Windows 10, Azure, and Endpoint Manager offer many different tools to gather and know more about what is going on in your environment. One of those is Log Analytics Workspace. Log Analytics workspace has the ability to collect data from Windows devices such as Events and performance data through the Microsoft monitoring agent. This can centralize Windows events to be analyzed and crunched to identify potential impacts happening to many computers. While the Monitoring agent is free, the data hosted in Log Analytics Workspaces will cost a little per month for great insight. Based on past experience, you can expect ~100$/month for roughly 7000 devices reporting Errors and Warning. In this post, we will describe how to configure the Azure Log Analytics Workspace to gather Windows10 Events centrally. Windows10 Events log analytic – Prerequisites The following operating systems are supported to report event viewer by using the Log Analytics agent … Read More
How to configure Windows Analytics with Log Analytics
Windows Analytics is the suite name following the original release of Upgrade readiness. The suite adds Device Health and Update Compliance under the same roof. Depending on the environment each sub-product will provide key information for end-user computer admins. Windows Analytics and Log Analytics is better together! Upgrade readiness can help assess applications and drivers compatibility prior to migrate from Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10, or even from one Windows 10 build to another. Device Health provides extra information for admins to review various crash within their environment. Update compliance provides a way to track how updates and upgrades are doing in the environment. This will be particularly useful when mixed with Windows Update for Business. All of the Windows Analytics features sit on Log Analytic from Azure. Previously it was possible to host the data in OMS. OMS as retired and it is possible to move it into Log … Read More
Top 5 No-Brainers Security Features in Microsoft Intune
By 2019, when you plan to deploy modern device management solutions in your company, the security must be a priority. The cloud is accessible from anywhere on the planet and mobility allows users to connect from anywhere. Also, our society is changing and our lifestyle habits as well. Users that have access to corporate data without being forced to connect to the corporate network, is much more convenient. Before you start registering devices in Microsoft Intune, it’s important to set up the Intune portal safely. Moreover, the different operating system platforms, and the types of devices that connect to your network or cloud applications is important as well. Microsoft Intune is a leader in MDM solution and it contains strong security capabilities that you can’t miss like role-based administrative control (RBAC), enrollment restrictions, compliance policy and a couple more. On several occasions, we have noticed that companies do not use … Read More
How to migrate Windows Analytics to Azure Portal
Microsoft has announced a while ago that the OMS Portal, used for Windows Analytics, was being deprecated in favour of Azure’s Log Analytics. In order to keep access to Windows Analytics intact for all your users, a “migration” must be done prior to January 15, 2019. A warning is currently displayed when you log on the to-be-deprecated OMS portal. In this post, we will detail how to migrate Windows Analytics from the OMS Portal to Azure’s Log Analytics. Azure Windows Analytics migration Log on the Azure Portal Browse to Log Analytics. This should be empty if you don’t have Global admin rights and had rights to the OMS portal You must use a Global admin account. Looking at the rights of the OMS workspace for Windows Analytics, users or groups should have either ReadOnly, Contributor or Owner role assigned. Those roles are OMS’ roles, not Azure roles. Rights need to be modified to one of the following Azure Roles. Microsoft recommends … Read More
Enable SCCM Azure Active Directory User Discovery
Today, we are continuing our posts about SCCM 1706 new features. One of them is the ability to enable SCCM Azure Active Directory User Discovery. This discovery method enables organizations to import Azure Active Directory user information. With the growing popularity of Azure AD, this discovery method will soon be circumvented. Azure AD Requirements Before configuring the new discovery method, you’ll need to have : A valid Azure Tenant Access to your Azure admin portal SCCM 1706 Configuration The first step is to configure the Azure Services in SCCM. This step will automatically create the web app in your Azure tenant, there’s no need to create it manually, SCCM takes care of it. Open the SCCM Console, go to Administration / Cloud Services / Azure Services Right-Click Azure Services and select Configure Azure Services In the Azure Service wizard, name your Azure Service and select Cloud Management in the bottom pane In … Read More