Microsoft Exchange

Implementing Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online Mail Flow

As previously announced, in March 2024 Microsoft is releasing a Public Preview for Inbound SMTP…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 27, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Installing updates during Autopilot: Windows 11 edition

Back in 2019, I did a blog post about installing Windows updates during an Autopilot…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 25, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Why does Windows 11 make Start menu layout so hard?

In Windows 10, you had options: You could lock down the full Start menu layout…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 24, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Yes, Microsoft broke VBScript in the new ADK

Windows 11 A new Windows 11 22H2 release of the ADK appeared a couple of…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 22, 2023

Microsoft Teams

How to transform work with plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI apps

With Microsoft 365 Copilot, people now have access to a next-gen AI assistant that can…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 21, 2023

Microsoft Teams

Deploy frontline dynamic teams is now available in public preview

Customers who have successfully deploy Teams to their frontline workers follow a consistent pattern. They…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 20, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Run an MDT task sequence during Autopilot

This one might sound a little strange, but hear me out. What if you wanted…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 20, 2023

AzureAD

Azure AD Rename Rollout and Resources

  The rename of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to Microsoft Entra ID is now…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 19, 2023

Microsoft Exchange

Retirement of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online

In 2018, we announced that we were no longer making feature updates to Exchange Web…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 19, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

What’s wrong with Hybrid Azure AD Join?

You’ve probably heard someone say it before: Don’t do Hybrid Azure AD Join, move to…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 19, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Track anything using ESP

I’ve talked in the past about how the Enrollment Status Page in Windows Autopilot can…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 19, 2023

AzureAD

Microsoft Entra Internet Access: An Identity-Centric Secure Web Gateway Solution

In our previous blog, we introduced Microsoft’s identity-centric security service edge (SSE) solution and two…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 18, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Deploy SCCM images with something other than SCCM

I’ve stated many times that you could take an image from MDT and deploy it…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 17, 2023

Windows AutoPilot

Detecting when you are in OOBE

Windows 11 People have asked in the past what the best way to detect when…

Gautam SharmaSeptember 16, 2023