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- When will we be able to use Windows Package Manger in Intune? Is it going to be available for Windows 10 as well or only 11?
- What is Microsoft's preference/stance on traditional Domain Joined Machines vs. AD/Hybrid Azure AD Joined machines vs. Azure AD joined machines in a Hybrid or Remote Only work environment? How should enterprises be handling Group Policy, Windows Licensing, Cached Domain Credentials\Accounts, and Device Management if laptops may never see a corporate LAN or VPN after being deployed?
- How to best map on premise file shares using azure managed (intune/mem) windows desktops.
- I guess you can deploy a script (machine based) to configure a scheduled task with a trigger "on user logon" for example. Or a script (user based) with net use .... /PERSISTENT key.
- Thanks Alex for your effort. So when centralising our device management using azure cloud (intune/mem) we have to decentralise our user on premise file share mapping and deploy a real hassle of unmanageable multiple scripts on devices for notebook users traveling between several locations/countries and multiple users using the same desktop with different security and double or triple mapped server shares? For example the h:\ drive mapping largely depends on the current user logged on. This is now dynamically and centrally solved using the dinosaurus-automation kixtart scripting on the netlogon shares on the local domain controllers, a technology that is crippled bij intune/mem. Of course a lot of user and departmental mappings will migrate to the cloud as a sharepoint/OneDrive resource but our legacy erp/bi/logistical/sales software will continue to run on premise, interfacing with file shares for data import, export and reporting, based on acl authorisation. A real oversight with the office cloud user based mem/intune solutions. The theme of these presentations are hybrid use and here Microsoft is lacking.
- How to join a device to Azure AD on-behalf of end user using Azure global admin credentials? Is there still limitation on the number of such joins?
- What features are on the Autopilot roadmap? For instance, we'd benefit from being able to order application installs, natively marking an application to only install (or not install) during the Autopilot process, or use better filters - such as custom WMI/PowerShell scripts that run on the client in real time vs the limited options available in MEM.
- Is there an end of life planned for config manager? Will it coexist forever with Intune? Or will configmgr only be available for on prem servers?
- Sort of related to that, are there any plans to make Intune able to manage Windows Server OSs?
- euburrag
Microsoft
Microsoft does not have any plans to end of life Endpoint Configuration Manager. Quoting Steve Dispensa [video link]
ConfigMgr is the largest deployed management solution in the known universe... is core to our ability to deliver a complete solution... we have no plans to end of life ConfigMgr. We love ConfigMgr. We just increased our development capacity on ConfigMgr. It's nothing but a bright future for ConfigMgr.
- Heather_Poulsen
Community Manager
Love seeing all the early questions! The Windows Management AMA will begin today at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, but you can continue to post your questions in the Comments now.
- Windows 11 Start menu layout Pinned List Does Microsoft plan to update deployment tools or PowerShell to customize Windows 11 start menu. The Windows 11 Start Menu Layout customizations needs more flexibility, with other deployment or customization tools. In a corporate or business environment IT admin need the flexibility, to customize the start menu. Windows 11 Start Menu ConfigureStartPins policy is only available if you have Cloud based Microsoft Endpoint Manager ( Intune ) The problem with that is not all companies, businesses , have access to Microsoft Endpoint Manager ( Intune ) for a number of reasons like, cost, licensing. We need ability to apply via PowerShell, or or deployment tools, to be able to Remove the Store Icon from the start menu for all users, including new user profiles. It would also be helpful to have a Windows 11 GPO policy object to remove the Windows Store Icon from the Start Menu for ALL Users, in a business or corporate environment you do not want the Windows Store front and center for the users.
- Why does Windows Update download and add a driver version that already exists in the driver repository? Why does it download older versions of a driver and override the newer one?
- SharePoint Library auto-sync has become a critical part of our customer's workflows. Autopilot often struggles to make sure SharePoint Libraries sync in a timely manner (sometimes takes upwards of a full day and a few system reboots). Are there plans to make this faster on Windows 11? Also, can we have a central management dashboard in MEM to show us the status of the SharePoint Sync?
