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Windows 8 can’t find WSUS updates

A customer of mine recently started deploying Windows 8 in their environment. MDT was set up and the deployment was working fine, but after deployment the Windows 8 machines wouldn’t connect to the WSUS server.

When trying to connect to the WSUS-server through the Control Panel I got an error message.

Installing .NET Framework on Windows 8 and 2012

I have been struggling a bit with adding .NET Framework 3.5 on a few systems (and reference image for MDT). The posts on MSDN and TechNet are good, but not always crystal clear.

Here is how I solved the issues we were experiencing…

SCCM Client – Manual install and uninstall

You can deploy the SCCM client several ways, the most common being through SCCM, manual install via the ccmsetup.exe. This article describes how to install and uninstall the client manually.

Disable Hardware Acceleration in Outlook 2013

Not all computers work better with hardware acceleration, especially those with incompatible drivers.

A couple of users contacted me asking about “white screens” and freezes in Outlook 2013. The simple solution is to disable the hardware acceleration…

Fix for slow “Downloads” folder in Windows 10

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing that clicking the “Downloads” folder in Windows Explorer took a long time to load.
After a bit of research, it turns out Windows 10 tries to guess…

Managing Azure RBAC Assignments at Scale with PowerShell

Managing Azure RBAC Assignments at Scale with PowerShell

As Azure environments grow, keeping role assignments consistent and compliant becomes a significant operational challenge. Drifted permissions, orphaned identities, and undocumented manual assignments all create security risk. Using PowerShell to audit and enforce...

Automating Windows Autopilot Device Enrollment with PowerShell

Automating Windows Autopilot Device Enrollment with PowerShell

Windows Autopilot transforms device provisioning from a multi-hour imaging process into a zero-touch deployment experience. When you combine it with PowerShell automation, you can register hardware hashes, assign profiles, and track enrollment status entirely from the...

Configuring Conditional Access Policies with Microsoft Entra ID

Configuring Conditional Access Policies with Microsoft Entra ID

Conditional Access is the cornerstone of Zero Trust security in Microsoft Entra ID. Rather than managing dozens of policies by hand through the Azure portal, you can use PowerShell and the Microsoft Graph API to define, deploy, and version-control your policies with...

Automating Intune Device Compliance Policies with PowerShell

Automating Intune Device Compliance Policies with PowerShell

Manually configuring Microsoft Intune compliance policies across hundreds of devices is tedious and error-prone. By leveraging the Microsoft Graph API through PowerShell, you can define, deploy, and audit compliance policies programmatically — making your...

Enroll in Azure AD with error 8018000a

Enroll in Azure AD with error 8018000a

The 801800A issue is usually caused by a Windows client thinking it has a enrollment to Entra ID in progress. It will not “time out” so you will have to manually fix this…

Office365 Safe Attachment Delay Report

Office365 Safe Attachment Delay Report

Recently the Helpdesk have been getting cases about slow delivery times due to Office 365 ATP Safe Attachments. We have created a script to retrieve the data from Exchange Online, and then used Power BI to visualize it.

SCCM Baselines: Update Compliance

SCCM Baselines: Update Compliance

There are numerous of ways to measure update compliance in an enterprise. Some prefer to just compare the compliance of a Software Update Group against a collection. The issue I’ve found with this is that when you release updates the compliance falls down to 0%…