Secure Remote Access for Windows 11 Pro PCs with Office 365 (Easy, Cost-Effective)
I run a small business with 10 Windows 11 Pro computers, no servers. Each user has their own Office 365 subscription, using it to log into any of these 10 computers seamlessly. Now, with the team looking to work from home. I'm on the lookout for a remote control solution that's easy to set up, secure, cost-effective, and also plays nice with Macs on the client side. Remote Desktop seems like a great fit, but it appears that the computer needs to be joined to a domain for this to work. Ideally, it would be nice to not need to set up a Windows server and maintain it. I've looked into TeamViewer and similar solutions, but they do not appear to be integrated with Windows accounts. So, for example, if user A logs into a computer, and then user B starts remote controlling the same computer, user B would see what user A was doing. In this regard, Remote Desktop is better, as it only allows one user to see its stuff. Any suggestions on solutions? Thanks.Mobile Application Management for Windows (NEW)
This newly released product is now available in Public Preview, and I'm excited to share my initial impressions. MAM enables users to stay productive on any device while ensuring the security of our data. Mobile Application Management for Windows enables us to; Apply policies to corporate applications on personal devices. No enrollment required, just an Azure AD (or MEID) registration. Place restrictions suchas cut/copy/print and blocking incoming or outgoing data. Integration with the Mobile Threat Defense connector to detect local health threats. Block access or wipe corporate data based on specific conditions. In this blog post, I provide a first look at the configuration and user experience of MAM for Windows. First look at Mobile Application Management for Windows - Myron Helgering's BlogTransitioning state data to the cloud in remote work scenarios
Ensuring reliable access to applications and corporate data is paramount in ensuring end user productivity during the current global health crisis. In addition to managing that application and data access, ensuring the preservation, and roaming of user state data, specifically applications and shell settings is crucial as that state data is often personalized and tailored to individual users. This session discusses the methods of roaming state data via the cloud instead of through on-premises technologies over VPN. Learn more Here are links to the resources mentioned in this session: Enterprise State Roaming Overview Windows 10 Roaming Settings Reference User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) for Windows 10 overview Group Policy and MDM settings for ESR Administering UE-V with Windows PowerShell and WMI Configuring UE-V with Group Policy Objects While not mentioned specifically in this session, here are some additional resources you might find helpful: Microsoft COVID-19 response site Enabling Remote Work Microsoft Endpoint Manager remote work blog Work remotely, stay secure 2 weeks in: what we’ve learned about remote work Frequently asked questions Q: Is the assumption correct that any Win32 app, once converted to MSIX, has to support Enterprise State Roaming instead of local profile storage (AppData/Roaming and UE-V combo)? A: If your application, prior to MSIX conversion was already writing data to the Known Folder %APPDATA% path, the folder is remapped during conversion to the roaming app storage path (i.e. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\ to AppData\Local\Packages\<AppName>.AppData_<GUID>\LocalCache\Roaming\ Q: Do you see companies use both UE-V and ESR at the same time? It seems each cover different things. A: Yes. companies can leverage both at the same time for Windows 10 pending the requirements are met. Q: For a completely cloud-managed Windows client (i.e. no AD/hybrid join; pure UEM), we would need to use 2 solutions (ESR and UE-V w/cloud storage such as OneDrive) in order to get full state management? A: Yes, especially for legacy Win32 applications, including most enterprise LOB (Line-of-Business) apps, you would need to leverage UE-V. Q: For UE-V custom templates, is there a recommended size of files that shouldn’t use this solution? For example, a program that has large files like Dragon Naturally Speaking could have large files. Will large files cause performance issues? A: It is recommended to maintain settings package sizes (PKGX) no more than 2-4 MB per application otherwise, application launches, and shutdown times can be adversely affected. You can work with detailed configuration elements to optimize templates. For more information, please refer to theApplication Template Schema Reference for UE-V. Q: What would be the best strategy to monitor performance for sync items, so we make sure everything runs smoothly and monitor user’s performance in using UE-V, OneDrive and ESR? A: You can monitor Enterprise State Roaming sync status per-user and device in the Admin Portal. For more information, please seeEnable Enterprise State Roaming in Azure Active Directory. You can useMicrosoft 365 Reports to view status on OneDrive usage and sync statuses. Feedback We hope you find this session useful. We'd love your feedback and ideas for future sessions so pleasefill out this short survey. Thank you!
Your help needed to improve Microsoft's IT infrastructure-focused remote worker content
The Empower Remote Workers with Microsoft 365 solution content tells IT professionals like yourselves how to deploy various on-premises and cloud-based apps to support your remote workers. It was published earlier this year in response to the initial reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. We took a step-by-step approach with enumerated results as a roadmap for success. We need your help to review the content and make sure it’s still relevant to today’s organizations. REQUEST: Please take a few minutes to look over this content and tell us what we can do to improve it. Note that you don't need to do a line-by-line read-through (unless you want to). I’m more interested in your overall impressions on its organization, completeness, and utility to IT professionals like yourselves. Please leave your feedback as a reply to this discussion. Thanks so much for your time and help! Joe Davies Senior Technical Writer at MicrosoftHow to host Tech Workshops and Trainings online
I just got asked by one of my blog readers, who is a consultant and trainer, about what tools I use to give online tech workshops and trainings. I thought this would make a good blog post; that’s why I want to share with you how you can provide tech workshops and trainings online. This can obviously also be used in day to day collaboration and meetings. You can read more here:https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/how-to-host-tech-training-online/How I Manage and Plan Tasks as a Remote Worker 🤓✔📅
I know being a remote worker and working from home can be a challenge, especially when it comes to managing and planning your tasks and to-dos. SinceI started at Microsoft, I became a remote worker working from my home office, and I needed to figure out what the best way for me is to get things done. In this blog, I want to share my experience on how to manage and plan tasks as a remote worker working from home and be more productive. Check out my blog here:https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/04/how-i-manage-and-plan-tasks-as-a-remote-worker/
