Systems Management

Enabling Intune to Force Apple Updates Improves Security June 7, 2025 Intune now can use managed software updates to force OS updates to all types of...more PowerShell 7.5 Generally Available Under Standard Support April 13, 2025 PowerShell 7.5, the latest Standard Term Support (STS) version of Microsoft’s cross-platform administrative scripting technology,...more Optimizing VM Costs with Scaling Updated: March 1, 2025 Matching resource consumption to actual demand is an important part of controlling Azure VM costs....more Windows Client Endpoint Protection Options (2025) Updated: March 1, 2025 Multiple Microsoft antimalware offerings are available for Windows clients, ranging from unmanaged consumer offerings to...more Automation for Agent-based Hybrid Worker Jobs Ends April 1 Updated: February 10, 2025 Agent-based hybrid work jobs on Azure Automation are stopping on April 1. Customers must migrate...more Executive Focus: The Mounting Risks of On-Premises Server Software Updated: January 12, 2025 Microsoft’s cloud-first focus reduces the long-term viability of traditional on-premises server software. Organizations using on-premises...more System Center 2025: Few Improvements, Mostly in VMs and Cloud Updated: December 14, 2024 System Center 2025 is now generally available, but Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is the only...more Get Ready for Upcoming Microsoft Client-Management Changes Updated: November 18, 2024 Windows Server Update Services has been deprecated with no future features, but remains functional in...more On-by-Default Office 365 Features Could Pose Risks Updated: November 11, 2024 Office 365 provides online services in addition to the desktop Office suite. Online services are...more Executive Focus: SQL Server License Consolidation Provides Tangible Benefits Updated: November 1, 2024   SQL Server license consolidation is a low-risk effort that delivers cost, compliance, and administrative...more Executive Focus: Governing Azure Updated: October 21, 2024 IT-wide governance of Azure resources, with visibility at the CIO level, is critical to effective,...more Azure Arc Has Tangible Benefits but Tethers Customers to Microsoft Updated: October 11, 2024 Azure Arc provides server management and less well-known database and application services. Arc is also...more Lessons From How Microsoft Manages Internal Shadow IT Updated: August 20, 2024 Like most organizations, Microsoft has security and compliance problems created by shadow IT. Rather than...more The Irrelevance of the Network Perimeter Updated: August 19, 2024 Relying on firewalls and other technologies to partition a network into an internal private network...more Limited Linux PC Management Available in Intune Updated: July 22, 2024 Linux client management via Intune is now available but is extremely limited. The capability can...more Remote Help for Intune Requires Intune Add-On Licenses Updated: July 21, 2024 Intune Remote Help allows admins to connect to a remote user’s device from Intune to...more

Azure Arc Sample Deployment Updated: October 11, 2024

  Product Reference Azure Managed Applications Azure Managed Applications product entry.   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service that captures, parses, and analyzes Active Directory...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the...more   Product Reference Entra ID Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The...more   Product Reference Intune Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for...more   Licensing Reference FastTrack and Import Service Microsoft FastTrack, a migration support offering, and the Office 365 Import Service for moving large...more

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