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Author: Thomas Kurth

Azure AD
Thomas Kurth

Automatic Intune Documentation evolves to Automatic Microsoft 365 Documentation

One of the biggest pain points of many companies is the documentation of their infrastructure. With the fast changing products/features it’s more important to have an accurate documentation. The Automatic Microsoft 365 Documentation is the successor of the Automatic Intune Documentation which provides many advantages. It’s no longer a simple

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Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Thomas Kurth

Build better pilot rings for Updates with MEMCM

When implementing a update concept there is always one important question open: How do I select devices for the pilot/test phase? My customers most often answer this with one of the following solutions: Manually selecting the devices and check from time to time if there are still enough devices in

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Azure AD
Thomas Kurth

Dsregcmd for PowerShell and .NET

I often write script or small applications for devices. Many times I required the AzureAD device ID which can be obtained from registry or by parsing the dsregcmd output. But parsing console output is not really reliable when the output changes for example. Now, I found a solution by using the

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Intune
Thomas Kurth

Windows Update for Business simplifies your environment

There are two types of methodologies to deploy Windows Updates. One is based on ConfigMgr or WSUS. This method brings high level of control regarding which updates are deployed and when they are installed. The other is based on Windows Update for business where customers can work with deployment rings

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Intune
Thomas Kurth

Deploy Code Signing Certificate with Intune

5.1.2021 – Updated post to include OMA-URI/Custom configuration option  In the last years the recommendation to “Code Sign” scripts should have arrived to everybody. Especially when deploying scripts with Intune or ConfigMgr at scale it’s good to sign them.  It sounds simple but regardless most don’t use it. I would

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Azure AD
Thomas Kurth

Automatic Azure AD Conditional Access Documentation

Creating configuration documentations is always hassle. Therefore, I extended the Intune documentation with a new option to also document Azure AD Conditional Access policies. The new function Invoke-ConditionalAccessDocumentation will document: Azure AD Conditional Access Policies Translate referenced id’s to real object names (users, groups, roles and applications) Important: The Conditional

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Azure AD
Thomas Kurth

Azure AD Guest Account -Governance and Cleanup

One of the biggest challenges with guest/external accounts in Azure AD is to build a governance process to keep your directory clean. Many companies do not like to have old and unused guest accounts forever in their Azure AD. Without a review functionality and information who has invited them this

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Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Thomas Kurth

Monitor Windows Hello and AAD Hybrid join enrollment with MEMCM

Dsregcmd.exe is one of the most important troubleshooting tools on a Windows device when working with Azure AD Hybrid Join or Windows Hello. But this tool is only available as a command line tool and not in PowerShell. I wrote a translation function to change that. The Get-DsRegStatus function can

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Azure AD
Thomas Kurth

Lessons Learned: Azure AD Conditional Access

Azure AD Conditional Access is one of the most named features which customer implement to protect their environments. But as with many cloud features at first glance it looks really simple to implement but then the complexity comes visible during rollout. Many customers activating it without thinking what the impact

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