2026-02-27 · 4 min read
Picture this: You’ve crafted a beautiful PowerShell script, deployed it with confidence through Microsoft Intune, and then… nothing happens. The device is online. The Intune Management Extension is humming along. But your script? It’s taking a coffee break. Possibly a long one.
The Mystery of the Missing Execution
Here’s a scenario that has puzzled many an Intune administrator: You create a PowerShell platform script to fix something that Intune can’t do natively. You assign it to a device group. The device shows as healthy. The IME service is running. You expect the script to execute almost immediately.
2026-02-10 · 4 min read
Once upon a time (actually, recently), there was a perfectly healthy Intune environment. Devices were checking in, policies were deploying, and everyone was happy. Then something strange started happening. Devices that should have renewed their MDM certificates… weren’t.
The certificates were approaching their expiration date. The scheduled task was running. But nothing was happening. It was like the certificates had developed a case of stage fright.
The Plot Thickens: A Mysterious Error Code
We started investigating. In the enrollment registry, we found a clue:
2026-01-26 · 4 min read
There are many ways for Windows Autopilot Hybrid Join to fail. But this particular failure was special. It presented the most useless error message in the history of Windows errors: “Something Went Wrong: 80004005”
And the mystery? Pre-provisioning worked perfectly fine. Same tenant. Same device. Only the user-driven Hybrid path was throwing a tantrum.
The Scene of the Crime
The user had completed their Windows Autopilot journey — or so they thought. After the Device Preparation phase (formerly ESP), they reached the Hybrid Join moment. They entered their credentials. The progress indicator spun. And then…
2024-10-14 · 5 min read
In the red corner, we have Administrator Protection — the bodyguard for admin accounts. In the blue corner, we have Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) — the escalator for standard users. Both promise to make Windows more secure. Both use just-in-time principles. Both are frequently asked: “Is one replacing the other?”
Let’s settle this once and for all.
Administrator Protection: The Superman Approach
Imagine you’re an administrator. You log in with your admin credentials every day. You’re doing development work, configuring systems, running tools that need elevated access. But here’s the problem: every moment you’re logged in, your admin token is just… there. Waiting. Vulnerable.
2023-03-15 · 1 min read
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2023-02-15 · 1 min read
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2023-01-15 · 1 min read
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