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Microsoft Endpoint Blog Posts - A New Home

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Back in March 2021 I was invited to contribute over at https://MSEndpointMgr.com

Block the Office File Transfer Endpoints to help prevent data leakage on Managed Devices

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we will look at the Office File Transfer feature and implement a simple solution to prevent “one way” that users can leak corporate data.

Remove Built-in Windows 11 apps leveraging a Cloud-Sourced reference file

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In this quick post we will be removing built-in Windows 11 apps, for all users, and optionally showing you how to leverage a “Cloud-Source” as a reference file to select apps for removal.

Use Proactive Remediations to pop a Toast Notification when Unsupported Apps are found

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Many organsiations, against strong advice, still allow some users to install apps on their devices. Quite often this is applicable to software developers and IT admins, both being given permission to install apps to “test it works”. The old argument was that IT simply could not turn around app packages in Intune of ConfigMgr to keep up with the demand from developers

Windows Update Settings Compliance

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

In this post I will show you how to use Proactive Remediations and Log Analytics, together, to ensure Windows Update Settings are Optimal and Compliant on your devices. This post comes on the back of a session both Aria Carley and I presented at #MMSMOA this year - Fun times!

Reports missing in the Configuration Manager Console

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

You may have seen No Items Found when looking at the Monitoring > Reporting > Reports node in the Configuration Manager console

Intune Android Device Compliance Template

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

One of the challenges I have found when using Intune for Device Compliance is being able to easily document changes to satisfy internal change control policies.

Mobile Strike Account

ben@byteben.com (Ben Whitmore) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for stopping by. Below are all the screenshots from my account. Boosts for troops shown when commander tree is set to the right to maximise RSS production.

All statistics are accurate as of 8/8/16 22:00GMT