Microsoft Intune

August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Windows Admin Priorities

August 2026 Patch Tuesday guidance for Windows admins: exploited CVE-2026-68820, WDS and DHCP RCEs, KB targets, Autopatch hotpatch, Secure Boot extra restart, Entra Connect, and Intune validation.

11 Aug 2026

October 2026 Windows Servicing Deadlines: What Still Needs a Plan

Inventory and targeting plan for 13 Oct 24H2 Home/Pro end of updates, Server 2022 mainstream end, 19 Oct PCA 2011 expiry, and 10 Nov 23H2 Enterprise end of updates. Not another CVE list.

22 Aug 2026

June 2026 Patch Tuesday: Windows Admin Priorities

June 2026 Patch Tuesday guidance for Windows admins: key CVEs, KBs, known issues, Intune rollout checks, Secure Boot readiness, and post-deployment monitoring.

10 Jun 2026

Windows Update for Business Rings in Intune: A Practical Ring Design for Production Fleets

Design Windows Update for Business rings in Microsoft Intune: pilot-to-broad topology, quality and feature update ownership, deadlines, hold groups, reporting evidence, expedite process, coexistence warnings, and when not to broaden a wave.

17 min read · Intermediate

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

Migrating Intune Administrative Templates to Settings Catalog Without Breaking Policy Behaviour

A practical migration guide for moving Intune Administrative Templates and older configuration profiles to Settings Catalog, covering inventory, duplicate settings, assignments, Graph PowerShell checks, conflict detection, pilot design, validation, reporting, rollback, and prevention controls.

26 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

Intune Company Portal Stuck or Enrollment Not Completing: Practical Diagnosis

A practical troubleshooting guide for Company Portal hangs and incomplete MDM enrollment on Windows, covering Entra join state, licensing, automatic enrollment, Conditional Access catch-22s, logs, safe retry, and prevention.

16 min read · Intermediate

Windows Autopilot Device Not Importing: Hardware Hash CSV, Duplicate Records, and Profile Assignment

A practical troubleshooting guide for Windows Autopilot import failures, covering hardware hash collection, CSV validation, duplicate records, tenant permissions, Intune Connector checks, deployment profile assignment, dynamic groups, Graph, safe retry, and recovery.

22 min read · Intermediate

Intune Device Not Syncing: Last Check-in Stale, Sync Button Not Helping, or Policies Not Arriving

A practical troubleshooting guide for Windows devices that stop syncing with Intune, covering portal checks, MDM enrolment state, Company Portal, scheduled tasks, event logs, registry evidence, IME health, network issues, Entra device objects, Graph checks, safe retry, and recovery.

21 min read · Intermediate

Microsoft Entra Dynamic Group Not Updating: Users, Devices, and Intune Assignments

A practical troubleshooting guide for Microsoft Entra dynamic groups that do not update, including rule syntax, user and device attributes, Graph checks, processing delays, Intune assignment impact, Autopilot targeting, stale device objects, and safe recovery.

20 min read · Intermediate

Intune Remediation Script Not Running, Detecting, Remediating, or Reporting

A practical troubleshooting guide for Intune Remediations that do not run, detect, remediate, or report correctly, covering licensing, exit codes, schedules, IME logs, PowerShell context, reporting delay, retry, and rollback.

18 min read · Intermediate

Intune Win32 App Install Stuck at Waiting, Pending, Installing, or Failed

A practical troubleshooting guide for stuck Intune Win32 app installs, covering IME health, AppWorkload.log, detection and requirement rules, targeting, dependencies, supersedence, Company Portal sync, retry, and rollback.

19 min read · Intermediate