Endpoint Security

Securing Your Intune Tenant: An Operational Hardening Plan for Enterprise Admins

Turn Microsoft's Intune security guidance into an operational plan: least-privilege roles, phishing-resistant MFA, PIM, Multi Admin Approval, audit checks, and rollout sequencing for enterprise admins.

29 Jun 2026

May 2026 Patch Tuesday: admin deployment notes and checks

May 2026 Patch Tuesday deployment notes covering KB5089549 for Windows 11, Windows Server updates, BitLocker PCR7 known issue, Secure Boot certificate readiness, Intune Autopatch hotpatch, and WSUS deployment checks.

13 May 2026

Rolling Out Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Intune in a Managed Windows Fleet

A practical operational guide for rolling out Microsoft Defender for Endpoint with Intune across a managed Windows fleet, covering tenant connection, licensing, Plan 1 versus Plan 2, onboarding, endpoint security policies, antivirus, firewall, ASR, EDR, baselines, pilot rings, reporting, coexistence, rollback, and prevention checks.

30 min read · Advanced

Secure Boot CA 2023 Rollout Readiness for Enterprise Windows Fleets

A practical enterprise readiness guide for the Secure Boot CA 2023 rollout, covering 2026 certificate expirations, client and server differences, Intune readiness checks, PowerShell verification, registry and event evidence, BitLocker risk, Hyper-V Generation 2 VMs, firmware coordination, rollout rings, and recovery planning.

24 min read · Advanced

Deploying Windows LAPS with Microsoft Intune: A Complete Walkthrough

A step-by-step guide to rolling out Windows Local Administrator Password Solution across your Intune-managed fleet, including policy configuration, reporting, and migration from legacy LAPS.

14 min read · Intermediate

Hardening Windows 11 Endpoints with CIS Benchmark Level 1

Apply the CIS Level 1 benchmark to Windows 11 22H2 and 24H2 endpoints using Group Policy, Intune profiles, and a validation script that reports compliance gaps.

20 min read · Advanced

BitLocker Recovery Key Not Backed Up to Entra ID: Why and How to Fix It

BitLocker keys failing to escrow to Entra ID is a silent failure — no error on the device, no alert in Intune. Here is how to detect it, force escrow, and prevent it from recurring.

15 min read · Intermediate