Ben Whitmore

Systems Architect @PatchMyPC | Microsoft Security MVP

Office 365 - Access a Users OneDrive Folder

I thought I would dig a little deeper on this cool little feature in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Administrators are able to select a user and “Access” that users OneDrive files. Cool for a number of scenarios, so Microsoft believe to create this feature, but it does comes with a caveat. (Read post before implementing). Let’s first see how, as an Administrator, we can do this.

Intune Conditional Access - Policy Documentation Template

Being able to document your configuration changes in Office 365 is just as important as documenting changes in your traditional on premises systems. The Azure blade layout brings a nice fluidity to making changes but it creates a real challenge for those of us seeking to document the changes we make.

ESXi Host Slow Boot stuck on vmw_satp_alua

So I came across this recently while upgrading ESXi hosts. Part of the phased migration to vSphere 6.7 was to get our ESXi hosts from version 5.5 to version 6.0. The normal applied, evacuate the vms using DRS, put it in maintenenace mode, attach the ESXi 6.0 baseline upgrade, remediate the host and……3 hours later the host appears on the radar. What! 3 Hours?

Signing PowerShell Scripts for an SCCM App Detection Method

In this blog post we will look at signing the PowerShell scripts we use in the “App Detection Method” when distributing apps with ConfigMgr. The PowerShell Execution Policy can be modified in Client Settings to allow ConfigMgr to execute unsigned scripts. If your environment needs to be a bit tighter with script execution and you dont want to open up the Execution Policy, here is how you can sign the scripts using your own PKI infrastructure.