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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By : Andrew Taylor
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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By: Andrew Taylor

Overview of this book

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-managed mobile device management (MDM) tool that empowers you to manage your end-user device estate across various platforms. While it is an excellent platform, the initial setup and configuration can be a daunting process, and mistakes made early on can be more challenging to resolve later. This book addresses these issues by guiding you through the end-to-end configuration of an Intune environment, incorporating best practices and utilizing the latest functionalities. In addition to setting up your environment, you’ll delve into the Microsoft Graph platform to understand the underlying mechanisms behind the web GUI. This knowledge will enable you to automate a significant portion of your daily tasks using PowerShell. By the end of this book, you’ll have established an Intune environment that supports Windows, Apple iOS, Apple macOS, and Android devices. You’ll possess the expertise to add new configurations, policies, and applications, tailoring an environment to your specific requirements. Additionally, you’ll have the ability to troubleshoot any issues that may arise and package and deploy your company applications. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how to use Microsoft Intune to manage their organization's end-user devices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

PowerShell Scripting across Intune

An important and often overlooked part of Intune is its ability to run scripts on devices, whether as one-off deployments (Platform scripts) or more regularly via Remediations (previously called Proactive Remediations). With Windows 10 and Windows 11, PowerShell has become increasingly more powerful to the point where almost anything can be done on devices with a script.

In Intune, we can use PowerShell scripts to configure properties not yet available in the settings catalog, copy files, add registry keys, or even run a script to remove unwanted Windows bloatware for a cleaner build.

Platform scripts are run as configurations for simple configuration settings or anything required during device setup. Remediations, on the other hand, are repeatable scripts with logic that only runs when required.

Throughout this chapter, we will learn how to deploy PowerShell scripts and Remediations, but also how to write the scripts themselves and provide...