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 Did You Know? Simplify Your Enrollment Restrictions in Intune When configuring OS version restrictions in Intune, here’s a critical tip to ensure devices aren’t unintentionally blocked: ✅ Use only the major.minor.build format (e.g., 10.0.26100). ❌ Avoid including the revision number (e.g., .2849), as it won't be evaluated during enrollment. 💡 Here’s why: If you specify a revision number (e.g., 10.0.26100.2894) and a device has a different revision (e.g., 10.0.26100.2780), the device will be blocked—even though it technically meets the requirements. This small detail can save you hours of troubleshooting and ensure a smoother enrollment experience for your organization! Have you encountered similar challenges with device management? Share your thoughts below!

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 When integrating HP Connect with Microsoft Intune, certain permissions are essential for seamless functionality. These permissions ensure proper configuration management, policy enforcement, and secure access. Here’s a quick breakdown of the required permissions in the Microsoft EULA acceptance dialog: ✔ Sign in and read your profile ✔ Maintain access to authorized data ✔ Read and write Microsoft Intune Device Configuration and Policies ✔ Read Microsoft Intune RBAC settings ✔ Access the directory on your behalf ✔ Read group memberships and all groups Having the right permissions not only simplifies integration but also ensures that the tools work effectively within your environment. 🔧💡 You can read more about how to configure this directly through HP’s resources. 👇 https://connect.admin.hp.com/static/HPConnectUserGuide.pdf

The sign-in error code 53003 means that Conditional Access policies set by the organization managing the resource (likely your organization) are blocking the external user from accessing the workspace. These policies can apply to external users if configured that way. A common misunderstanding is that Conditional Access policies only impact internal users, but they can also enforce requirements on external users accessing resources. Here’s how to address this issue: 1- Review Conditional Access Policies: Check your organization's Conditional Access policies in Azure Active Directory (or similar service) to identify if any restrictions are causing the issue. Common criteria include:      Location: Access may be limited to certain IP ranges or geographic regions.      Device compliance: Policies might require devices to be domain-joined or meet specific security                   standards.    ...

1. Go to Activity Logs      Open the Microsoft Intune Admin Center      Navigate to Tenant administration > Audit logs. 2. Filter the Logs      Use the filtering option to search for specific events, such as:      Category: "Device actions"      Activity: The specific action, e.g., "Reset passcode" or "Wipe device."      Target: The device or user affected by the action.      You can also specify a date range to narrow your search. 3. Check Who Sent the Command      In the logs, you will find information about who initiated the action. This is displayed under the field      Initiated by or similar.      It includes:      The username or email address of the administrator.      The time the command was sent.   4. Alternative: Logs from the Device If it concerns a specific device, you can:    ...

  Hello Please i need your help on this issue. One of my customer is experiencing an issue where External meeting invitees are unable to join Teams calls using the link provided in the meeting invite... Step by step how to resolve the problem: **Check Teams Settings in Microsoft 365 Admin Center:** 1- Go to the **Microsoft 365 Admin Center**. 2- Navigate to **Teams Admin Center** > **Users** > **Meeting Policies**. Ensure that: - "Allow participants to join meetings without logging in" is enabled. External users are allowed to join meetings under the policy settings.

  You can use Conditional Access to block users based on location, IP address, and more, but now we will talk about blocking access for users who are using personal devices 1. Navigate to Entra ID -> Protection -> Conditional Access and create a new policy. 2- Create new policy 3-   Name your policy Assign your policy to a user/group or to all users. If you assign the policy to all users, be sure to exclude the break-glass account. It's essential to always have a break-glass account in place. In case of an error, you could accidentally lock out all users, so make sure these accounts remain unaffected. 4- In the Target resources select All resources (formerly 'All cloud apps') 5- In the conditions: Device platforms: select which devices you want the policy to apply to. In my case i will select windows and MacOS  Client apps: check all boxes except Browser, which will block everything except the browser. Here’s the magic: In the Filter for devices, you can ...

  As an IT professional, it's important to understand how to optimize email archiving, especially when working with Exchange Online. A practical way to manage large volumes of data is by using Auto-expanding archiving, which automatically expands storage space when needed. Here are some steps and PowerShell commands that can help you implement this in your organization. 📌 Key points to consider: Auto-expanding archiving prevents the restoration or recovery of inactive mailboxes. To enable auto-expanding archiving, you must be a global administrator. A user's mailbox must already be enabled for archiving before you can enable auto-expanding archiving. 💡 Note: It may take up to 30 days for the auto-expanding storage to be fully established. If you want smoother management of your users' mailboxes and to improve storage efficiency, these commands are a great first step. Feel free to follow for more technical tips and solutions! 🚀 PowerShell Scrip...