that had a list of IP addresses that was a mile long. Without documentation, you cannot know what those IP addresses are, or are they malevolent?

When I searched “malevolent” this was the first image I got… pretty scary, isn’t it?

What I wanted is a script that would export the complete list of IP addresses, ping them if they are alive or not, and if they are alive try to look up their FQDN name.

Did you get that? Let’s start.

Disclaimer

I am no Powershell guru nor do I claim to be. I have never had a Powershell course or whatever. This is just me making stuff up on the fly, so I you are a Powershell ultra master; here’s a laugh:

#Here I define the location that I want to export the list
$OutputCSV = "C:\Temp\IPRelay.csv"

#This is the magical export line. If you type $RelayIPList after this you'll get a
#list of IP addresses.
$SMTP = Get-WmiObject IISSmtpServerSetting -namespace "ROOT\MicrosoftIISv2" | Where-Object { $_.name -like "SmtpSVC/1" }
$RelayIPList = @()

For ($CurrentIt = 0; $CurrentIt -lt $SMTP.RelayIpList.Count; $CurrentIt += 4) {

        $EndIndex = $CurrentIt + 3

        $RelayIPList += $SMTP.RelayIpList[$CurrentIt..$EndIndex] -join "."

    }

$RelayIPList = $RelayIPList[20..($RelayIPList.Count - 1)]
#$RelayIPList

#Here I start to ping every IP address that is exported.
#If an IP address answers it will look up the dns name.
ForEach ($RelayIP in $RelayIPList){
    
    $pingtest = Test-Connection -ComputerName $RelayIP -Quiet -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    If ($pingtest) {
        
        #I have a split here. That is because at first I didn't want the domain name 
        #to show up... but then I changed my mind.
        $dnsName = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry("$RelayIP").Hostname#.Split('.')[0]

        $Output += "$RelayIP	Online	$dnsName`n"

     }

     Else {

        $Output += "$RelayIP	Not Online`n"

     }
     
}

$Output | Out-File $OutputCSV -Encoding utf8 -Append

Conclusion

I had very little time to do this. The ‘n at the and is to give the line a BREAK. I didn’t care much about the code itself more about the result of it.

And if I have to be honest; for someone who isn’t a Powershell master… it still isn’t that good but it’s free for you to have.

When I searched “Free to take” this was the first image found and I like it. #MEMBeer

I would love to hear feedback.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

50:T51b,#Here I define the location that I want to export the list $OutputCSV = "C:\Temp\IPRelay.csv" #This is the magical export line. If you type $RelayIPList after this you'll get a #list of IP addresses. $SMTP = Get-WmiObject IISSmtpServerSetting -namespace "ROOT\MicrosoftIISv2" | Where-Object { $_.name -like "SmtpSVC/1" } $RelayIPList = @() For ($CurrentIt = 0; $CurrentIt -lt $SMTP.RelayIpList.Count; $CurrentIt += 4) { $EndIndex = $CurrentIt + 3 $RelayIPList += $SMTP.RelayIpList[$CurrentIt..$EndIndex] -join "." } $RelayIPList = $RelayIPList[20..($RelayIPList.Count - 1)] #$RelayIPList #Here I start to ping every IP address that is exported. #If an IP address answers it will look up the dns name. ForEach ($RelayIP in $RelayIPList){ $pingtest = Test-Connection -ComputerName $RelayIP -Quiet -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue If ($pingtest) { #I have a split here. That is because at first I didn't want the domain name #to show up... but then I changed my mind. $dnsName = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry("$RelayIP").Hostname#.Split('.')[0] $Output += "$RelayIP Online $dnsName`n" } Else { $Output += "$RelayIP Not Online`n" } } $Output | Out-File $OutputCSV -Encoding utf8 -Append51:T2330,

Hey You

I hope you had an awesome weekend. I sure did. This weekend the Workplace Dudes (our podcast) had an awesome dinner. Last week we had a podcast with Jan Bakker about his self service tool.

Samen met de @workplacedudes even uit eten!!! @BurgerhoutJ @RSFerreira_ pic.twitter.com/kxn9ZVwPK8
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 30, 2022

While we were eating steak (I LOVE STEAK) we talked about automating stuff and that reminded me about a Powershell script I wrote for a client. Let me give you a quick scenario

Scenario

The ServiceDesk at this client were members of the Domain Admins AD group with their normal account which is very dangerous. Not only are they member of that group (which they don’t need) but they were also member with their normal account and not with their own elevated administrator account (but they did had one).

Why this is dangerous will be another article.

Because this is very dangerous I removed their account from the Domain Admins group but suddenly they couldn’t do much (big surprise right?). To make their live a little bit easier I created a GUI:

Buttons… buttons… and more buttons

The idea of the GUI is that they can start any application with a single click. When they start the GUI with elevated rights (their own admin account) the app will start with elevated rights.

I had some time so I added a password generator.

Disclaimer

I am no Powershell master nor do I claim to be one. I am a work in progress. I know there might be a million better ways to do this but this is the way I did it.

I am not going into detail on how to start the GUI with admin rights because there are a lot of articles that explain how to do that but I did not find a lot of articles that explains on how to create a nice Service Desk Tool GUI.

So… Here it is. Don’t laugh too hard though.

#Load System Windows Forms (PreReqs)
[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null

#Here I define the GUI, the title above and the size
$guiForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$guiForm.Text = "ServiceDesk ICT Tool"
$guiForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (380,410)

#Here I define another title (which isn't necessary)
$guiLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$guiLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (10,10)
$guiLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (400,30)
$guiLabel.Text = "ServiceDesk ICT Tool"
$guiLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font ("Verdana",9)

#CMD button
$selectCMD = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectCMD.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (150,40)
$selectCMD.Text = 'CMD'
$selectCMD.Location = '10,50'
$selectCMD.Add_Click({
    Start-Process cmd.exe
    }
)

#Powershell button
$selectPowershell = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectPowerShell.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectPowershell.Text = 'PowerShell'
$selectPowershell.Location = '10,100'
$selectPowershell.Add_Click({
    Start-Process powershell.exe
    }
)

#Powershell_ISE button
$selectPowershell_ISE = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectPowershell_ISE.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectPowershell_ISE.Text = 'PowerShell ISE'
$selectPowershell_ISE.Location = '10,150'
$selectPowershell_ISE.Add_Click({
    Start-Process powershell_ISE.exe
    }
)

#AD button
$selectAD = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectAD.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectAD.Text = 'Active Directory'
$selectAD.Location = '10,200'
$selectAD.Add_Click({
    Start-Process dsa.msc
    }
)

#Remote Tool button
$selectDameWare = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectDameWare.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectDameWare.Text = 'Remote Tool'
$selectDameWare.Location = '200,150'
$selectDameWare.Add_Click({
    Start-Process "\\ProSysTech\RemoteTool\Executable.exe"
    }
)

#MMC button
$selectMMC = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectMMC.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectMMC.Text = 'MMC'
$selectMMC.Location = '200,50'
$selectMMC.Add_Click({
    Start-Process "mmc.exe"
    }
)

#Server Manager button
$selectServerManager = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectServerManager.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectServerManager.Text = 'Server Manager'
$selectServerManager.Location = '200,100'
$selectServerManager.Add_Click({
    Start-Process "servermanager.exe"
    }
)

#Active Directory Administrative Center button
$selectDSAC = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectDSAC.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectDSAC.Text = 'AD Admin Center'
$selectDSAC.Location = '10,250'
$selectDSAC.Add_Click({
    Start-Process "dsac.exe"
    }
)

#Notepad button
$selectNotePad = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectNotePad.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectNotePad.Text = 'Notepad'
$selectNotePad.Location = '200,200'
$selectNotePad.Add_Click({
    Start-Process "notepad.exe"
    }
)

#Password Generator
$passwordGenerator =  ("!@#$%^&*0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".tochararray() | sort {Get-Random})[0..13] -join ''

#Password Generator button
$selectPasswordGenerator = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$selectPasswordGenerator.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40)
$selectPasswordGenerator.Text = 'Generate Password'
$selectPasswordGenerator.Location = '200,250'
$selectPasswordGenerator.Add_Click({
    $passwordGenerator =  ("!@#$%^&*0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".tochararray() | sort {Get-Random})[0..13] -join ''
    $passwordGeneratorLabel.Text = $passwordGenerator
    }
)
#Password Generator Label
$passwordGeneratorLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Textbox
$passwordGeneratorLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font ("Verdana",20)
$passwordGeneratorLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (10,300)
$passwordGeneratorLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (340,40)
$passwordGeneratorLabel.Text = $passwordGenerator

#Putting all labels and buttons in the GUI
$guiForm.Controls.Add($guiLabel)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectCMD)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPowershell)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPowershell_ISE)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectAD)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectDameWare)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectMMC)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectServerManager)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectDSAC)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPasswordGenerator)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($passwordGeneratorLabel)
$guiForm.Controls.Add($selectNotePad)

#Starting the GUI
$guiForm.ShowDialog()

Couple of things

You might think “You have Powershell in it why would you add Powershell ISE” or “You have the legacy AD why add AD Admin Center” in which I would reply…

Conclusion

The main purpose of this script/article is not to show off my awesome AWESOME tool but rather to show how GUI’s work within Powershell. There are a lot of better ways to create a ServiceDesk Tool but this is the way I did it.

Not so long ago I wrote another article about a Powershell Script I wrote on Cleaning your hard drive which might be interesting for you.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

52:T128d,#Load System Windows Forms (PreReqs) [reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null #Here I define the GUI, the title above and the size $guiForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $guiForm.Text = "ServiceDesk ICT Tool" $guiForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (380,410) #Here I define another title (which isn't necessary) $guiLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $guiLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (10,10) $guiLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (400,30) $guiLabel.Text = "ServiceDesk ICT Tool" $guiLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font ("Verdana",9) #CMD button $selectCMD = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectCMD.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (150,40) $selectCMD.Text = 'CMD' $selectCMD.Location = '10,50' $selectCMD.Add_Click({ Start-Process cmd.exe } ) #Powershell button $selectPowershell = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectPowerShell.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectPowershell.Text = 'PowerShell' $selectPowershell.Location = '10,100' $selectPowershell.Add_Click({ Start-Process powershell.exe } ) #Powershell_ISE button $selectPowershell_ISE = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectPowershell_ISE.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectPowershell_ISE.Text = 'PowerShell ISE' $selectPowershell_ISE.Location = '10,150' $selectPowershell_ISE.Add_Click({ Start-Process powershell_ISE.exe } ) #AD button $selectAD = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectAD.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectAD.Text = 'Active Directory' $selectAD.Location = '10,200' $selectAD.Add_Click({ Start-Process dsa.msc } ) #Remote Tool button $selectDameWare = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectDameWare.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectDameWare.Text = 'Remote Tool' $selectDameWare.Location = '200,150' $selectDameWare.Add_Click({ Start-Process "\\ProSysTech\RemoteTool\Executable.exe" } ) #MMC button $selectMMC = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectMMC.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectMMC.Text = 'MMC' $selectMMC.Location = '200,50' $selectMMC.Add_Click({ Start-Process "mmc.exe" } ) #Server Manager button $selectServerManager = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectServerManager.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectServerManager.Text = 'Server Manager' $selectServerManager.Location = '200,100' $selectServerManager.Add_Click({ Start-Process "servermanager.exe" } ) #Active Directory Administrative Center button $selectDSAC = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectDSAC.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectDSAC.Text = 'AD Admin Center' $selectDSAC.Location = '10,250' $selectDSAC.Add_Click({ Start-Process "dsac.exe" } ) #Notepad button $selectNotePad = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectNotePad.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectNotePad.Text = 'Notepad' $selectNotePad.Location = '200,200' $selectNotePad.Add_Click({ Start-Process "notepad.exe" } ) #Password Generator $passwordGenerator = ("!@#$%^&*0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".tochararray() | sort {Get-Random})[0..13] -join '' #Password Generator button $selectPasswordGenerator = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $selectPasswordGenerator.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,40) $selectPasswordGenerator.Text = 'Generate Password' $selectPasswordGenerator.Location = '200,250' $selectPasswordGenerator.Add_Click({ $passwordGenerator = ("!@#$%^&*0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".tochararray() | sort {Get-Random})[0..13] -join '' $passwordGeneratorLabel.Text = $passwordGenerator } ) #Password Generator Label $passwordGeneratorLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Textbox $passwordGeneratorLabel.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font ("Verdana",20) $passwordGeneratorLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (10,300) $passwordGeneratorLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size (340,40) $passwordGeneratorLabel.Text = $passwordGenerator #Putting all labels and buttons in the GUI $guiForm.Controls.Add($guiLabel) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectCMD) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPowershell) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPowershell_ISE) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectAD) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectDameWare) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectMMC) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectServerManager) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectDSAC) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectPasswordGenerator) $guiForm.Controls.Add($passwordGeneratorLabel) $guiForm.Controls.Add($selectNotePad) #Starting the GUI $guiForm.ShowDialog() 53:T1f08,

Hey You

It’s a nice sunny Friday and I hope your week was just as awesome as mine was. Why shouldn’t it, we had Easter the other day.

2 weeks ago I sat down at my desk to start the day, working on some awesome projects when suddenly BAM (insert own sound effects of explosions)

Goedemorgen. Een goede start van de dag wanneer er updates zijn van #microsoft pic.twitter.com/qUCXeD4eZ7
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 14, 2022

(follow me on twitter btw)

I got the familiar Windows updates screen. Unfortunately even the Batman (on my t-shirt) couldn’t help me with this. I just had to wait.

I always love new updates, especially when it brings new stuff but sometimes when I really want to start working this can be annoying.

Right after Easter though; BAM (insert another sound effect explosion please)

I am getting the new "Easter" updates 🤣… Another great start of the day. Let's just hope that Teams will "cough not cough" work this time. pic.twitter.com/SGk4A9Tlwi
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 19, 2022

So today I want to share some tips on how to shut down Windows without installing the updates.

WARNING

Please install your updates. Updates are good (not always but often). They secure your Windows and make sure that everything works fine. I do not recommend doing the following but sometimes it is necessary.

SoftwareDistribution Folder

As you can see from the image above there is a folder named “SoftwareDistribution” in your Windows installation folder. Normally this is “C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution”.

Introduced in Windows XP the SoftwareDistribution folder is a system folder used to store Setup information for updates and other programs. When new updates are downloaded it’s downloaded in that folder.

This folder can be deleted completely but there are some downsides of deleting this folder. Windows Update relies on this folder to store temporarily files. If you remove the folder, Windows will re-download and re-create all necessary files and components.

Also; if you delete the folder your Windows Update history will vanish like a coin in a magician’s hand. (probably behind your ears).

The folder is safe to delete but you cannot delete it just willy-nilly. The folder is constantly in use so you have to stop/kill some services to do so.

So start a elevated command prompt and fire off the following commands

#This is the Windows Update Services
net stop wuauserv
#This is the Cryptographic Services
net stop cryptSvc
#This is the Background Intelligent Transfer Services (BITS)
net stop bits
#This is the Windows Installer Services
net stop msiserver

After stopping these services you can delete the SoftwareDistribution folder.

Do not forget to start those services after you’re done. These services will automatically start after a restart.

#Do I have to ...
net start wuauserv
#... explain what these ...
net start cryptSvc
#... services do ...
net start bits
#... again?
net start msiserver

The Shutdown command

There is a shutdown command. That’s basically all that I can say, it’s nothing much to it. It’s a basic command but by adding some parameters you can make it fancy.

Not that fancy because it’s still a command but you get my drift right?

Here’s the command to shutdown your Windows immediately without installing updates

shutdown /p

Not hitting ENTER at the moment because I am writing this article. The P switch turns of the local computer with no time-out or warning.

The on/off button

Don’t do this… Don’t long press the on/off button to kill your laptop or pc. It’s not worth it.

How about the “Shut down” button?

… Did I just wrote this article for nothing? Is there an option to shut down Windows in the menu?

It’s time for weekend. #MEMBeer

Final words

I don’t like to wait until my laptop is ready when I really want to work (and I really want to work) so sometimes these updates can be annoying. However; they’re there for a reason and even though that on rare occasions updates can break some vital parts (which some anti-windows blogs will not let go) most of the time they’re just harmless.

Remember; best time to install Windows updates is a week after patch Tuesday.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

54:T13c6,

Hey You

It’s a very warm and sunny Friday and I hope your week was just as productive as mine was.

Not so long ago a colleague and friend of mine, Jeroen Burgerhout, released in his blog an article he wrote about how to Remove HP Bloatware on Windows 10. It’s a good read and I do recommend you read it.

The article he wrote reminded me about the Powershell script I wrote for a client which would clean up the C drive. I wanted to share this with you.

Scenario

If you have read my previous Powershell article named Migrate user to new environment you would know that I worked at a client which handed out persistent VDI’s to their users with only 60GB.

You can imagine that the C drive would fill up pretty easily not just because of the user but also because of the applications, windows updates, temporary files, recycle bin etc. So we are going to tackle this in 1 script by doing the following.

Empty the Recycle bin
Delete temp files and folders
Delete previously downloaded update files
Run disk cleaner
Run DISM to clean up the image

So let’s start and throw out the trash.

Disclaimer

I want to point out that I am no Powershell Master. I have not attended a Powershell course and I definitely do not claim that I am the best in Powershell.

There are probably better ways to do this but here is the way that I did it. So if you are a Powershell Master… here’s a laugh (but don’t laugh to hard)

#First I want to define the recycle bin variable
#The "Namespace(0xA) is defined as the recycle bin. 
#I will add an article soon with all namespaces that you might need. 
$recycleBinShell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$recycleBinFolder = $recycleBinShell.Namespace(0xA)

#Second I want to define the %temp% (AppData\Local\Temp) folder. 
$tempFilesENV = Get-ChildItem "env:\TEMP"
$tempFiles = $tempFilesENV.Value

#Third I want to define the Windows Temp directory
$windowsTemp = "C:\Windows\Temp\*"

#Finally I want to define the Windows Software Distribution Folder
$winDist = "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution"

#Now the magic begins

#Remove items from the recycle bin
$recycleBinFolder.item() | %{Remove-Item $_.path -Recurse -Confirm:$false}

#Remove the temp files in AppData\Local\Temp
Remove-Item -Recure "$tempFiles\*"

#Remove old Windows Updates
#Note: By removing this you will lose the Updates History and it might 
#redownload everything at the next update if you already haven't installed it
Get-Service -Name WUAUSERV | Stop-Service
Remove-Item -Path $winDist -Recurse -Force
Get-Service -Name WUAUSERV | Start-Service

#Disk Clean up Tool
cleanmgr /sagerun:1 /VeryLowDisk /AUTOCLEAN | Out-Null

#DISM
#First... let's repair what's broken
dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

#Analyze (probably not needed)
dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

#Delete junk
dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

#Delete superseded junk
dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded

Overkill?

I know that the DISM functions at the end might be a tad overkill…

… but it’s not going to hurt. Worst case scenario; you need to wait a little longer.

Task Scheduler

It was suggested by a colleague that we could create a task in task scheduler inside the VDI that executes the script once a day but THAT would be overkill.

However; running it once a month or once a quarter might not be a bad idea.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

55:T605,#First I want to define the recycle bin variable #The "Namespace(0xA) is defined as the recycle bin. #I will add an article soon with all namespaces that you might need. $recycleBinShell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application $recycleBinFolder = $recycleBinShell.Namespace(0xA) #Second I want to define the %temp% (AppData\Local\Temp) folder. $tempFilesENV = Get-ChildItem "env:\TEMP" $tempFiles = $tempFilesENV.Value #Third I want to define the Windows Temp directory $windowsTemp = "C:\Windows\Temp\*" #Finally I want to define the Windows Software Distribution Folder $winDist = "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" #Now the magic begins #Remove items from the recycle bin $recycleBinFolder.item() | %{Remove-Item $_.path -Recurse -Confirm:$false} #Remove the temp files in AppData\Local\Temp Remove-Item -Recure "$tempFiles\*" #Remove old Windows Updates #Note: By removing this you will lose the Updates History and it might #redownload everything at the next update if you already haven't installed it Get-Service -Name WUAUSERV | Stop-Service Remove-Item -Path $winDist -Recurse -Force Get-Service -Name WUAUSERV | Start-Service #Disk Clean up Tool cleanmgr /sagerun:1 /VeryLowDisk /AUTOCLEAN | Out-Null #DISM #First... let's repair what's broken dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth #Analyze (probably not needed) dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore #Delete junk dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup #Delete superseded junk dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded56:T2049,

Hey You

For some I’m going to be like a broken record discussing a very sensitive subject for probably the millionth time about now: Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome.

I have discussed this topic with friends, colleagues and even on my podcast the Workplace Dudes but if you have never heard me rant about the 2 browsers, today I will be ending this discussion once and for all.

Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome | The battle of the ages — The battle of the ages!!!

Disclaimer

This blog is a technical blog and mostly about the workplace environment. What you use in your own private laptop/desktop/server is for you to decide. I will be laying down the best choice for a system engineer within the workplace environment.

Ground rules

What defines the best browser to use in a workplace environment? Well… there are some aspects in an application which needs to be more than “Hey… it works”. For a system engineer a application needs to fulfill some elements which are:

Can you secure the application?
Can you easily deploy the application?
Is the application compatible with other applications?

1. Can you secure the application?

In a workplace environment the biggest tool you have to maintain a workstation is the Group Policy Object Management (GPO). Within the GPO you can maintain almost everything that a user or a workstation can or cannot do.

You can secure Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome within GPO. Microsoft Edge however is built-in but you can add ADM or ADMX templates into your GPO to add policies for Google Chrome.

Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome GPO — Both have it

So… yes… technically you can secure both applications within your GPO however, I am not a fan of 3rd party software in a production environment. Usually the GPO is on the Domain Controller server and that is the most important server in your network. Installing 3rd party (even though it is Google) is not something I would recommend.

No… it’s not a recommendation. Never… NEVER… install 3rd party software on a Domain Controller… NEVER!!!

Point goes to Microsoft Edge

2. Can you easily deploy the application?

Not going to go into much detail here. Microsoft Edge is built-in within Microsoft Windows (which isn’t a big surprise) and Google Chrome can either be deployed by placing it in the Golden Image (for virtual machines) or by deploying it using either Microsoft Endpoint Manager or Intune.

Deploy Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome either via Microsoft Endpoint Manager or Intune — Retro installing on the go!!!

Point goes to both

3. Is the application compatible with other applications?

Now I know what you’re thinking: It’s a web browser, it needs to open YouTube, Twitter, Pornh… I mean ProSysTech.nl and that’s it but there are a lot of software that depend on a working browser for more functionality. A lot of software creators create extensions for browsers to give the web application a little more boost and both browsers do work with extension which can be installed by their own store’s:

Microsoft Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/
Google Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions

As of writing Google Chrome has a lot more extension then Microsoft Edge. By a lot…

… I mean a lot

It is true that you can install the same extension on Microsoft Edge, they will work fine without any issues and it will still be awesome but they are still native Google Chrome extensions.

Point goes to Google Chrome

Conclusion

I think it’s a little to early to draw a conclusion right? I mean both browsers have 2 points… so… no conclusion but instead..

Chromium

Both browsers are the same. Yes. They both run on the ever so popular Chromium open source project. They have the same engine so really it doesn’t matter which browser you use because it’s literally THE SAME BROWSER.

So there is no advantage of using Chrome instead of using Edge.

Real conclusion

“But you said this was the battle of the ages… you said this will end the discussion on which browser is the best” you might be saying and yes I will be giving my final decision.

Even though there are no advantages of using Chrome instead of Edge on the workplace you actually do have advantages of using Edge instead of Chrome.

Let’s put aside the fact that you can maintain and secure Microsoft Edge over the network and let’s put aside the fact that Microsoft Edge is built-in within Windows and let’s put aside the fact that you can install Chrome extensions in Microsoft Edge and they will work fine and let’s put aside the fact that they are literally the same browser. Those are a lot of facts you cannot ignore.

It comes down to a personal preference but a big advantage is is that you can enable synchronization with your work account and always backup your Bookmarks, History, Saved Password and a lot more. To me, this is a big advantage. User care is very important.

You can do user synchronization with Google Chrome but you need a Google account for this and using a Google account on the workplace is not desirable.

Plus; don’t forget that Google Chrome is a 3rd party software for your Windows. The more applications you install on a user laptop/desktop the more applications you have to maintain.

Do yourself a favor and just stick with Microsoft Edge.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin Soysal

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Hey You

It’s a nice snowy friday in April (wth?) and I wanted to share something with you.

At a client for whom I work now we had a little challenge that I knew Powershell would come to my aid as it always does. Let me explain the situation first.

Scenario

All 800+ users are working on a VDI which has an outdated Windows 10 en Microsoft Office which isn’t supported anymore by Microsoft. Because of some issues we have we need to upgrade/update literally EVERYTHING. But unfortunately it’s not that easy though

Challenge 1: VDI specs was too low.

The VDI specs that was given to the users wasn’t what Microsoft suggests. These are the specs:

2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
60 GB Hard Drive

This needs to be updated.

Challenge 2: AppData redirection

The AppData folder is redirected to the network drive. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue but in this case it is. Every user has a dedicated VDI so redirecting the AppData has no use so turning it off would help a lot.

Because the Windows is outdated, the AppData folder would probably (and it did) corrupt the new environment. So that needs to be fixed.

Challenge 3: GPO needs to be renewed

As you’ve guessed it; GPO still applies to the old settings of Windows and is not valid anymore. So a new OU needs to be created where the migrated users can be in and get the new GPO settings while the users that not have been migrated still can work with their VDI (does this make sense?).

Solution

These 3 challenges should not be a big thing. These can be done but imagine having 800+ users and not having an automated system. A lot… of… work.

An In-Place Upgrade (IPU) is out of the question because the hardware is going to be replaced. All VDI’s are instant clones so we had no choice but to hand over new VDI’s. This article will not cover the IPU or replacement of the VDI’s.

The following needs to be done. For convenience I will be referring to User A as the user that is going to get migrated.

User A is member of an AD Group so that she (yeah it’s a she) can access her VDI. The user should be removed as a member from this AD group.
User A needs to be moved to the new OU.
User A has a profile path which points to the wrong directory and needs to be changed.
AppData, NTUser.Dat and NTUser.ini file and folders has to be deleted.
Files and folders from the old profile should be copied to the new profile folder.
User A needs to be added to the AD Group so that she (it’s still a she) can access her new VDI.

Let’s start

Disclaimer

Before we start; I am no Powershell Guru. I didn’t had a Powershell course nor do I claim that I am someone who is very very awesome in Powershell (I should though…). Not so long ago we had a podcast/webshow with Jeffrey Wouters where we discussed the posibilities and the great joy of Powershell, Devops and more. Check it out.

This is the way that I did it and there are probably a million ways to do it better. So if you are a Powershell Guru… here’s a laugh (but don’t laugh too hard)

#Well... I need to get the users from somewhere don't I?
#I can't get them from the AD because we are doing it in batches.
$Users = Get-Content -Path C:\Temp\usersMigrate.txt

#Some variables that show the old AD group, new AD group and the new OU
$oldADGroup = "old_ad_group"
$newADGroup = "new_ad_group"
$OU = "OU=Users,DC=PROSYSTECH,DC=NL"

#Here's where the magic starts
Foreach ($User in $Users) {

    Write-Host "Migrating $User"

    #Some more variables about the current profile path and the old profilepath
    $profilePath = "\\PRO\$User\Profile2022"
    $newProfilePath = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2022.V6"
    $oldProfilePath = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\*"

    #Some other junk that was left in the old profile path that needed to be deleted
    $oldAppData = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\AppData"
    $oldEdgeBackup = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\MicrosoftEdgeBackups"
    $oldNTUserDAT = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\NTUSER.DAT"
    $oldNTUserINI = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\ntuser.ini"
    
    #Step 1; remove user as a member from the old AD group
    Get-ADGroup -Identity $oldADGroup | Remove-ADGroupMember -Members "$User" -Confirm:$false

    #Step 2; Move user to the new OU
    Get-ADUser -Identity $User | Move-ADObject -TargetPath $OU

    #Step 3; change the profile path within AD
    Set-ADuser $User -ProfilePath $profilePath

    #Step 4; remove all the junk
    Remove-Item -Path $oldAppData -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false
    Remove-Item -Path $oldEdgeBackup -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false
    Remove-Item -Path $oldNTUserDAT -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false
    Remove-Item -Path $oldNTUserINI -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false

    #Step 5; Create a new directory for the profile
    New-Item -ItemType "directory" -Path "$newProfilePath"
    
    #Step 6; Copy old data to new data (I just thought that maybe it would be easier to rename the old folder... whatevs)
    Copy-Item -Path $oldProfilePath -Destination $newProfilePath -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false

    #Step 7; add user as a member to the new AD Group
    Get-ADGroup -Identity $newADGroup | Add-ADGroupMember -Members "$User" -Confirm:$false

}

58:T88e,#Well... I need to get the users from somewhere don't I? #I can't get them from the AD because we are doing it in batches. $Users = Get-Content -Path C:\Temp\usersMigrate.txt #Some variables that show the old AD group, new AD group and the new OU $oldADGroup = "old_ad_group" $newADGroup = "new_ad_group" $OU = "OU=Users,DC=PROSYSTECH,DC=NL" #Here's where the magic starts Foreach ($User in $Users) { Write-Host "Migrating $User" #Some more variables about the current profile path and the old profilepath $profilePath = "\\PRO\$User\Profile2022" $newProfilePath = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2022.V6" $oldProfilePath = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\*" #Some other junk that was left in the old profile path that needed to be deleted $oldAppData = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\AppData" $oldEdgeBackup = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\MicrosoftEdgeBackups" $oldNTUserDAT = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\NTUSER.DAT" $oldNTUserINI = "\\PRO\usdata$\$User\Profile2019.V6\ntuser.ini" #Step 1; remove user as a member from the old AD group Get-ADGroup -Identity $oldADGroup | Remove-ADGroupMember -Members "$User" -Confirm:$false #Step 2; Move user to the new OU Get-ADUser -Identity $User | Move-ADObject -TargetPath $OU #Step 3; change the profile path within AD Set-ADuser $User -ProfilePath $profilePath #Step 4; remove all the junk Remove-Item -Path $oldAppData -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false Remove-Item -Path $oldEdgeBackup -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false Remove-Item -Path $oldNTUserDAT -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false Remove-Item -Path $oldNTUserINI -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false #Step 5; Create a new directory for the profile New-Item -ItemType "directory" -Path "$newProfilePath" #Step 6; Copy old data to new data (I just thought that maybe it would be easier to rename the old folder... whatevs) Copy-Item -Path $oldProfilePath -Destination $newProfilePath -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false #Step 7; add user as a member to the new AD Group Get-ADGroup -Identity $newADGroup | Add-ADGroupMember -Members "$User" -Confirm:$false }59:T2b09,

Hey You

Do you want to get your Microsoft MD-100 Windows 10 certificate? Great. You have come to the right address. In this article I will give you some learn links that will help you to pass the MD-100 Windows 10 exam.

Let’s begin

What will you learn?

This exam is meant for those who want to learn how to support and configure Windows 10 (and probably Windows 11) desktops. With this exam you will proof that you have the skills on how to install, customize and update Windows 10 (and later operating systems).

You will develop skills on how to manage storage, files and devices as well as how to configure network connectivity for Windows, learn how to secure Windows and protect data from leaks and breaches.

You will also be able to manage and troubleshoot Windows clients.

Study Material

Here are the topics that you will need to know / will learn. There will be links under each topics that will guide you to a website which will teach you more about the topic.

Deploy Windows (15-20%)

Install Windows 10

Perform a clean installation
Perform an in-place upgrade from a previous version of Windows
Use Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to deploy Windows 10
Customize a Windows 10 installation using tools from the Windows ADK (Windows System Image Manager, Windows PE, Windows Configuration Designer)
Select the appropriate Windows edition

Deploy, upgrade, and migrate to Windows 10

Perform post-installation configuration

Configure Microsoft Edge
Configure mobility settings
Customize the Windows desktop
Troubleshoot activation issues
Configure printers and external devices
Configure Windows 10 by using provisioning packages
Configure Microsoft Store settings
Configure Windows 10 built-in application settings
Configure and manage services

Manage devices and data (25-30%)

Manage users, groups, and devices

Manage local groups
Manage local users
Manage users, groups, and devices in Active Directory Domain Services
Manage users, groups, and devices in Azure Active Directory
Configure sign-in options
Add additional work or school accounts to Windows 10
Configure and manage Bluetooth settings for devices

Configure devices by using local policies

Implement local policy
Troubleshoot group policies on devices
Configure Windows 10 settings by using group policy

Implement Group Policy Objects

Manage Windows security

Configure user account control (UAC)
Configure Microsoft Defender Firewall
Implement device encryption
Configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Manage device security using core isolation, secure boot, and TPM

Configure storage and connectivity (15-20%)

Configure networking

Configure client IP settings
Configure mobile networking
Troubleshoot networking

Configure networking on Windows clients

Configure data access and protection

Configure NTFS permissions
Configure shared permissions
Configure local storage
Manage and optimize storage
Configure file and folder permissions
Configure OneDrive/OneDrive for Business

Configure data access and usage

Maintain Windows (30-35%)

Configure system and data recovery

Perform file recovery
Recover Windows 10
Troubleshoot startup/boot process
Create and manage system restore points

Employ file recovery in Windows client

Manage updates

Troubleshoot updates
Select and configure the appropriate servicing channel for feature updates
Configure Windows update options
Plan for types of Windows updates including feature updates, quality updates, servicing stack updates, driver updates, and Microsoft product updates
Configure updates by using Windows Update for Business

Manage apps and Windows updates

Monitor and manage Windows

Configure and analyze event logs
Manage performance
Manage Windows 10 environment
Configure local registry
Schedule tasks

Monitor and troubleshoot Windows client performance

Configure remote connectivity

Manage Windows 10 remotely by using Windows Admin Center
Configure remote assistance tools including Remote Assist and Quick Assist
Manage Windows remotely by using Windows Remote Management and PS remoting
Configure remote desktop access

Employ remote management

Other

There might be duplicate links here from the list above:

With these learning paths and modules I am pretty sure you will ace the exam. If I did help you out please let me know.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin

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5b:T21bb,

Hey You

It’s a wonderful Friday and I hope your week was as wonderful as was mine. I’m sure it was.

Last Tuesday Microsoft “streamed” Windows Powers the Future of Hybrid Work. I put streamed between quotation marks because you would expect it to be live but it wasn’t. It was prerecorded but that doesn’t matter.

What does matter is what was it all about? There are a couple of key features that are important/relevant for me so I will point them out.

The Workplace Dudes (which is our podcast show) will discuss this as well coming Monday so stay tuned for that as well.

Hybrid

That was the main topic wasn’t it. Being hybrid. This stream showed that Microsoft is going to a home-office workplace with Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD).

The first question that was asked was “Windows 10 was going to be the final windows? What happened” and their answer was “The pandemic happened”. The last 2+ years showed that we can actually work at home and we can even be more productive at home. Which to some might be a big surprise.

For some it was more challenging than others

But working at home comes with some challenges especially as an System Engineer (and also as a user) which is why Microsoft came with a lot of new concepts. Here are a few that I found important or interesting:

Passwordless sign in
File explorer tabs
Remote Help
Windows 365

1. Passwordless working

I am not a big fan of passwords. I have a lot of passwords because for every website that I am a member of I have a different passwords (which you should have as well!!!). They’re inconvenient and they are a primary target for attackers.

Because working at home will not go away Microsoft already announced some time ago that you can completely remove the password from your Microsoft account. You can use Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows hello, a security key or a verification code which you can sent to your phone, email or whatever.

Microsoft now allows you to securely single sign-on into your Azure Active Directory (AAD). Of course this isn’t that unique for Windows 11 because the option does exist with Windows 10 but this is going to be very interesting.

2. File explorer tabs

Windows File Explorer Tabs — Why dark mode though?

This will be a new feature in Windows 11. You can now add tabs into your file explorer and now only just need 1. Remember back in Windows 95 when every time you opened a folder it opened a new file explorer? That changed in Windows 98 when it just used the same window to navigate. That was a HUGE step.

I truly believe this also will be very huge. I mean why not? We already love tabs in our browser. This reminds me: I wrote a blog discussing which browser is the best. Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome | Battle of the ages. Go check it out.

However. As much as I love Windows 11 there are some flaws in it and the biggest flaw that I personally have is with the drag and drop. I cannot drag a file from one file explorer to another if they are both maximized. Not to sound old (even though I just did talking about Windows 95) but in the old days you could just drag a file to the taskbar, wait a couple of seconds and you would get the option to drag your file to the other folder. Why would you disable that Microsoft? WHY?

That is what I’m asking Microsoft right now. Bring back drag and drop and make it a big feature in the new folder tabs. That is going to be a big win.

3. Remote help

There is not much I can say about this tool. I mean the screenshot says enough. The user-friendly design does say it all. Do you need help? Give me the security code which will expire in 10 minutes.

If you haven’t seen it in action you’re not probably going to miss something out. It really is as straight forward as you see it on the screenshot.

HOWEVER! I had a small discussion with my colleagues in the Workplace Dudes. You see, apparently the Remote Help will not be a feature that you can get in your Microsoft 365 E3 or Microsoft 365 E5 license. This Remote Help tool is going to be an Add On which has it’s own price.

I am going to be honest, this was a little bit of a shock to me. Why wouldn’t you want to add it to the Microsoft 365 licenses? As mentioned I have discussed this with my colleagues because I thought that maybe it was the price for the engineers that would use this tool. So if you have a Service Desk which has 5 professionals working you only would need 5 license. Apparently that is not the case.

For every member in your Azure AD you will need a Remote Help Add On license. That means that if you have 1000+ users you need to pay €3000+ every month.

The full details of this is not out yet but if this is true you will see a lot of companies switching to 3rd party software which is much cheaper. We will see what happens next.

4. Windows 365

This is just nitpicking but Windows 365? I know the name has been announced some time ago but Windows 365?

You had Office 365, then you had Microsoft 365 and now you’re going to Windows 365? What’s next? X-Box 365? Azure 365?

It is a good name though so do change all your products to “Product” 365. I love it.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin Soysal

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Hey You

Welcome to another post. The second post on this blog. 2 in a row… who would’ve guessed.

I did, that is why I’m writing this post. You might not have known this, how would you’ve known, but I have a podcast/webshow with 2 friends. Yes I have friends… who would’ve guessed.

Jeroen Burgerhout – https://twitter.com/burgerhoutj
Richard Sousa Ferreira – https://twitter.com/RSFerreira_

We call ourself the Workplace Dudes (formerly known as the Microsoft Dudes). In this show we talk a lot… … about the IT infrastructure in the workplace.

As of writing we now have 5 video’s up on youtube of which 2 have guest speakers. We have guest speakers so people are watching… who would’ve guessed.

I will make a single post of each video we have and in the future I will add them on this webpage but for now you can watch them right here:

S01:E01 | Microsoft Examens en Certificeringen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcnySLRNyFo
S01:E02 | HP Connect for Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7HKTYTNVUU
S01:E03 | Gast spreker MVP Jeff Wouters – Powershell, Devops en nog veel meer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LImJuKRfHc
S01:E04 | Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome, Microsoft 365 Backup en Windows 11 22H2 update – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8QjHaShm2o
S01:E05 | Gast spreker MVP Rudy Ooms – Remote Wipe, Windows.old folder en nog veel meer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmBRXy-PkAY

Oh… btw… the language spoken in these video’s are Dutch. The main reason it’s in Dutch is because I live in the Netherlands and (you’ve guessed it) I’m Dutch. Who would’ve guessed (probably you).

In the coming days I will make a post of each video. So stay tuned and… you know… stay awesome.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin Soysal

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S01:E01 | Microsoft Examens en Certificeringen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcnySLRNyFo
S01:E02 | HP Connect for Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7HKTYTNVUU
S01:E03 | Gast spreker MVP Jeff Wouters – Powershell, Devops en nog veel meer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LImJuKRfHc
S01:E04 | Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome, Microsoft 365 Backup en Windows 11 22H2 update – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8QjHaShm2o
S01:E05 | Gast spreker MVP Rudy Ooms – Remote Wipe, Windows.old folder en nog veel meer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmBRXy-PkAY

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I was casually browsing through the Windows Message Center… you know… because apparently that is what I do for fun nowadays… when I saw this:

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Intune: Windows Health Attestation Migration to Microsoft Azure Attestion
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","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-7","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Okay… Health Attestation… Azure Attestation… ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-8","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Sounds like one of those backend changes where Microsoft moves something from Sevice A to Service B… changes a few URLS… and expects us to pretend we noticed.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-9","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cool… moving on… ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-10","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"EXCEPT!!!","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-11","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This one can actually make your Windows devices NON-COMPLIANT","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-12","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… oh.. shit…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-13","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So… now you have my attestation… I mean ATTENTION…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-14","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/724168cb1b68ef394f728a73476f66e871ecf148cebaff19e43257a6b18153b5.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-15","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Microsoft announced on September 17th 2026 that Windows Health Attestation compliance evaluation for Windows 11 devices managed through Intune will automatically migrate from the current Device Health Attestion service…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-16","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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DHA
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","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-17","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… to Microsoft Azure Attestation…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-18","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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MAA
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","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-19","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… during the first half of 2027.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-20","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And… before you think","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-21","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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Engin… come on… that’s 2027… why the hell are we talking about this now?
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Well… Because I would rather check a firewall rule today… than troubleshoot 3000 suddenly non-compliant laptops on a Monday Morning… Ain’t nobody got time for that.

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Require BitLocker
Require Secure Boot
Require Code Integrity

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Yo… is Secure Boot enabled?
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","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-30","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… and Windows replies:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-31","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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Trust me bro…
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","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-32","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"That would be… slightly problematic. Windows Health Attestation uses hardware backed information (including TPM protected boot information) to verify the security state of the device. Very simplified it looks like this:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-33","type":"code","props":{"code":"Windows boots\r\n↓\r\nTPM + Boot measurements\r\n↓\r\nHealth Attestation\r\n↓\r\nIntune evaluates the result\r\n↓\r\nCompliant / Non-Compliant\r\n↓\r\nConditional Access potentially ruins someone's morning"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-34","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":" The important part here is that the attestation service is used to validate that the security state being reported can actually be trusted. Microsoft describes this as a validating boot-time security properties of the device. So… this isn’t just another registry key somewhere.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-35","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"DHA… MAA… WTF?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-36","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Up until now Intune has used the Device Health Attestation service (DHA) for this compliance evaluation. Microsoft is moving Windows 11 over to Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA). Windows 11 already contains the Health Attestation CSP functionality required to communicate with Microsoft Azure Attestation.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-37","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"The device collects attestation evidence such as:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-38","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Boot information
TPM audit information
TPM certificate information

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-39","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"That evidence can be sent to Microsoft Azure Attestation. MAA validates it and returns a signed attestation result which can be used by Intune to determine the health of the device…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-40","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"In other words…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-41","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"OLD:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-42","type":"code","props":{"code":"Windows 11 -> DHA -> Intune -> Compliance"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-43","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"NEW:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-44","type":"code","props":{"code":"Windows 11 -> MAA -> Intune -> Compliance"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-45","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"From the user’s perspective? Nothing… from your perspective? Hopefly also nothing…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-46","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Hopefully…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-47","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"So… what can actually break?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-48","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And here we arrive at the fun part… your firewall… because OF COURSE IT’S THE FIREWALL!!!","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-49","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-50","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"uhm… let me repeat that for you… Your laptop can have:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-51","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Bitlocker enabled
Secure boot enabled
code integrity enabled
TPM working perfectly
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT…

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-52","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And Intune can still report it as non-compliant because the device cannot reach the attestation service… The laptop is healthy… Intune just can’t prove it…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-53","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Perfect… Love it…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-54","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"And then… Conditional Access enters the room…","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-55","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This is where a boring network change can suddenly become a VERY visible user problem. A lot of organizations have Conditional Access policies using:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-56","type":"code","props":{"code":"Require device to be marked as compliant"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-57","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Which makes perfect sense… but… imagine this:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-58","type":"code","props":{"code":"Firewall blocks MAA\r\n↓\r\nHealth Attestation fails\r\n↓\r\nDevice falls out of compliance\r\n↓\r\nConditional Access sees non-compliant devices\r\n↓\r\nUser can't access corporate resources\r\n↓\r\nService Desk ticket\r\n↓\r\nAnother Service Desk ticket\r\n↓\r\n327 Service Desk tickets\r\n↓\r\nSomeone blames Intune\r\n↓\r\nSomeone blames Microsoft\r\n↓\r\nSomeone restarts the laptop 14 times\r\n↓\r\nSomeone eventually checks the firewall"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-59","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I may have seen similar movies before","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-60","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Are YOU affected?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-61","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Before we panic… and start changing firewalls everywhere… Check whether this actually applies to you… This is mainly something you should investigate if you have:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-62","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Windows 11 devices (check)
Managed through Microsoft Intune (check)
Windows compliance policies (check)
Device Health settings enabled (check)
Restrictive outbound firewall rules (check)
Proxy filtering (check)
SSL/TLS inspection (check)

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-63","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Especially the last one deserves some attestation… I MEAN ATTENTION… damn… did it again…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-64","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Microsoft explicitly says that SSL traffic inspection should NOT be used for the required attestation endpoints. So… if your security team decrypts and inspects every HTTPS connection because…

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-65","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"SECURITY!!!","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-66","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… you probably want to have a conversation with them… bring coffee… maybe cookies…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-67","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Which Compliance settings are involved?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-68","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"The 3 important Device Health settings mentioned by Microsoft are:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-69","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":24,"text":"Bitlocker","color":"#10283b","level":3,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-70","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This verifies the BitLocker state reported during boot. Small reminder: Health Attestation evaluates this at boot time. So if you just enabled BitLocker and the device is still showing non-compliant…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-71","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"REBOOT THE DAMN DEVICE.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-72","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Sometimes IT really is that easy.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-73","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":24,"text":"Secure Boot","color":"#10283b","level":3,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-74","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Secure Boot makes sure the system starts using trusted boot components with valid cryptographic signatures. If somebody tampers with the boot process Secure Boot is supposed to notice. If somebody tampers with the boot process, Secure Boot is supposed to notice.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-75","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":24,"text":"Code Integrity","color":"#10283b","level":3,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-76","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Code Integrity verifies the integrity of drivers and system files being loaded into Windows. Unsigned or modified kernel components? Not exactly something we want on our corporate endpoints right? All three can depend on Health Attestation when used as a Device Health compliance requirements.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-77","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"What do I need to allow?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-78","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"The new Azure Attestation endpoints depend on the location of your Intune tenant. You can find you your tenant location here:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-79","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Intune Admin Center

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-80","type":"code","props":{"code":"Tenant administration\r\n↓\r\nTenant status\r\n↓\r\nTenant details\r\n↓\r\nTenant location"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-81","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"For European tenants Microsoft currently lists these MAA endpoitns:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-82","type":"code","props":{"code":"intunemaape7.neu.attest.azure.net\r\nintunemaape8.neu.attest.azure.net\r\nintunemaape9.neu.attest.azure.net\r\nintunemaape10.weu.attest.azure.net\r\nintunemaape11.weu.attest.azure.net\r\nintunemaape12.weu.attest.azure.net"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-83","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Required traffic:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-84","type":"code","props":{"code":"Outbound HTTPS\r\nTCP 443"}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-85","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

and again… NO SSL INSPECTION

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-86","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Don’t just copy my European list because you happen to be reading this article while sitting somewhere in Europe. Your physical location does NOT determine the Intune tenant location. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-87","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Check your tenant… Check Microsoft Learn… Then configure your firewall…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-88","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"For the love of Cthulhu… don’t create random firewall rules because some guy called ENGIN THE MAGNIFICENT put 6 URLs on his blog…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-89","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"What about Windows 10?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-90","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-91","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Although if you are still designing a brand new Windows 10 deployment strategy… in late 2026… We probably need to have a completely different conversation.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-92","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Do I need to change anything in Intune?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-93","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"As far as the announced migration goes… no giant migration project… no new compliance policies… no “Migrate to Azure Attestation” button that you need to press while sacrificing a Surface Laptop to the Microsoft gods. Microsoft says the compliance evaluation will automatically migrate during the first half of 2027. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-94","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Your preparation is mainly around connectivity. That means I would check:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-95","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Which Windows compliance policies use Device Health settings?
Which Windows 11 devices receive those policies?
What is my Intune tenant location?
Can those devices reach the correct MAA endpoints?
Is outbound TCP 443 allowed?
Are those endpoints excluded from SSL inspection?
Do we use Conditional Access policies that require compliant devices?

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-96","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Number 7 is important… because a compliance problem is annoying. A compliance problem combined with Conditional Access can become an outage.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-97","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Can I test this?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-98","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This is the part where I would NOT wait until Microsoft starts migrating productiond evices.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-99","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Take a few Windows 11 test devices… Look at your current compliance configuration… check your network path, the proxy logs, the firewall logs… Check whether the required Azure Attestation endpoints are reachable… and most importantly:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-100","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"TALK TO YOUR NETWORK/SECURITY TEAM BEFORE THE CHANGE HAPPENS… not during… not after… BEFORE…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-101","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I know… REvolutionary concept.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-102","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"One more thing","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-103","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Microsoft maintains the official Intune network endpoint documentation and those endpoints can change. So please don’t create a firewall rule today… print this article… put it inside your change documentation… lock it in a cabinet… and assume those 6 endpoints will remain identical until the end of civilization.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-104","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Always validate against the current Microsoft documentation before implementing the change. Microsoft changes things… this is basically the reason this blog exists.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-105","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"TLDR","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-106","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Microsoft is moving Windows 11 Health Attestation compliance evaluation in Intune from Device Health Attestation (DHA) to Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) during the first half or 2027.

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BitLocker
Secure Boot
Code Integrity

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-109","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… your Windows 11 devices need connectivity to the appropriate Azure Attestation endpoints for your Intune tenant region.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-110","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"If your firewall or proxy blocks those endpoints Microsoft says affected devices can fall out of compliance. You need:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-111","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Outbound HTTPS / TCP 443
Correct regional MAA endpoints
No SSL inspection on those endpoints

","size":18}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-112","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And if you combine Intune compliance with Conditional Access… A firewall configuration problem can suddenly become a user access problem.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-113","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So… no panic… no emergency change… no weekend migration…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-114","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Just check it now… Future you will appreciate it.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-115","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Final Thoughts","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-116","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I actually like this change. Azure Attestation is the logical place for this functionality and from an administrator perspective Microsoft is making the migration pretty painless.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-117","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"There is no massive Intune redesign needed (let’s hope they won’t do that)… no new agent (please for the love of Cthulhu no agents)… no application deployment (we’re not in the SCCM era right?)… No 600MB MSI that needs 3 reboots and a virgin sacrifice (maybe the last one..)","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-118","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Just… connectivity…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-119","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"But those are also the changes I don’t like ignoring. Because when a huge feature migration requires almost no administrator interaction it becomes VERY easy to forget about it… until something breaks… So check your compliance policies… talk to your firewall guys… test your Windows 11 devices… and then go back to ignoring it until 2027.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-120","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-121","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-br-122","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/products/907243b6-1ae9-46e3-ae60-5059ebd4f1fc.png","coverAlt":"Windows Intune compliance moving from Device Health Attestation to Microsoft Azure Attestation.","category":"blog","tags":[],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2026-09-28","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/your-intune-compliance-is-moving-to-azure-attestation-and-your-firewall-might-break-it/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"1323"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[]"}]},{"id":"microsoft-is-unifying-the-copilot-apps-what-it-admins-need-to-know-before-septem","slug":"microsoft-is-unifying-the-copilot-apps-what-it-admins-need-to-know-before-septem","title":"Microsoft is Unifying the Copilot Apps… What IT Admins need to know before September 2026","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You Microsoft did it again… I was casually going through Microsoft Learn… you know… minding my own business when I saw this: The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is now called Microsoft Copilot Okay… Wait… Didn’t we already have an app called Microsoft Copilot? 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The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is now called Microsoft Copilot
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Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot Chat
Github Copilot
Security Copilot
Copilot Studio
Copilot in Windows
Copilot in Edge
Copilot in probably my refrigerator somewhere…

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(thank God they removed it from X-Box)

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They are briging the Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot applications together into one unified Microsoft Copilot app.

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Microsoft Copilot – Mostly associated with the personal Microsoft account experience. And: Microsoft 365 Copilot

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Starting August 18th 2026 Microsoft started introducing updates across the web, desktop and mobile Copilot experiences.

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One Microsoft Copilot name
A simplified icon
Better indicators for personal versus work accounts
One client experience
An account switcher
New deployment and update controls for administrators

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https://m365.cloud.microsoft
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https://copilot.cloud.microsoft
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Your proxy says no
Your firewall says no
Your Secure Web Gateways says no
Your allowlist says:

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WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO ACCESS MY NETWORK?
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We’re currently in the initial availability phase. Microsoft says the broad commercial rollout starts in September 2026.

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NOW!

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Fuck yeah… I can manage that too!!!
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For windows devices Microsoft currently requires Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.253.25 or higher. You can quickly check your version with Powershell:

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If you’re below 1.3.253.25 fix that before spending three hours troubleshooting why the Copilot policies don’t work.

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Install
Update
Uninstall
TargetChannel
CopilotUnificationAllowed

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The last one… yeah… that is the interesting one… CopilotUnificationAllowed.

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Well… Microsoft actually has thought about that too. There is an Install policy specifically for Copilot. If the application isn’t installed yet you can configure the Install policy as:

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Fore Installs (Machine-Wide)

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But there’s another requirement. Microsoft says you also need to enable Updater Experimentation and Configuration Service Control

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We tested it and decided to let Microsoft handle the rollout
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Wait… Microsoft changed Copilot?
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Is copilot.cloud.microsoft accessible?
Is Microsoft Edge Update current?
Do we want to allow personal Microsoft accounts?
Have we tested the new Copilot experience on a small group?

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Entra ID
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Device exists in Intune
Also in Entra ID
Also in AutoPilot
Maybe renamed… maybe not… good luck… 👍

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One is compliant
One is stale
One hasn’t checked in since 2022
One says “Last seen: yesterday”

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Intune
Entra ID
AutoPilot

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🔍 Search by device name or serial
📊 Combine results from multiple sources into ONE view
👀 Show preview before deleting anything
🧹 Remove selected devices or everything found
🔗 Optional: remove linked records automatically
📁 Bulk mode via CSV
📝 Full audit logging (because… CAB is watching 👀)

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Source	Status
Intune	Exists
Entra ID	Stale
Autopilot	Registered

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Remove Everywhere

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enginsoysal/remove-device-everywhere: GUI tool to search and remove device records across Intune, Entra ID, and Autopilot

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https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Remove-DeviceEverywhere

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I got something cool I want you to do… create me a html page that can create ASCII art from a text box.
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","size":18}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-10","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I do not want to tell in detail what I want. I prefer Copilot to be the programmer and just come up with… whatever it likes to do. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-11","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/1add2c0e390d999ce8d986cf61bb4c93836b3a65ad6c84642cb5d5b4e5ecd1c8.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-12","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Well, this sounds promising. I didn’t want to look into the code because I don’t want to interfere with what it does. This will be a surprise for you as well for me.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-13","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So… how is the result?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-14","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/afc162513f2338e5f2c1ef51c279c24949f4535c714cd155ded99285de13a2b0.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-15","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hot diggity damn ","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-16","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"That… actually looks pretty good. I didn’t ask it to design it this way and to be honest, it’s pretty user friendly. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-17","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"1 issue though. It doesn’t work. Let’s go to the prompt.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-18","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/71b6905e6d6c7f42e8592e546377eb8abd6fb6cd2febb07e997d400b31f4744e.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-asked-copilot-to-make-ascii-art-and-it-broke-my-soul-19","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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Looks awesome. See screenshot. Thanks! However… it’s not working. When I create on “Render ASCII” it does nothing. Maybe a missing JS file (hint hint hint)
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ok, euhm… still not working… maybe… we can make it modular for troubleshooting? would that be a good idea? have a seperate CS file and a seperate JS file? I don’t know…
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The output box gives me the following error: Cloud not render: Figlet library not loaded
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CDN? CDN? Why are you adding a CDN for something that should be local
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excuse me? Are you using … external sources? NO NO NO! This should be local… I should not depend on external services. If a JS file is needed… you should create it.
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IT’S ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!! But… the fonts are not… well… they look ugly. We need monospaced fonts like Courier… or whatever Powershell uses… You know… where all characters are identical?
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I don’t know man… it still doesn’t show the art properly… maybe the output screen isn’t formatted to show ASCII ART well… (hint hint hint)
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is this te best you could do? It looks like we’re stuck in a loop. The output just not as satisfying as I woult like it to be. Come on… you can do better… I believe in you!!!
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I am SO dissapointed right now. In my anger I deleted EVERYTHING! We’re going to start from scratch. Create an HTML page that will create ASCII art from a textbox. I want at least 3 fronts, a copy mechanisme, the output should be UNDER not next to it like you did it in the previous version. Make it modular. Do your best.
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Have you ACTUALLY done this in real life?
Are you an admin or a tourist?
Did you read anything in the last 12 months?

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How RDP Shortpath behaves when DNS is moody
Why UDP is king and TCP is the sad fallback
Wheter you know Bastion exists (and that Public IPs are a crime)
How load-balancing logic affects user experience
The relationship between VNets, peering and session hosts

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A user reports that Shortpath was working yesterday but (oh oh ) isn’t today. What’s the first think you check?\r\n
1. Think UDP accessibility, routing, DNS resolution, firewall behavior
\r\n
An architect insists on deploying a Bastion host in every region. Should you?\r\n
1. Hint: Cross-region peering. One Bastion (Ring) can rule them all.
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If FSLogix doesn’t work… nothing works. This section was ruthless… just like my previous blog Admin Renewal; Storate… always storage

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Azure Files vs Premium Files vs NetApp Files
Identity based access with Kerberos
NTFS vs Share level permissions
FSLogix profile container behavior
Cloud Cache multi location design

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A profile container fails to mount on only half the session hosts. What do you investigate first?\r\n
1. Permissions consistency, Kerberos delegation, DNS, SMB signing
\r\n
Your manager wants Cloud Cache with two Azure Files endpoints in different regions. Does that make sense?\r\n
1. Think latency, writes, FSLogix performance impact.
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","size":18}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-27","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Storage isn’t a topic in this exam… it’s a personality test","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-28","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"3. Session hosts","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-29","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Microsoft loves testing your ability to build and maintain the actual machines behind AVD.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-30","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This includes:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-31","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Image preparation (golden image discipline is real)
Azure Compute Gallery Usage
Gen2 requirements
Scaling plan mechanics
VM registration failures (everyone’s favorite monday morning problem)

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A new session host doesn’t register with the host pool. What’s the first thing you check?\r\n
1. AVD agent status, workspace registration, time sync, hybrid join
\r\n
Your organization wants to update the image monthly without breaking the world. What do you recommend?\r\n
1. Shared Image Gallery + versioning + host pool draining
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Just like in my Azure Admin Renewal blog where Microsoft hits you with subtle logic traps, the AZ-140 renewal … did the exact same thing.

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They want you to know if you understand:

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Who can add session hosts
Who can manage drain mode
Which identity runs autoscale
What start VM on connect actually needs
The difference between “Contributor” and “You just gave someone full control of Azure”

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You need to give someone permissions to add session hosts but not remove them. Which role fits?\r\n
1. Thin granular AVD roles… not Owner… not contributor
\r\n
Start VM on Connect isn’t working. What role is missing?\r\n
1. Hint: Desktop Virtualization Power On Contributor (assigned on the ARM Prover SPN).
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VHDLocations
CCDLocations for Cloud Cache
ProfileType selection
Redirections.xml logic
Disk compaction behavior
Multi session quirks

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Users complain their profile loads slowly in the morning. What’s your first suspect?\r\n
1. Storage latency, Azure Files throughput, Cloud Cache warm up
\r\n
You need redundant profile endpoints across two storage accounts. How do you set that up?\r\n
1. CCDLocations… Always…
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","size":18}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-48","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"If you’ve never had FSLogix corrupt a profile at 08:55… are you even an AVD admin?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-49","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"6. Monitoring","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-50","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Monitoring is no longer optional. Microsoft wants you to know if you actually run AVD in production or just pray it works","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-51","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Expect content about:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-52","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Log Analytics Workspaces
Diagnostic Settings (Workspace level + Host pool level)
AVD Insights
KQL basics
Performance baselining
Session reporting

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You need to investigate why users can’t subscribe to the workspace feed. Where do you enable logs?\r\n
1. On the Workspace resource (not the host pool)
\r\n
A scaling plan fails randomly and nobody knows why. What’s your move?\r\n
1. Collect logs from the autoscale engine via Diagnositcs -> Log analytics
\r\n

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If you’ve ever deployed AVD in production…
If you’ve ever rebuilt an image at midnight…
If you’ve ever chased a broken FSLogic container like it owed you money…

","size":18}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-59","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… if you’ve done all of the above… this exam will feel like Microsoft simply checking “Are you still the real deal?”","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-60","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… yes… I still am… for another year that is.. 🙂","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-61","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-62","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt-63","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/products/42e5c4c2-f48b-4666-a6cc-c8a53005e5d4.png","coverAlt":"AZ-140 Azure Virtual Desktop certification renewal illustration.","category":"blog","tags":[],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2025-12-02","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/az-140-renewal-2025-what-microsoft-really-tested-and-what-they-didnt/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"1237"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[]"}]},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should","slug":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should","title":"Azure IMDS Certificate Changes in 2026.. Don’t panic (Unless you should)","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You Microsoft did it again. On November 25th, I opened my inbox, minding my own business, drinking my coffee (Irish off course), ready for a normal day… … and then I saw it: Great… fantastic… I love chaos before 09:00. But… before we start rewriting our entire cloud architecture… RELAX. Let me b","content":"$39","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-2","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Microsoft did it again. On November 25th, I opened my inbox, minding my own business, drinking my coffee (Irish off course), ready for a normal day…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-3","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/68467593239147755031ca888c93d51507cf4edf6f6c0191fba7c32c6ac09396.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-4","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… and then I saw it:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-5","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/aaf6aee3f852aabc9c1224d0bf1fd181608151a8ab34e705c3ba93b2a1204c53.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-6","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Great… fantastic… I love chaos before 09:00.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-7","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/7d1046ab1e07b396580cf479f3dfa435bc70c91c5bbe12b5cfbd11231658b4a7.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-8","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"But… before we start rewriting our entire cloud architecture… RELAX.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-9","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Let me break down what this actually means, why Microsoft is doing this, who’s impacted and how to figure you if YOU need to take action… or if you can safely keep scrolling LinkedIn instead.

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Starting January 2026, Azure will begin rolling out new Subordinate Certificate Authorities (Sub CAs) used by the Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS).

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This affects all Azure Clouds… commercial, government, national cloud… EVERYTHING!!! As confirmed in the official Microsoft blog.

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\r\n
Most customers don’t need to take action
\r\n

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On April 15, 2026, Chrome and Firefox will distrust the DigiCert Global Root G1. So Microsoft must rotate to new roots and intermediates

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IMDS certificates are moving from 180-day to 100-day lifetimes. More secure, more rotation… more chances something breaks at 3 AM.

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The Certificate Pinning doc explains it clearly: Certificate pinning happens when developers hardcode or restrict trusted certificates things like:

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Thumbprints
Serial numbers
Subject Distinguished Names
Common Names
does this list still keep going?
Public keys
Intermediate CA lists
Custom Trust stores
Anything that says “ONLY accept THESE certificates”

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Microsoft published a MASSIVE (that’s what she said) list of new and existing CA certificates used across Azure services. It includes:

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New intermediates
Removed intermediates
Root CAs
OSCP responders
Regional changes
Historical rotations going back to 2023

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If you rely on pinned intermediates => you must add ALL new ones from that list. If you pinned only root CAs, you’re probably safe… but… still double check.

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Microsoft’s rollout goes like this

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January 6, 2026 => East US 2 EUAP, Central US EUAP, West Central US, East Asia
January 23, 2026 => UK South
February 1, 2026 => All remaining regions

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All clouds finish rotation by April 2026, when old Sub CAs expire.

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Based on Microsoft’s guidance:

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Hardcoded thumbprints
Serial numbers
CN/SAN checks
Public key pinning
Custom CA bundles
Intermediate CA references

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From the CA list. Not just the ones you see today. ALL of them.

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Windows
Linux (/etc/ssl/certs)
Java (use keytool command)

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Microsoft even recommends it:

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Create fallback logic to minimize future impact
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You can ignore this message
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","size":18}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-61","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Close this tab. Drink your coffee. Finish your day in peace.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-62","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Should you STOP using certificate pinning?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-63","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Short answer? YES!","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-64","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Microsoft says it plainly in the pinning doc

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We recommend discontinuing certificate pinning
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If you MUST pin => pin only the root CA. Pinning intermediates is a one-way ticket to outage-ville.

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Azure IMDS is changing its TLS certificate in January 2026.
Old Sub CAs expire in April 2026
95% of customers don’t need to do anything
If you pin certificates => update your CA list NOW!
Pinning is discouraged
Timeline varies by region
You’re probably fine… unless you’re not

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Check your app
Update your CAs if needed
And if you can.. stop certificate pinning altogether

","size":18}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-75","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-76","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should-77","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/products/d88b06df-bb6e-42dd-b3bd-04be2f4e9633.png","coverAlt":"Azure Instance Metadata Service certificate changes illustration.","category":"blog","tags":["Azure certificates","Azure engineering","Azure governance","Azure IMDS","Azure outage prevention","Azure update","certificate pinning","certificate rotation","chaotic engineering","cloud architecture","cloud chaos","cloud security","DevOps panic","Engin style","IMDS attested data","Microsoft Azure","Microsoft MVP","Sub CA rollout","TLS changes"],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2025-11-25","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/azure-imds-certificate-changes-in-2026-dont-panic-unless-you-should/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"1221"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[\"Azure certificates\",\"Azure engineering\",\"Azure governance\",\"Azure IMDS\",\"Azure outage prevention\",\"Azure update\",\"certificate pinning\",\"certificate rotation\",\"chaotic engineering\",\"cloud architecture\",\"cloud chaos\",\"cloud security\",\"DevOps panic\",\"Engin style\",\"IMDS attested data\",\"Microsoft Azure\",\"Microsoft MVP\",\"Sub CA rollout\",\"TLS changes\"]"}]},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh","slug":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh","title":"Users don’t shut down their PCs… so I built my own Idle Shutdown System in PowerShell","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You, Let me paint you a picture You’re working for a customer. A big one. The kind where policies exist… not because people follow them but because Legal needs to sleep at night. And one of those policies is: When you leave the office… SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER Simple right? RIGHT? … no? Of […]","content":"$3a","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You,","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-2","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Let me paint you a picture","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-3","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/1b0c53e262d57961008c45bd2e7d683948d77e192dc5eed6dcacd6abed50ff26.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-4","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"You’re working for a customer. A big one. The kind where policies exist… not because people follow them but because Legal needs to sleep at night.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-5","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And one of those policies is:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"users-dont-shut-down-their-pcs-so-i-built-my-own-idle-shutdown-system-in-powersh-6","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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When you leave the office… SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER
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Simple right? RIGHT? … no? Of course not. Because there will always be users who:

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“forget”
“don’t have time”
“but I was only gone for 17 hours???”
“I needed to generate 1.21 gigawatts to power this new device which I installed inside the Delorean”
Or simply think that closing the laptop lid sends it straight to Valhalla

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And this client of mine took this policy seriously. Like… SERIOUSLY seriously. Security… Energy… Compliance… Nightly Maintenance… the whole checklist.

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rendering a massive video
running a Power BI refresh
processing a script
uploading files
sitting with unsaved documents open
while someone is still connected remotely
Or when someone tries to plot a scheme to steal plutonium from some Libyan nationalists who hired you to create them a… … never mind

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No mouse? No keyboard? -> Must be sleeping -> KILL IT WITH FIRE
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Detects real idle time using the Windows API
Pops up a Windows Form
Show a 2-hour countdown
Lets the user choose:\n
- Shut Down Now
- Cancel Shutdown
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And only shuts the machine down if the user actually abandoned the device.

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Yo… your machine… you know… has been idle for 10 hours.
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I’m giving you 2 hours to fix your life choices. We can get the plutonium somewhere else… like… lightning or something
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Shutdown Now -> Immediate shutdown
Cancel Shutdown -> “Okay buddy… you win this round”

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Home
Fired
Kidnapped
Playing the guitar to get your parents kiss each other so that your hand will come back and start playing Johnny be good which then Chuck Berry will steal your song just by listening to it for 2 seconds… like what was that btw???

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Context-aware\n
- Only triggers after extreme idle time which GPO doesn’t have
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User-Friendly\n
- You get TWO HOURS to stop it
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Faile-Safe\n
- No user interaction for 12 hours? Shutdown
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Easy to deploy\n
- SCCM
- Intune
- GPO Logon script
- Scheduled task
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Either take responsibility
Or I’ll take the responsibility for you

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It’s late 2025 and as the year closes, I wanted to achieve another badge on my already huge list. The AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

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Before we dive into fancy architectures or high-availability designs… let’s talk about something that quietly decides whether your Azure environment lives or dies: MONITORING

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Type	What it is	Example
Metrics	Numbers that describe system state at a single point in time	CPU = 82%, Memory = 71%
Logs	Detailed records of events, traces or actions	VM restarted, user deleted, deployment failed

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Metrics show symptoms. Logs tell you stories. Together they form your diagnostic X-ray.

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Azure Resources => Native logs per service (VM, Storage, SQL, etc)
Subscription-level logs => Management actions, deployments, health events
Tenant logs => User operations (creation, modification, deletion)
Application logs => From your .NET, Java, Node apps, usually via Application Insights
OS logs => Windows Event Logs or Linux Syslog (needs diagnostics agents)
Custom sources => External apps dumping to csv. APIs or custom exporters

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A Log Analytics Workspace is where everything comes together. Here’s why every serious architect uses one:

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Store logs for longer than 90 days
Query with Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Correlate metrics, events and traces with multiple sources
Visualize data with charts and dashboards

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Pro tip: Log retention and data egress cost money. Forwarding logs cross-region = cross-budget pain.

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Azure services push data automatically but VMs need agents.

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Windows => Event logs via Diagnostics Extensions
Linux => Syslog via Log Analytics Agent or Azure Monitor Agent (note that Log Analytics Agent will be deprecated)

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Alerts in Azure follow a clear pattern:

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Signal => Metric or log events (e.g. CPU > 90%)
Criteria => When the condition is true
Action Groep => What happens next (email, SMS, webhook, Teams notification etc)

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Where does the data originate?
Who needs access?
How long should it be retained?
Who’s paying for the ingestion and storage?

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Let’s be honest… Every time I open Visual Studio Code, I tell myself “this time… it’s going to be simple”. And every time… I lie.

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We’re building a super simple web app that turns a LinkedIn profile into a CV.
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Use React.
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The user enters a LinkedIn URL and the app shows basic info like name, job title and skills. You can use dummy data for now. Keep it clean, single page, no backend, no APIs.
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","size":18}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-15","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I realized that I need NPM to get this working. Yeah, I know… minor detail. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-16","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-17","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So… I installed it…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-18","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/1963da6cc92870e9cf5146a878787bc2d12e90885f603d7ba99c8038a87b5dbd.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-19","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And ran it…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-20","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/37775bba64bad4b309d21c3ecd5216f06441125dfaf96b25753b6a4d4914ada9.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-21","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And it worked.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-22","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Well well well.. how the turn tables… … euhm..","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-23","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/12a6764d2219e3452be683fd1be9b4273988c27def656bb9c91e6b1e4bc6f687.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-24","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"It looked great already… but we can always make it prettier… right? So I gave CoPilot my next instruction:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-25","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/68729664096670cc26a633b7d14442d1068b0f2334dc96997f448e915105d4f3.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-26","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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Make the layout look clean and modern with good spacing and subtle colors.
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Add a title on top that says “Linkedin -> CV Generator”
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Use a nice font like Inter or Poppins
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Center everything… the input and button should look professional
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","size":18}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-28","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hot diggity damn","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-29","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This… actually looks cool right?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-30","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/ccea0f306260943c5d7e64e88ca489fb107cca2d866e96c68f77ef039c62a3fc.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-31","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Next step – DATA!","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-32","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/2f373cc248d1c25f7a2533b13972a918a48d922e811c5f60aee2407aa13af78b.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"i-told-copilot-to-build-a-cv-app-it-built-a-personality-instead-33","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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When the user enters a LinkedIn URL, show a simple CV layout below it.
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Include:
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Name
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Job Title
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Work Experience
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Skills
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Just use placeholder data for now… no external calls or APIs
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And so… it did. But let’s be honest… placeholder data never looks cool. It showed me “Jane Doe” which is fine… Except I wanted real LinkedIn data.

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It shows Jane Doe… can you come up with actual data?
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LinkedIn requires authentication
Scraping isn’t allowed
OAuth setup is required
We can use third-party APIs… … for money…

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You either break LinkedIn’s Terms of Service, or you pay someone who already did
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I don’t want a demo… I want something real. Let’s do it! Let’s create this webapp… Let’s rule the world!
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The screen wasn’t showing my app. It showed a new extension… something CoPilot had apparently added ON IT’S OWN (Skynet?)

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Do I dare to click it?
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How deep does this rabbit hole go?
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Now I wanted to take it one step further. Because what’s a CV generator without a Download button right? Let’s take the red pill.

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Add a button under the CV that lets the user download the whole thing as a PDF.
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Use a simple method like jspdf or html2canvas
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The downloaded PDF should look exactly like what’s displayed on screen.
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I am watching you

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Okay, maybe not literally, but according to a new joint report by the NSA, CISA, ASD and the Canadian Cyber Centre, your Exchange server is under imminent threat. And they’re not joking.

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","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-10","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Use:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-11","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-12","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"They’re free. They work and they’ll save you from a weekend incident response call.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-13","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"2. Migrate or Die (figuratively)","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-14","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

As of October 14th, 2025, Exchange 2016 and 2019 are officially End-Of-Life. Microsoft’s message is clear: move to Exchange Server SE or Microsoft 365.

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","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-19","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"4. Apply baselines","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-20","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

CIS Benchmarks®, DISA STIGs, Microsoft Security Baselines… pick one.

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Baseline = Known good
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No baseline = guesswork
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Guesswork + exchange = breach.
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","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-25","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So, turn them on. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-26","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Bonus: block webshell creation with ASR. If that doesn’t sound cool… you’ve never been hacked.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-27","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"6. Kill NTLM before it kills you.","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"microsoft-exchange-the-nsa-the-cisa-and-the-race-against-end-of-life-28","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

NTLM is finally on life support. Start auditing and migrating to Kerberos now.

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The new Exchange Server SE (CU1) will replace NTLMv2 with Kerberos by default… so this is not optional.

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TLS everywhere (inside and out)
Enable HSTS
Use Extended Protection (EP) to stop token relay attacks
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Assume breach.
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Verify explicity.
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Minimize blast radius
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Patch everything
Plan your migration to Exchange SE of M365
Enable EM Service
Turn on built-in protections
Get rid of NTLM
Use Modern AUTH + MFA
Lock down admin access
Embrace zero trust

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… and yes I navigate EVERY DAY on the Learning portal of Microsoft.

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I’m talking about the Azure Administrator Associate renewal, which is something every admin either forgets, panics about, or (in my case) uses as an excuse to open a beer after passing it.

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Someone get me that damn beer!!!

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Runtime stacks (yes, .NET 9 and PHP 8.4 did made their appearance)
Windows vs Linux App Services plans – Knowing when you need seperate plans
Deployment Center (Github integration, CI/CD pipeline, permissions, etc).
VNet Integration – and the hidden cost of picking the wrong tiere

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Pro Tip: The cheapest App Service plan that supports VNet integration is P1V2 (Premium). Everything below that is a “Yeah buddy… nice try… but… NO!!!”

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How do you make a container keep its data after a restart?
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Answer: Azure File share, not blob storage
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VNet must be in the same region.
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Lifecycle management (Hot -> Cool -> Archive Transitions)
Which account types support it? (Hint: Storagev2 and Blob Storage only)
SAS Tokens – temporary, time-based access (January 1st to 31st anyone?)
Redundancy (ZRS = 3 copies)
Private endpoint vs service endpoint

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You must have an AzureBastionSubnet (minim /26 prefix)
Bastion works across peered VNets, even across regions
You don’t need multiple Bastions if the VNets are peered

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Snapshots live in the Backup Resource Group
You can keep them for max 5 days
The rest (long-term backups) live inside the Recovery Services Vault

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Only snapshots from the last 2 days live in the resource group
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Availability sets and fault domains (that’s where you configure them)
Choosing the right VM size for data warehousing -> Storage optimized (LS-Series)
Scale sets: if you want to add custom VMs, you need Flexible orchestration, not Uniform

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Administrative units (to delegate management to specific departments)
Dynamic membership rules with -and / -or logic (operator precedence matters!)
System assigned managed identities and their ability to get Azure AD roles
Who can get directory roles? Only users and managed identities, not resource groups

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A VM can only join VNets in the same region
VNets in different region? You need peering, not wishful thinking
Bastion in one region can still mange VMs across peered VNets

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Difference between Backup vault and Recovery Services vault
Retention limits on instant recovery snapshots (max = 5 days)
Default vault usage per region and resource type

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What would I actually do in production?
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🎙️ Discover the latest updates in the new episode of the WorkplaceDudes Podcast! 🌟 We’re celebrating big news: Engin has been named MVP! We also discuss the exciting developments around the WorkplaceDudes Summit 2024 happening this week, and the upcoming ExpertsLive conference. Plus, a significant update for macOS users in Intune: you no longer need a local account at the first login.

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Don’t miss this episode packed with insights and celebrations. Click, listen, and be inspired by the latest tech trends and success stories! #WorkplaceDudes #TechPodcast #MVP #Summit2024 #ExpertsLive #IntuneUpdate

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Hoped for… but not expected! Proud to be a #MicrosoftMVP 🌟 #MVP pic.twitter.com/wxwG9nT4kG
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Many devices are members of device collections that clutter the system.
Many devices are members of multiple AD groups that adds to the clutter.

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People managing the deployment sometimes provide a device name with a MAC address already in use. (HOW? I don’t know???)
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Query the MAC address to check if it’s already in use by another machine.
Check if the machine already exists in SCCM.\n
1. If it does, verify if the MAC address matches.
2. If it doesn’t match, produce an error.
3. If the MAC is the same, delete the machine from SCCM.
\n
Add the machine back to SCCM and to the device collection.
If the machine does not exist, add the machine to SCCM.
Check if the machine is domain-joined.\n
1. If it is, remove it from the domain.
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Well, I do!

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ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE READ THE ARTICLE OF THE SYSTEM CENTER DUDES, IF NOT SKIP THIS PART:

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ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE NOT READ THE ARTICLE OF THE SYSTEM CENTER DUDES:

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Open the SCCM Console
Go to Administration \\ Site \\ Status Filter Rules (Top ribbon)
Enter the following values in “Status Filter Rules”\n
1. Name: Remove Client after OSD
2. Component: Task Sequence Manager
3. Message ID: 11171
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1. Check Report to the event log – This will be helpful for troubleshooting.
2. Check the Run a program option as follow: C:Windows\\SysWOW64\\WindowsPowerShellv1.0\\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass “<path to your script>NameOfTheScript.ps1
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","size":18}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-38","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So let’s say your computername is PST1704, it will create a file called “PST1704” in that location.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-39","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Why?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-40","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"You’ll find out in a minute","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-41","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Powershell","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-42","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This is that minute. You might recall the “Status Filter Rules” in which we defined a Powershell script. This is that script:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-43","type":"code","props":{"code":"$4a"}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-44","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Conclusion","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-45","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"As mentioned before, this might not be the best way to do it but I am pretty satisfied with this solution.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-46","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"In a nutshell:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"optimizing-sccm-deployments-remove-device-from-collection-after-osd-47","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

The Task Sequence creates a file with the name of the computer without extension
The task sequence manager reports to the SCCM server triggering a powershell script when a deployment is succesfull
The scripts checks if the log file exceeds 1MB, if so make a backup of it
Start logging
Check the file with the computername
Remove the computer from the device collection
Delete the file
End logging

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Let the hunt begin!

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I can see you!

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I did it!!! *note this is not me

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I am sorry… Don’t fire me

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This script is not just efficient, it’s also loaded with features. Here are some of the key features:
Automatically connects to Exchange Online and prompts for credentials
Retrieves a list of all user mailboxes and a list of users that should not be imported in this list from a text file
Checks if the mailbox has a specific folder (calendar, agenda, or kalender) and adds a specific permission (Reviewer) to that folder for a specific user (Read_Group)
Provides a progress report for each mailbox to keep you informed of the script’s progress

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When I searched amazing this is the first image I got…

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My last Powershell script was a big success on Reddit. So maybe you’ll like it too. Here’s a way to create a ServiceDesk GUI Tool.

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When I searched “malevolent” this was the first image I got… pretty scary, isn’t it?

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-12","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"What I wanted is a script that would export the complete list of IP addresses, ping them if they are alive or not, and if they are alive try to look up their FQDN name.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-13","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Did you get that? Let’s start.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-14","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Disclaimer","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-15","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I am no Powershell guru nor do I claim to be. I have never had a Powershell course or whatever. This is just me making stuff up on the fly, so I you are a Powershell ultra master; here’s a laugh:","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-16","type":"code","props":{"code":"$50"}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-17","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Conclusion","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-18","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I had very little time to do this. The ‘n at the and is to give the line a BREAK. I didn’t care much about the code itself more about the result of it.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-19","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"And if I have to be honest; for someone who isn’t a Powershell master… it still isn’t that good but it’s free for you to have.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-20","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/5ec5485c1177ed22db5c95017ea914f9e6285b5ca3ac0ef44ac3a965e7a60e7e.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-21","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

When I searched “Free to take” this was the first image found and I like it. #MEMBeer

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-22","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I would love to hear feedback.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-23","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-24","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup-25","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/448f7e06c37f65151951644e220cdc15060d17097d435000af8c4f265ebea8c0.png","coverAlt":"Powershell: SMTP Relay IP List export, ping and NSLookup","category":"blog","tags":[],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2024-02-21","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"wordpress_source_url","value":"https://prosystech.nl/powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup/"},{"key":"wordpress_post_id","value":"805"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/powershell-smtp-relay-ip-list-export-ping-and-nslookup/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"805"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[]"}]},{"id":"powershell-service-desk-ict-tool-gui","slug":"powershell-service-desk-ict-tool-gui","title":"Powershell: Service Desk ICT tool (GUI)","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You I hope you had an awesome weekend. I sure did. This weekend the Workplace Dudes (our podcast) had an awesome dinner. Last week we had a podcast with Jan Bakker about his self service tool. While we were eating steak (I LOVE STEAK) we talked about automating stuff and that reminded me about [","content":"$51","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"powershell-service-desk-ict-tool-gui-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-service-desk-ict-tool-gui-2","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

I hope you had an awesome weekend. I sure did. This weekend the Workplace Dudes (our podcast) had an awesome dinner. Last week we had a podcast with Jan Bakker about his self service tool.

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Samen met de @workplacedudes even uit eten!!! @BurgerhoutJ @RSFerreira_ pic.twitter.com/kxn9ZVwPK8
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 30, 2022

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One Click action

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… just… shut up…

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Not so long ago I wrote another article about a Powershell Script I wrote on Cleaning your hard drive which might be interesting for you.

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Goedemorgen. Een goede start van de dag wanneer er updates zijn van #microsoft pic.twitter.com/qUCXeD4eZ7
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 14, 2022

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-5","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"(follow me on twitter btw)","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-6","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I got the familiar Windows updates screen. Unfortunately even the Batman (on my t-shirt) couldn’t help me with this. I just had to wait.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-7","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I always love new updates, especially when it brings new stuff but sometimes when I really want to start working this can be annoying.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-8","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Right after Easter though; BAM (insert another sound effect explosion please)","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-9","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

I am getting the new "Easter" updates 🤣… Another great start of the day. Let's just hope that Teams will "cough not cough" work this time. pic.twitter.com/SGk4A9Tlwi
— Engin Soysal (@enginsoysal) April 19, 2022

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-10","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So today I want to share some tips on how to shut down Windows without installing the updates.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-11","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"WARNING","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-12","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-13","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"SoftwareDistribution Folder","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-14","type":"image","props":{"alt":"SoftwareDistribution Folder can be deleted","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/ebebea289afd7e4b2081e3a35b3eefbcef278d719920aacda135a63899ac6ad2.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-15","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

SoftwareDistribution Folder can be deleted

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-16","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"As you can see from the image above there is a folder named “SoftwareDistribution” in your Windows installation folder. Normally this is “C:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution”.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-17","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Introduced in Windows XP the SoftwareDistribution folder is a system folder used to store Setup information for updates and other programs. When new updates are downloaded it’s downloaded in that folder.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-18","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"This folder can be deleted completely but there are some downsides of deleting this folder. Windows Update relies on this folder to store temporarily files. If you remove the folder, Windows will re-download and re-create all necessary files and components.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-19","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Also; if you delete the folder your Windows Update history will vanish like a coin in a magician’s hand. (probably behind your ears).","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-20","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"The folder is safe to delete but you cannot delete it just willy-nilly. The folder is constantly in use so you have to stop/kill some services to do so.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-21","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So start a elevated command prompt and fire off the following commands","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-22","type":"code","props":{"code":"#This is the Windows Update Services\nnet stop wuauserv\n#This is the Cryptographic Services\nnet stop cryptSvc\n#This is the Background Intelligent Transfer Services (BITS)\nnet stop bits\n#This is the Windows Installer Services\nnet stop msiserver"}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-23","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"After stopping these services you can delete the SoftwareDistribution folder. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-24","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/4f84c6a6207fd5d58fef32f5979fe4bc9d5d0db44121936fdd59826e5fb2b966.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-25","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Bye Bye

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-26","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Do not forget to start those services after you’re done. These services will automatically start after a restart.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-27","type":"code","props":{"code":"#Do I have to ...\nnet start wuauserv\n#... explain what these ...\nnet start cryptSvc\n#... services do ...\nnet start bits\n#... again?\nnet start msiserver"}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-28","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"The Shutdown command","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-29","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"There is a shutdown command. That’s basically all that I can say, it’s nothing much to it. It’s a basic command but by adding some parameters you can make it fancy. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-30","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Not that fancy because it’s still a command but you get my drift right?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-31","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Here’s the command to shutdown your Windows immediately without installing updates","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-32","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/1792a2956afe1df380bb9d7ad35e91c561c8bd45456730318537000ce42ac5f5.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-33","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

shutdown /p

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-34","type":"code","props":{"code":"shutdown /p"}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-35","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Not hitting ENTER at the moment because I am writing this article. The P switch turns of the local computer with no time-out or warning.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-36","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"The on/off button","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-37","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/a5352b474fce22f9dcacbdfd6079022fc37b94e25d070f6f8b98f45c3d7ad005.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-38","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

SSsttt… just sleep…

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-39","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Don’t do this… Don’t long press the on/off button to kill your laptop or pc. It’s not worth it.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-40","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"How about the “Shut down” button?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-41","type":"image","props":{"alt":"There is a shut down button","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/6caf2db30ddafd14f6569adbacb11ea7f3a654d835bf7c0cd0b0fad35c09d02e.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-42","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

There is a shut down button?

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-43","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… Did I just wrote this article for nothing? Is there an option to shut down Windows in the menu?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-44","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

It’s time for weekend. #MEMBeer

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","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-47","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Remember; best time to install Windows updates is a week after patch Tuesday.

","size":18}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-48","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-49","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates-50","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/2a4198db57318d01e8df318579994425fef9bc4899bed0ff15a89820675500fc.jpg","coverAlt":"Shut down Windows without installing updates","category":"blog","tags":["microsoft","updates","windows"],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2024-02-07","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"wordpress_source_url","value":"https://prosystech.nl/shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates/"},{"key":"wordpress_post_id","value":"722"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/shut-down-windows-without-installing-updates/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"722"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[\"microsoft\",\"updates\",\"windows\"]"}]},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c","slug":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c","title":"Powershell: Clean up Hard Drive (C:\\)","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You It’s a very warm and sunny Friday and I hope your week was just as productive as mine was. Not so long ago a colleague and friend of mine, Jeroen Burgerhout, released in his blog an article he wrote about how to Remove HP Bloatware on Windows 10. It’s a good read and […]","content":"$54","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-2","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"It’s a very warm and sunny Friday and I hope your week was just as productive as mine was. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-3","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-4","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"The article he wrote reminded me about the Powershell script I wrote for a client which would clean up the C drive. I wanted to share this with you.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-5","type":"image","props":{"alt":"Full Hard Drive","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/14ad3366bfe1eacf6887ec8688673a51ee426d1b121f3f26bf5a775cbef007b7.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-6","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Scenario","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-7","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

If you have read my previous Powershell article named Migrate user to new environment you would know that I worked at a client which handed out persistent VDI’s to their users with only 60GB.

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Empty the Recycle bin
Delete temp files and folders
Delete previously downloaded update files
Run disk cleaner
Run DISM to clean up the image

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-10","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"So let’s start and throw out the trash.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-11","type":"image","props":{"alt":"","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/d6dd34f0c25cf99143d6710b603412b0733eaabac0d9613a8d6b4ca492e92093.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-12","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Don’t forget to recycle though.

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-13","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Disclaimer","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-14","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I want to point out that I am no Powershell Master. I have not attended a Powershell course and I definitely do not claim that I am the best in Powershell. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-15","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"There are probably better ways to do this but here is the way that I did it. So if you are a Powershell Master… here’s a laugh (but don’t laugh to hard)","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-16","type":"code","props":{"code":"$55"}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-17","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Overkill?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-18","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"I know that the DISM functions at the end might be a tad overkill…","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-19","type":"image","props":{"alt":"Too much overkill???","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/f2fd3eb8393fcd144be7e3cf3ea0fc34ee0c91d828c489ac7b7a921b9ac74a0b.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-20","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Too much overkill???

","size":18}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-21","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… but it’s not going to hurt. Worst case scenario; you need to wait a little longer.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-22","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Task Scheduler","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-23","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"It was suggested by a colleague that we could create a task in task scheduler inside the VDI that executes the script once a day but THAT would be overkill.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-24","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"However; running it once a month or once a quarter might not be a bad idea.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-25","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-26","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c-27","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/d4b997094fbac184db7ebb374b0363a0f67502046e8871f1eb7b6f3791587835.jpg","coverAlt":"Clean up Hard Drive","category":"blog","tags":["microsoft","powershell","Script"],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2024-01-31","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"wordpress_source_url","value":"https://prosystech.nl/powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c/"},{"key":"wordpress_post_id","value":"659"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/powershell-clean-up-hard-drive-c/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"659"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[\"microsoft\",\"powershell\",\"Script\"]"}]},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages","slug":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages","title":"Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome | The battle of the ages","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You For some I’m going to be like a broken record discussing a very sensitive subject for probably the millionth time about now: Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome. I have discussed this topic with friends, colleagues and even on my podcast the Workplace Dudes but if you have never heard me rant ab","content":"$56","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-2","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"For some I’m going to be like a broken record discussing a very sensitive subject for probably the millionth time about now: Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-3","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

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The battle of the ages!!!

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Can you secure the application?
Can you easily deploy the application?
Is the application compatible with other applications?

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Both have it

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Point goes to Microsoft Edge

","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-19","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"2. Can you easily deploy the application?","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-20","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Not going to go into much detail here. Microsoft Edge is built-in within Microsoft Windows (which isn’t a big surprise) and Google Chrome can either be deployed by placing it in the Golden Image (for virtual machines) or by deploying it using either Microsoft Endpoint Manager or Intune.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-21","type":"image","props":{"alt":"Deploy Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome either via Microsoft Endpoint Manager or Intune","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/adc480bc6d96f81b1d594f45b91e5583d54faf2d28593fc77748a77509dda672.jpg","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-22","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Retro installing on the go!!!

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Point goes to both

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Microsoft Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/
Google Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions

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Google Chrome has a lot of extension

","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-30","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"… I mean a lot","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-31","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"It is true that you can install the same extension on Microsoft Edge, they will work fine without any issues and it will still be awesome but they are still native Google Chrome extensions.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-32","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Point goes to Google Chrome

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Egde version vs Chrome version

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","size":18}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-44","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"It comes down to a personal preference but a big advantage is is that you can enable synchronization with your work account and always backup your Bookmarks, History, Saved Password and a lot more. To me, this is a big advantage. User care is very important.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-45","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"You can do user synchronization with Google Chrome but you need a Google account for this and using a Google account on the workplace is not desirable.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-46","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Plus; don’t forget that Google Chrome is a 3rd party software for your Windows. The more applications you install on a user laptop/desktop the more applications you have to maintain.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-47","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Do yourself a favor and just stick with Microsoft Edge.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-48","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Thanks for reading.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-49","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Cheers,","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages-50","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"Engin Soysal","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}}],"cover":"sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/8ed98f3351ae96c5daabe1b90912fc26a8e8bd6930e214e1f26333213395bfd8.png","coverAlt":"Microsoft Edge vs Google Chrome","category":"blog","tags":["Chrome","Edge","google","microsoft"],"author":"Engin Soysal","date":"2024-01-24","featured":false,"format":"standard","meta":[{"key":"wordpress_source_url","value":"https://prosystech.nl/microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages/"},{"key":"wordpress_post_id","value":"571"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-path","value":"/microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-the-battle-of-the-ages/"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-id","value":"571"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-category","value":"blog"},{"key":"brixcanvas:wordpress-tags","value":"[\"Chrome\",\"Edge\",\"google\",\"microsoft\"]"}]},{"id":"powershell-migrate-user-to-new-environment","slug":"powershell-migrate-user-to-new-environment","title":"Powershell: Migrate user to new environment","status":"published","excerpt":"Hey You It’s a nice snowy friday in April (wth?) and I wanted to share something with you. At a client for whom I work now we had a little challenge that I knew Powershell would come to my aid as it always does. Let me explain the situation first. Scenario All 800+ users are […]","content":"$57","bodyFormat":"brix","blocks":[{"id":"powershell-migrate-user-to-new-environment-1","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"Hey You","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"powershell-migrate-user-to-new-environment-2","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

It’s a nice snowy friday in April (wth?) and I wanted to share something with you.

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Here’s the scenario

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2 vCPU
8 GB RAM
60 GB Hard Drive

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Here comes the solution

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User A is member of an AD Group so that she (yeah it’s a she) can access her VDI. The user should be removed as a member from this AD group.
User A needs to be moved to the new OU.
User A has a profile path which points to the wrong directory and needs to be changed.
AppData, NTUser.Dat and NTUser.ini file and folders has to be deleted.
Files and folders from the old profile should be copied to the new profile folder.
User A needs to be added to the AD Group so that she (it’s still a she) can access her new VDI.

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Gast spreker Jan Bakker – Self Service Tool, Graph Explorer API en nog veel meer

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What a glorious badge

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Here are some study materials

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Perform a clean installation
Perform an in-place upgrade from a previous version of Windows
Use Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to deploy Windows 10
Customize a Windows 10 installation using tools from the Windows ADK (Windows System Image Manager, Windows PE, Windows Configuration Designer)
Select the appropriate Windows edition

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Deploy, upgrade, and migrate to Windows 10

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Configure Microsoft Edge
Configure mobility settings
Customize the Windows desktop
Troubleshoot activation issues
Configure printers and external devices
Configure Windows 10 by using provisioning packages
Configure Microsoft Store settings
Configure Windows 10 built-in application settings
Configure and manage services

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Manage local groups
Manage local users
Manage users, groups, and devices in Active Directory Domain Services
Manage users, groups, and devices in Azure Active Directory
Configure sign-in options
Add additional work or school accounts to Windows 10
Configure and manage Bluetooth settings for devices

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Manage users and groups
Implement device enrollment

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Implement local policy
Troubleshoot group policies on devices
Configure Windows 10 settings by using group policy

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Implement Group Policy Objects

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Configure user account control (UAC)
Configure Microsoft Defender Firewall
Implement device encryption
Configure Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Manage device security using core isolation, secure boot, and TPM

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Configure client IP settings
Configure mobile networking
Troubleshoot networking

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Configure networking on Windows clients

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Configure NTFS permissions
Configure shared permissions
Configure local storage
Manage and optimize storage
Configure file and folder permissions
Configure OneDrive/OneDrive for Business

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Configure data access and usage

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Perform file recovery
Recover Windows 10
Troubleshoot startup/boot process
Create and manage system restore points

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Employ file recovery in Windows client

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Troubleshoot updates
Select and configure the appropriate servicing channel for feature updates
Configure Windows update options
Plan for types of Windows updates including feature updates, quality updates, servicing stack updates, driver updates, and Microsoft product updates
Configure updates by using Windows Update for Business

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Manage apps and Windows updates

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Configure and analyze event logs
Manage performance
Manage Windows 10 environment
Configure local registry
Schedule tasks

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Monitor and troubleshoot Windows client performance

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Manage Windows 10 remotely by using Windows Admin Center
Configure remote assistance tools including Remote Assist and Quick Assist
Manage Windows remotely by using Windows Remote Management and PS remoting
Configure remote desktop access

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Microsoft Windows 11 Powers the Future of Hybrid Work

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","size":18}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-4","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"What does matter is what was it all about? There are a couple of key features that are important/relevant for me so I will point them out. ","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-5","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

The Workplace Dudes (which is our podcast show) will discuss this as well coming Monday so stay tuned for that as well.

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Windows 11 – See the Future of Hybrid Work

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For some it was more challenging than others

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Passwordless sign in
File explorer tabs
Remote Help
Windows 365

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NO MORE PASSWORDS

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Why dark mode though?

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","size":18}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-26","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"However. As much as I love Windows 11 there are some flaws in it and the biggest flaw that I personally have is with the drag and drop. I cannot drag a file from one file explorer to another if they are both maximized. Not to sound old (even though I just did talking about Windows 95) but in the old days you could just drag a file to the taskbar, wait a couple of seconds and you would get the option to drag your file to the other folder. Why would you disable that Microsoft? WHY?","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-27","type":"text","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":18,"text":"That is what I’m asking Microsoft right now. Bring back drag and drop and make it a big feature in the new folder tabs. That is going to be a big win.","color":"#3f3f46","lineHeight":1.85}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-28","type":"heading","props":{"py":12,"padX":0,"size":32,"text":"3. Remote help","color":"#10283b","level":2,"weight":750}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-29","type":"image","props":{"alt":"Remote help","url":"https://brixcanvas.com/api/img/sites/a8e65523-e525-4854-a89e-9297a5e3f944/wordpress-migration-20261025/5d37828f4822ac2a602173db69cb58b0673b75434056c67b71e2753476226135.png","radius":12,"linkHref":"","naturalSize":true}},{"id":"windows-powers-the-future-of-hybrid-work-wait-what-30","type":"richtext","props":{"html":"

Hello IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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3 dollars?

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Windows 365. Original name.

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Jeroen Burgerhout – https://twitter.com/burgerhoutj
Richard Sousa Ferreira – https://twitter.com/RSFerreira_

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We work hard so can work hard.

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Dear internet

Should I call it internet? Perhaps dear reader? How about I just say “Hey you!!!”?

Hey you!!!

Yeah… that sounds better doesn’t it?

I want to welcome you to the first post on this website. This very original post that no other website has. (that was sarcasm by the way… some people are dense).

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(not you though!!!)

Anyway; what is ProSysTech (Professional System Technologies) you might be asking yourself which is an excellent question.

… I don’t know …

But… if you stick around we’ll soon learn won’t we 🙂

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Engin Soysal

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It really isn’t…

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Microsoft Examens en Certificeringen

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#Azure outage prevention

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