https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/ A collection of solutions, ideas, and insights into problems you probably didn't know existed with Modern Endpoint Management products. Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:19:25 +0000 https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-event-log-size/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:19:25 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-event-log-size/ Whether implementing good practice controls, or extending your device security posture using App Control for Business, log files are your friend…until they fill up.]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/macos-app-auto-patch-intune/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:15:12 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/macos-app-auto-patch-intune/ Now that there are so many players in the macOS app management space, how exactly do we keep these apps current and importantly, secure?]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-idle-logoff/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:24:23 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-idle-logoff/ Can we use native Intune tools to automatically log off idle users on shared Windows devices when device locking isn’t good enough?]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-block-home-editions/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:27:26 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-block-home-editions/ With a general lack of management capability for Windows Home devices, should you be allowing them access to Entra ID services, and how do you stop them from enrolling into Intune?]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-recall-compliance/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:28:22 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-recall-compliance/ Whether we like it or not, AI and Copilot is everywhere, and even if you don’t want AI backed features like Windows Recall enabled on managed corporate and BYOD devices, it will happen. So how do we block these Copilot+ devices from accessing Corporate data or services?]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/tuning-phased-deployment-groups/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:50:35 +0100 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/tuning-phased-deployment-groups/ Can we improve upon our attempts to control the deployment of updates, new policies, and updated applications across our managed Intune devices once again?]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-feature-updates-safeguards/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:22:32 +0100 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-feature-updates-safeguards/ Using our best friend the remediation script in Intune to pull back Safeguard Hold information so we can see why some devices aren’t updating to Windows 11.]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-feature-updates-assessment/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:06:20 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-feature-updates-assessment/ As a migration to Windows 11 is fast upon us, I thought I’d help your devices on their way into understanding whether they will support Windows 11 and what risks you may encounter with the update, by forcing devices to evaluate their readiness states.]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-cyber-essentials-compliance/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:48:33 +0100 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-cyber-essentials-compliance/ Achieving Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation isn’t the easiest across your whole organisation, but with Microsoft Intune you can enforce zero trust for your corporate managed Windows devices, for the key areas of the security framework using Custom Device Compliance.]]> https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-network-profile-locations/ Tue, 06 May 2025 18:53:56 +0000 Nick Bentonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ennnbeee/https://www.oddsandendpoints.co.uk/posts/windows-network-profile-locations/ So you’ve got a restrictive Windows Firewall, and you’re only allowing traffic to endpoints over either Domain or Private network locations, what happens if an end user doesn’t allow for network discovery and the device is left thinking it’s on a public network?]]>