The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson (Audio) - Channel 9

In this episode of The Endpoint Zone, Brad and Simon discuss how Microsoft Endpoint Manager brings all your managed devices together into one view across your estate. This unique approach allows devices managed by Configuration Manager or Intune to show up in the Endpoint Manager. From here you can manage settings, apply remote actions, and view analytics to gain insight into your estate. Also, demos, demos demos!

In this episode of The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson, Brad and Simon discuss the current state of IT in the COVID-19 pandemic. They talk about how organizations are moving from a state of response to COVID-19 and new work from home practices to a sustained hybrid-workplace model. In this new model IT will need to seamlessly enable end users to both work from home and from the offices with fluidity. Brad and Simon discuss how organizations are making this move. Brad and Simon also discuss...

This episode of The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson is the first during our "new normal" of working from home! In this episode Brad and Simon talk about how customers are getting their workforces up and running at home while keeping them secure with Microsoft Endpoint Manager. They discuss Cloud Management Gateway for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (fka SCCM) and how Conditional Access will help secure your organization during this time. Brad and Simon also share their...

In this month's Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson, Brad and Simon talk about what Brad learned from his recent customer visit to Canada. Brad and Simon discuss the latest trends and developments in the endpoint management space including the concept of "cloud cadence". With a cloud cadence your endpoints and endpoint manager stay in constant sync, always able to instantly take advantage of the latest updates. Simon demos some of the most exciting new features of Endpoint Manager.

In this episode of The Endpoint Zone Brad and Simon talk about their favorite up coming Ignite sessions. They also explain where Microsoft lands in Gartner Magic Quadrants and how and why you should be looking to deeply integrated management options for Microsoft 365. Brad also takes you through Desktop Analytics, which was just made generally available.

In this episode of The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson, Brad and Simon talk about Windows PCs in the modern workplace and what it means to manage them. They spend time delving into the reasons why co-management is better than co-existence and why ONLY Intune and ConfigMgr can provide co-management. Also as mentioned, here's a link to the Microsoft Office Twins Challenge

In this episode of The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson we take a look at when you'd use ConfigMgr and/or Intune and why co-management is a unique thing, that only Intune and ConfigMgr can do. Why you would use them instead of any other UEM solution. This is a really demo heavy episode with:

The FastTrack organization is a large group of expert engineers who specialize in helping all types of organizations deploy Microsoft 365 apps. There is simply no group in the world with more specialized skills on this subject, nor is there anyone else with greater access to the innerworkings of the platform. How do I request FastTrack assistance? To make a request for assistance from FastTrack, first go to FastTrack for Microsoft 365. Once you're there, click on the "Sign In" prompt,...

Getting cloud connected with Co-management adds new functionality to your existing Configuration Manager deployment, without changing how you already work. When you enable co-management, you immediately begin benefitting from the cloud. You can apply that value to your existing management infrastructure and processes. In this co-management Blastoff series, you'll find how you can quickly drive new management value. Co-management is built to create features and tools you can use right now.

If you missed the memo over the summer, as of 14 August 2018, hybrid mobile device management (Intune integrated with Configuration Manager) is a deprecated feature with support ending on 1 September 2019. For more information on what this means, check out this documentation. The short version: Intune standalone is now Microsoft's recommended deployment topology and it is required for Co-Management. From this point forward, if you want to enable Co-Management, you must move from an...

As you work towards onboarding your organization to Co-Management, a significant hurdle for some teams is getting Current. For Co-Management, Windows 10 1709 (released in January 2018) is required. Your organization may be in the process of planning or implementing this update, and, once you are updated and Auto Enrollment is configured, your clients will be automatically enrolled to Co-Management. The great news is that upgrading Windows 10 is enabled by default! In most cases, upgrade...

If your environment currently has Windows 10 devices locally domain joined, you will need to Hybrid Azure AD join your devices before you can enable Co-Management in ConfigMgr. Hybrid Azure AD joining your devices is a process that automatically registers your on-premises domain-joined devices with Azure AD. For more context on this process, check out the Introduction to device management in Azure Active Directory, as well as this documentation about How to plan your Hybrid Azure AD...

Unwrapping a new PC is incredibly exciting, but we've all felt a bit of dread when thinking about how long it will take it get all our settings and apps just right so that we can start being productive. Co-Management solves this device provisioning problem with Windows Autopilot. Whether you are looking to set up and pre-configure new Windows 10 devices, or reset, repurpose and recover existing devices – Autopilot provides a simplified experience for both IT and the end user. Autopilot...

There's no simpler way to say it than this: In the cloud, Identity is the new control plane. This fundamental principal of security and management means that securely connecting users to applications and resources (no matter where they exist or how they are used) is what will set apart world-class organizations. This huge shift in how we approach IT is embodied by Azure AD. Azure AD allows you to seamlessly link your users, devices, and applications – across both cloud and on-premises...

The health of our network is directly connected to the health of the devices moving in and out of it. Intune has the unique ability to talk to unhealthy clients and act as a watch dog for your organization, even when a client is not on your corporate network. When you use Co-Management to combine this power with ConfigMgr's ability to report back 98% of known healthy clients, you can detect, assess, and provide great visibility across all clients, in real time. Intune also adds the support...

IT must be able to ensure that every device they manage is reachable – no matter where it is – whenever it connects. IT must also provide each device and device user with everything needed to stay productive while protecting the apps and data being used. With the device actions supported by Intune, these critical functions can be solved (as the name implies) remotely. Why you need it: Remote device actions give IT unparalleled management controls on the device without interfering...

Simply put, Conditional Access is EMS flexing its might. Surprisingly often, regular uses of ConfigMgr overlook how much they can use Conditional Access (CA) and take advantage of the simple, cloud-attached benefits. CA is a perpetual-motion machine which ensures that corporate resources are only accessed by trusted users on trusted devices using trusted apps. It has been built from scratch in the cloud and, whether you're managing devices with Intune or extending your ConfigMgr...

In this episode of the Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson you'll hear from Microsoft's Chief Information Security Officer, Bret Arsenault, about how Microsoft protects it's employees mobile devices.

To learn more about Desktop App Assure: https://aka.ms/DesktopAppAssure To request assistance with your apps today: https://aka.ms/DesktopAppAssureRequest

Coming up in this episode of the Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson Brad talks to the CEO of JAMF software, Dean Hager. Brad and Dean discuss the JAMF Casper integration with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft 3365 [01:00] Some context on JAMF [03:40] "We're Apple guys" [07:40] Whiteboarding ow JAMF and Conditional Access work together [10:45] Demo [17:00] Insight into where the JAMF / Microsoft partnership is going next