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Issue #20 · 7 August 2026

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46 hand-picked posts from MVPs and engineers on LinkedIn this week · Updated every Tuesday

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Windows Adam Macintosh
KB5094126: Freezes, BitLocker Loops & LAN Issues
System freezes, forced BitLocker recovery, broken OneDrive and LAN after June update. Pause/rollback recommended. HP devices worst affected.
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Security Microsoft Security
RoguePlanet Zero-Day CVE-2026-50656
Defender race condition spawns SYSTEM-level CMD on fully patched Win10/11. Patch in development. Application allowlisting prevents exploitation.
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Intune Joymalya Basu Roy
Intune's New Device View: Less Clicking, More Context
Unified dashboard: sync, diagnostics, BitLocker keys and compliance all in one pane. Major admin UX improvement.
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Intune Connor Dean
Application Inventory Now in Intune
Microsoft launched Application Inventory with new device view and Properties Catalog to capture installed app data across your fleet.
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Intune Maurice Daly
Driver Automation Tool v10
600+ orgs, 1,600 device types. Manages driver/firmware for ConfigMgr & Intune. New: filters, auto-update, searchable catalog.
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Entra ID Antonio Russo
Global Admin Lost 19 Permissions — Agentic Era Shift
Microsoft removed 19 permissions from Global Admin. New Agent ID Administrator and Developer roles for the AI agent era.
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W365 Jon Jarvis
Windows 365 GPU Select — Affordable GPU Cloud PC
New SKU: 6 vCPU, 26GB RAM, 4GB vRAM. Entry-level GPU tier enables on-device AI image generation at lower cost.
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AI Pulse Nathan Rose
Copilot vs Cowork — Prompting or Delegating?
Control Mode (single tasks) vs Outcome Mode (multi-step delegation). Most people underuse AI by prompting when they should be delegating.
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Intune Sagar Aditya
Intune Admin Cheat Sheet
Quick reference covering device enrollment, compliance, app deployment and troubleshooting. Great for MD-102 prep.
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Intune Anuradha Kumari
Win32 App Deployment in Intune
Full lifecycle: packaging, detection rules, install workflows and troubleshooting. Excellent MD-102 prep resource.
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Intune Mohsin Tahir
Mastering macOS Enrollment in Microsoft Intune
All enrollment methods covered. Recommends Apple Business Manager → ADE as the enterprise standard.
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Intune System Center Dudes
Secure Bluetooth on Windows Devices with Intune
Step-by-step guide to locking down Bluetooth via Intune policy. Note: may affect some Sony headsets.
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Intune System Center Dudes
Block AirDrop on iOS Devices Using Intune
How to restrict AirDrop on Apple iOS devices through Intune MDM — practical enterprise security control.
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Intune System Center Dudes
Intune Troubleshooting Without Logs? Risky Game
Why logs are essential for Intune troubleshooting and where to find the right ones for fast diagnosis.
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Intune Daniel Engberg
Free Right Click Tools for Intune — Recast Software
Free endpoint management tools plus PowerShell training sessions. Used by enterprise IT teams globally.
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Intune Anuradha Kumari
PowerShell Automation + Intune Master Bundle
Course covering PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Intune automation, M365 admin, logging and scheduling best practices.
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Windows krehlik
June 2026 Patch Tuesday KB5094126 — Full Summary
Security fixes + Bluetooth LE Audio but severe stability issues. Test thoroughly before deploying to production.
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Windows Pravin Balakrishnan
KB5094126 Install Failure on Upgraded PCs
PCs upgraded from Win10 21H2/22H2 get errors 0x80073712 / 0x800f0993. DISM workaround available.
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Windows krehlik
Microsoft Store Download Throttle — Finally Fixed
Years-long speed limit (200KB–4MB/s) resolved in June Patch Tuesday. Full-speed downloads now enabled.
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Windows Jason Melrose
Get Ready for Windows 11 26H2
Enablement package release. 24H2/25H2 can upgrade; 26H1 cannot. Enterprise support lifecycle: 36 months.
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Windows Tom Amollo
Windows Troubleshooting CMD Commands
Essential CMD commands: SFC, DISM, CHKDSK, network diagnostics. Save hours on common system issues.
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Windows Deepak Kumar
Windows PC Unexpected Shutdowns — Causes & Fixes
Top 5 causes: overheating, faulty PSU, RAM, disk errors, software conflicts. Practical prevention tips.
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Security Samuel Kofi
Defender EDR Decoupled from Windows Updates
EDR updates now via Microsoft Update independently. Faster security response, fewer restarts, no more waiting for Patch Tuesday.
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Security Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus
Windows Server 2025 Security Baseline v2606
New OSConfig baseline on GitHub: Defender Antivirus, LAPS and SecuredCore CSV configurations for system hardening.
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Security Microsoft
Free Azure Data Platform Training — Jun 25-26
Microsoft free event: Azure Databricks, Fabric and Storage. Includes 50% certification exam discount.
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Entra ID Daniel Bradley
Conditional Access Baseline Scope Enforcement
New Entra update closes CA bypass loophole — all auth requests now subject to policy. Custom app developers should audit.
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W365 Microsoft Build
Windows 365 for Agents — Now Generally Available
AI agent Cloud PCs from Microsoft Build: Entra-joined, Intune-managed isolated environments for enterprise AI agents.
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W365 Ranveer Shahi
Optimize SCCM with Delta Content Downloads
Enable delta downloads to cut WAN bandwidth. Admin path: Client Settings → Software Updates.
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AI Pulse Satya Nadella
Microsoft MAI Models + Frontier Tuning
Satya Nadella: companies can now customise frontier AI models with their own data via reinforcement learning.
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AI Pulse Satya Nadella
Windows + NVIDIA RTX Spark — Local AI on Every PC
Microsoft & NVIDIA bringing local AI to Windows PCs. "Unmetered intelligence to every home and desk."
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AI Pulse OpenAI
OpenAI Codex — Track Bugs with AI
"Less time debugging, more time shipping." Codex helps dev teams improve efficiency and stay on schedule.
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AI Pulse Timmy Andersson
Local LLM Server with Dual AMD R9700 — Performance
Part 2: running local AI models on dual AMD R9700 GPUs (32GB each) via ROCm. No cloud dependency.
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AI Pulse Shabnam Parveen
11 Free Google AI Tools You Should Be Using
Firebase Studio, Veo, Gemini Live, NotebookLM, Google AI Studio and more — all free from Google.
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AI Pulse Irina Gontcharova
Microsoft Cloud & AI Frontier Week — EMEA
Free Microsoft event Jun 22-26: AI platforms, governance, security and agentic AI across EMEA.
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AI Pulse Ken Wong, Lenovo
Lenovo AI Services — From Pilot to Production
Real AI challenge is post-pilot: sustainable production with clear ownership and governance.
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M365 Vishal Shinde
Exchange Online Duplicate Sent Items — Mystery Solved
Shared mailbox delegates getting duplicate sent items. Fix: set Outlook registry DelegateSentItemsStyle = 0.
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PowerShell Harm Veenstra
Free PowerShell + Intune Live Session — Jun 23
Harm Veenstra & David Segura (PowerShell MVP, Recast) hosting a free live PowerShell session.
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Security Microsoft · MSRC
July 2026 Patch Tuesday: Four Critical RCEs Affect Managed Windows Fleets
CVE-2026-42982 (Secure Kernel Mode EoP), CVE-2026-49164 (AD DS RCE), an MSMQ RCE, and CVE-2026-48561 (Edge Copilot RCE on iOS/Android). Confirm…
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Entra ID Reddit · r/Intune
Conditional Access Enforcement Change Breaks MAM Flows with App Exclusions
An upcoming CA change evaluates downstream resources instead of excluded client apps, breaking iOS MAM redirect flows. Scoping affected policies to…
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Entra ID Microsoft · Message Center
Passkey Auto-Enrollment Overrides SMS/Voice Exclusions from September 1
Any user enabled for SMS or voice MFA will be auto-enabled for passkeys on Sep 1, 2026, triggering registration prompts and overriding intentional…
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Windows Microsoft · Tech Community
Admin Control Over Windows SSO Prompts Now Available via July Patch
KB5101650 for Windows 11 24H2/25H2 adds a supported registry setting letting admins auto-accept SSO permission prompts on managed devices, addressing…
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Intune Apple
macOS Tahoe 26.5 Fixes Platform SSO Reregistration Bug
macOS Tahoe 26.5 resolves unexpected Platform SSO reregistration prompts on Intune-managed fleets and improves reliability of managed app update…
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Intune Reddit · r/Intune
Get-IntuneAssignments v1.1.0 Drops Graph SDK Dependency
Community tool update removes the Graph SDK dependency and adds coverage for App Configuration Policies and iOS LoB App Provisioning — faster ad-hoc…
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Intune Reddit · r/Intune
LG and ASUS Drivers Silently Push Bundled Apps via Windows Metadata
Devices with LG monitors or ASUS hardware connected receive vendor app installers via Windows device metadata, bypassing Intune policy entirely. The…
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Intune Microsoft · Tech Community
Dell Firmware Catalog Lag Exceeds Six Weeks for 5520 Fleet Admins
A June 2026 Dell firmware release still has not appeared in the Intune Driver Updates catalog after 6+ weeks, leaving 5520 devices exposed with no…
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Intune Reddit · r/Intune
Autopilot Pre-Provisioning Silently Skips User-Assigned Apps on Slow Group Resolution
Dynamic Entra group membership resolving slowly during the technician phase causes user-scoped app assignments to be silently skipped in…
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