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Avoid Windows Task Scheduler When Running Microsoft 365 PowerShell Scripts

ByTony Redmond Better Methods Exist to Run Microsoft 365 PowerShell Scripts I am bemused when I read articles advising Microsoft 365 tenant administrators to run PowerShell scripts using the Windows Task Scheduler. I understand the reason why people use the Task Scheduler. It’s easy, built into Windows, allows scripts to run unattended (always an advantage when Read More

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How to Deploy Internet Shortcut with Custom Icon on Intune

By Niels Kok   When we as IT People deploy Windows 10 AutoPilot we often get the feedback from users that they miss their shortcuts for SharePoint and such. For that reason I have created a manual which you can use to deploy this using a Win32App. Preparation Create a folder where you store the Read More

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How to Use HP Connect and Intune to Update BIOS

Keeping our devices up-to-date is important. We know all about Windows and applications, but often times miss out on keeping the other layers such as firmware and BIOS up-to-date as those are typically just updated during OSD or during troubleshooting. There are a few community-made solutions out there which are working really well and in Read More

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How to Configure Secure LDAP for an Azure Active Directory Domain Services Managed Domain

In this article Prerequisites Sign in to the Azure portal Create a certificate for secure LDAP Understand and export required certificates Show 8 more To communicate with your Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) managed domain, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is used. By default, the LDAP traffic isn’t encrypted, which is Read More

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How to Create Desktop Shortcuts from Command Line

Most people will simply create a shortcut by using the shortcut wizard in Windows. But you can also create a shortcut from the command line. You may be asking yourself, Why would I want to create a shortcut from the command line??!! Well, in some cases you may want to automate the creation of a shortcut through Read More

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How to Create an Azure Active Directory Domain Services Managed Domain

Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) provides managed domain services such as domain join, group policy, LDAP, Kerberos/NTLM authentication that is fully compatible with Windows Server Active Directory. You consume these domain services without deploying, managing, and patching domain controllers yourself. Azure AD DS integrates with your existing Azure AD tenant. This integration Read More