Azure Update Compliance has been around for a few years already. Originally part of Windows Analytics, it’s the only component that lived through the years. It has become more popular with the growing number of devices managed with Windows Update for Business. It is also useful for an environment that manages updates and feature updates with Configuration Manager. In this post, we’ll cover how to make the required change so devices report back to Azure Update Compliance. I recently did a check for a few clients and noticed that the number of devices in Update Compliance was drastically low or even almost empty in some environments. This is because of a change from Microsoft, that was enforced back in January 2022. Since devices were managed prior to May 2021, we need to adjust the configurations to fix Azure Update Compliance missing devices. If you are looking for how to use … Read More
How to use Windows Update for Business with Intune
Windows Update for Business is one of the new things Microsoft proposed along with Windows 10. It has come a long way since it’s release. Even if it isn’t perfect yet, or give all the flexibility that ConfigMgr (MEMCM) offer when managing monthly update or feature release, for many small/medium business, this brings a more simple approach to patching and maintaining Windows 10 up to date. In this post, we will detail how to configure Intune Windows Update for Business to patch Windows 10 devices managed by Intune Pre-requisites Windows 10 must be managed by Intune If Windows 10 is being co-managed with ConfigMgr(MEMCM), make sure the slider for Software Update is set to Intune Intune Windows Update Business – Update rings strategy Depending on multiple factors, the key for Windows Update for Business to be successful is to define the various update rings for your enterprise. Here, no magic … Read More
How to configure Delivery Optimization with Intune
Microsoft has been hard at work to optimize content delivery since the release of Windows 10 and Office 365. While not perfect at the beginning, the offer is now really great and offer many supported methods to ease the huge content that needs to be distributed month after month. Delivery Optimization is a key component included in Windows 10 since the beginning and recently added to Office 365. Combining Delivery Optimization Intune with Windows update for business will greatly help content download from the Internet. In this post, we will provide details to configure Delivery Optimization for Windows 10 and Office 365, by using Microsoft Intune. This post is part of a series on Windows Autopilot that will be published in the following weeks. In the next posts, we will cover the following subjects : Getting started with Windows Autopilot | Step-by-step guide How to deploy Win32 Applications in Microsoft … 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