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Identify simple passwords in the organization

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We can set some configurations to identify simple passwords in the organization, but first, let’s see what can happen with simple or weak passwords in the organization: Data Breaches: Weak passwords will welcome vulnerability which leads to data breaches. Attackers can gain access to sensitive information about the organization. Account Takeovers: Simple passwords make it … Read more

Set Default Apps via Intune

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Setting up Default apps saves time and reduces efforts for non-IT users. You can’t set for all the apps at once but you can do which are most essentials. Let’s learn how to set default apps via Intune.

Here I will give you two examples but you can add as much as possible in the configuration file.

Configuration

Before we do the configuration, we need to do some preparation work, to prepare the configuration file, follow the below-mentioned steps:

  • Open command prompt as Administrator
  • Run the command – Dism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:c:\temp\DefaultApps.xml

Set Default Apps via Intune

  • Open the file in Notepad or Notepad++, whichever extension you want to edit start editing in the file.
  • I am going to change for Google Chrome & Outlook application
  • It will look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DefaultAssociations>
  <Association Identifier=".htm" ProgId="ChromeHtml" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
  <Association Identifier=".html" ProgId="ChromeHtml" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
  <Association Identifier="http" ProgId="ChromeHtml" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
  <Association Identifier="https" ProgId="ChromeHtml" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
  <Association Identifier="read" ProgId="ChromeHtml" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
  <Association Identifier=”.eml” ProgId=”AppXn1scph4yxkh5tvym038c6zjjfpmdg2fg” ApplicationName=”Outlook (new)” />
  <Association Identifier=”mailto” ProgId=”AppXbx2ce4vcxjdhff3d1ms66qqzk12zn827″ ApplicationName=”Outlook (new)” />
</DefaultAssociations>
  • Now, Intune won’t understand this format we need to change it to Base64 format.
  • You can use any of the Base64 Encode websites for this.

Now your preparation work has been completed, let’s go to Intune for further configuration:

  • Go to the Microsoft Intune Admin Center
  • select Devices and open Windows
  • In Configuration Profiles, create a new profile.
  • Select custom template

Set Default Apps via Intune

  • Add a Name and Description as you want.
  • In the Configuration setting Add the New setting.
    • Name & Description – as per your configuration
    • OMA-URI = ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ApplicationDefaults/DefaultAssociationsConfiguration

Set Default Apps via Intune

  • You can add as much as you want

Set Default Apps via Intune

  • Assign assignment as per your deployment
  • Applicability Rule will be as per your OS-based deployment or leave it blank.
  • Review the configuration and save.

That’s it, the configuration is done.

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Block Change Date and Time in Windows via Intune

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I have created this article to show you how to block change Date and time in Windows via Intune. This will stop users from changing the date and time in the Windows system as this is a common security practice and it is required for the integrity of data and security. There are a couple … Read more

Fix Win32kbase.sys Blue Screen of Death Error

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The Blue Screen Of Death, or BSOD, is one of the most frustrating errors for a Windows PC and most IT support team members get tickets from their users.  In this article, I will guide you on how to fix this BSOD with Stop code Win32kbase.sys error. This error comes when communication between hardware and … Read more

Fix: Error “Updates Are Underway” during Windows Update

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Due to some reason, your PC is stuck on the “Updates are underway” screen, and your downloaded update files are getting corrupted. So in this scenario, try out the following option to fix the error. Wait It Out In most scenarios, waiting for some time and allowing to finish the Windows update would be the … Read more

USB Drive Block using Intune

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Personal USB drive connection to work computers is very risky, anything could have happened i.e. copying company confidential data, malware supply, etc. It’s important to put a stop to using these flash drives on work devices. In this article, I’ll describe how to USB drive block using Intune. In Intune, we have an Attack Surface … Read more

Windows Update for Business WUfB using Intune

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In this post, we will learn how to configure Intune Windows Update for Business WUfB to patch Windows 10 & Windows 11 devices managed by Intune Pre-requisites The following subscriptions are required: Microsoft Intune Plan 1 subscription. Azure AD Free (or greater) subscription. Apart from Intune & Azure licenses device level license is also required: … Read more

MS Edge Browser Organize Tabs Automatically

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Microsoft Edge becoming most popular nowadays with its wonderful features and AI capabilities. As it is being used so much multiple tabs we open in our routine days. Now when we have multiple tabs it becomes difficult to keep track of which page is open on which the number of tab but Microsoft Edge Browser … Read more

Store Sense configuration in Intune

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Let’s learn the storage sense configuration in Intune.  Storage sense configuration will help to free up your disk space regularly, it will remove temporary files, recycle bin clean up, and old backup versions of Windows updates, giving enough space in your system. Storage Sense also helps OneDrive free up space by cleaning up cloud storage content … Read more

Removal of Microsoft Teams Personal with Intune

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If you are a Windows 11 user, you might know that Microsoft Teams Personal come so that we will see in this article the removal of Microsoft Teams Personal with Microsoft Intune. But before we go for removal let’s talk about why we need to remove it: All organization personal Microsoft Teams should not be … Read more

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