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At the end of the 2020 MVP Summit, which was held virtually this year due to the Corona Virus Pandemic, we held an impromptu MVP and MEM Team roundtable. We had no real plan other than just chat about our experiences with managing ConfigMgr and Intune in the real world. There aren’t any demos - we just talk about topics such as Feature Updates in Intune, AutoPilot, Security, Customer needs and more. We hope to host more if these in the future (with a bit more planning I hope), so let us know how you like this and what you’d like to see in the future.

We had about 30 folks on the call, too many to list, but here’s how you can find the current list of Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVPs. https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/MvpSearch?ex=Enterprise+Mobility&sc=e

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:22 - Feature Updates
• 06:25 - Autopilot
• 16:22 - Windows 10 customizations
• 37:00 - Securing environments
• 39:07 - Windows Hello
• 42:50 - Interns/Feedback/Features
• 49:40 - WFH

This is an impromptu session with Adam Gross and Bryan Dam discussing strategies for managing remote devices with ConfigMgr due to the increased needs for VPN and Work From Home brought on by COVID-19 - the Corona Virus. There was no planning or prep going into this and was just a Teams meeting that we recorded, so please don’t complain about the quality, we just wanted to have an open discussion around strategies for managing devices.

• 0:00:00 - Intro
• 0:00:30 - WinAdmins Discord channel
  http://aka.ms/WinAdmins
• 0:01:58 - Managing remote machines with CMG in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/managing-remote-machines-with-cloud-management-gateway-in/ba-p/1233895
• 0:02:56 - Explaining what’s VPN split tunnelling
• 0:10:17 - Co-Management overview
• 0:12:50 - Cloud Management Gateway overview
• 0:24:10 - Windows Updates
• 0:34:30 - Boundaries and Boundary Groups
• 0:55:47 - Software Centre working over CMG
• 1:04:32 - Co-Management discussion
• 1:10:57 - Feature updates
• 1:14:44 - Exploring the options
• 1:21:52 - CMG discussion and cost

Special thanks to Riley Childs for jumping in as well! https://twitter.com/RowdyChildren https://www.rileychilds.me/

Steve and Ben discuss their PowerShell solution to configure SharePoint team site libraries to sync automatically in OneDrive.

• 00:00 - Intro
• 02:00 - Explaining how to manually sync SharePoint site libraries
• 03:30 - Intune within Azure Portal
  https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_Intune_DeviceSettings/ExtensionLandingBlade/overview
• 04:30 - Configure team site libraries to sync automatically policy
• 12:10 - Reason for the custom solution
• 15:29 - Explanation of the PowerShell script
  https://github.com/tabs-not-spaces/CodeDump/blob/master/Sync-SharepointFolder/Sync-SharepointFolder.ps1
• 30:35 - Signing off

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:11 - Explanation of the script
• 05:54 - Connect to a VM using PowerShell Direct
• 13:13 - Result of Get-AutopilotESPStatus -Online
• 14:33 - Taking a peak at Get-AutopilotESPStatus.ps1
• 18:57 - Key takeaways
• 23:45 - Recap

Michael Niehaus’ ESP Blogs https://oofhours.com/2020/02/17/what-happened-during-windows-autopilot-esp-decode-it/ https://oofhours.com/2020/02/24/more-autopilot-esp-information/ https://oofhours.com/2020/02/19/p-s-a-powershell-conundrum/

The script on PowerShell Gallery https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-AutopilotESPStatus

Bruce Sa’s script - https://github.com/brucesa85/AutoPilot/blob/master/Get-AutoPilotESP.ps1 https://twitter.com/BruceSaaaa

• 00:34 - Feature update intro
  https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/protect/windows-update-for-business-configure#windows-10-feature-updates
• 01:55 - Configuring Windows 10 feature update
• 03:47 - Create and assign Windows 10 feature update
• 05:41 - Confirm feature update deferral period equals 0
  https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/protect/windows-update-for-business-configure#limitations-for-windows-10-feature-updates
• 08:06 - What’s new in Microsoft Intune
  https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/fundamentals/whats-new
• 11:08 - Explanation of using Windows 10 update rings and feature update
• 15:03 - Wrap-up

Windows update settings for Intune https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/protect/windows-update-settings#servicing-channel

Blog posts around feature updates: Windows 10 Feature Updates – Leveraging SetupDiag for Better Reporting https://www.asquaredozen.com/2019/08/22/windows-10-feature-updates-leveraging-setupdiag-for-better-reporting/ Windows 10 Feature Updates – Using Setupconfig.ini to Manage Feature Updates in the Enterprise https://www.asquaredozen.com/2019/08/25/windows-10-feature-updates-using-setupconfig-ini-to-manage-feature-updates-in-the-enterprise/ Windows 10 Feature Updates – Using Custom Action Scripts https://www.asquaredozen.com/2019/08/25/windows-10-feature-updates-using-custom-action-scripts/ Windows 10 Feature Updates – The Challenge of Servicing in the Enterprise https://www.asquaredozen.com/2019/10/05/windows-10-feature-updates-the-challenge-of-servicing-in-the-enterprise/