In Part 1 of this series we looked at how we can report on missing driver updates for HP workstations using Intune Proactive remediations, Azure Log Analytics and Power BI. In Part 2 we'll look at how we can deploy driver updates to devices and use the information available in the Power BI report to … Continue reading Managing HP Driver Updates with Microsoft Intune, Azure Log Analytics and Power BI – Part 2
Category: Software Updates
Managing HP Driver Updates with Microsoft Intune, Azure Log Analytics and Power BI – Part 1
In this two-part series I will cover a solution I recently created to manage HP driver updates on Windows workstations. In part 1, I'll show you a reporting solution giving you visibility of available HP driver updates across your managed estate and in part 2, I'll show a flexible solution for deploying driver updates, whether … Continue reading Managing HP Driver Updates with Microsoft Intune, Azure Log Analytics and Power BI – Part 1
Consolidated Feature Update Reporting for Microsoft Intune
If you're deploying feature updates using feature update profiles in Intune you're probably familiar with the Windows Feature Update Report available in the endpoint manager portal: As is often the case with these canned reports though, I find myself wanting to report things differently - in this case I wanted to see a consolidated view … Continue reading Consolidated Feature Update Reporting for Microsoft Intune
Granting delegated permissions to the Microsoft Intune PowerShell SDK for the Windows Update for Business Deployment Service
When working with Microsoft Graph in PowerShell I tend to use the REST API directly rather than cmdlets provided by Microsoft in their Graph modules - just personal preference I suppose. I found myself needing to query the Windows Update for Business deployment service using the Graph API, and this requires a specific permission - … Continue reading Granting delegated permissions to the Microsoft Intune PowerShell SDK for the Windows Update for Business Deployment Service
Create Compatibility Collections in ConfigMgr for Windows 11 22H2
When Windows 11 was first released I published some resources for creating collections in ConfigMgr containing workstations in their various "update readiness" states, such as whether they are capable for upgrade, if they are blocked by the common blockers like CPU family or by a safeguard hold, for example. Here I am publishing the same … Continue reading Create Compatibility Collections in ConfigMgr for Windows 11 22H2
Enhance Update Compliance Reporting with Azure Automation
In my last blog I provided an Intune Proactive remediations script that can be used to gather additional Windows Update information from your managed Windows devices and send the data to an Azure Log Analytics workspace to enhance your Windows Update reporting together with Microsoft's Update Compliance solution. In this blog, I will provide an … Continue reading Enhance Update Compliance Reporting with Azure Automation
Enhance Update Compliance Reporting with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
If you're using Windows Update for Business in Microsoft Endpoint Manager you're probably also using Microsoft's Update Compliance solution for reporting. Update Compliance contains some useful data and I know the team are working on additional improvements. A while back I created my own "Update Compliance" solution in part because I wasn't happy with the … Continue reading Enhance Update Compliance Reporting with Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Resolve Windows Update Error Codes with PowerShell
I needed a way to resolve Windows Update error codes for a solution I am working on and I remembered there are a couple of web pages on the Microsoft Docs site that document Windows Update error codes, eg this and this. So I decided to create a PowerShell function that scrapes these pages and … Continue reading Resolve Windows Update Error Codes with PowerShell
Creating Compatibility Collections for Windows 11 in MEMCM
The other day I tweeted a screenshot of collections I had created in MEMCM for Windows 11 based off custom inventoried data - this post is just to explain how they were created and provide scripts and files for you to do the same if you wish. https://twitter.com/SMSagentTrevor/status/1446523800246489089 The data is inventoried from Windows 10 … Continue reading Creating Compatibility Collections for Windows 11 in MEMCM
Use Proactive remediations to report on or install the Microsoft Update Health tools
Microsoft recently made a download available for their Update Health tools - if you're using Microsoft Endpoint Manager and enrolling or co-managing Windows devices these tools need to be installed to make use of the capability for expediting quality updates. For devices connected to Windows Update or Windows Update for Business these tools should already … Continue reading Use Proactive remediations to report on or install the Microsoft Update Health tools