Automating network drive mapping configuration with Intune

I’m thrilled to introduce the intune-drive-mapping-generator which creates PowerShell scripts to map network drives with Intune. The tool is open source and built on ASP.NET Core MVC. The intune-drive-mapping-generator is your tool of choice to: Generate an Intune PowerShell script to map network drives on Azure AD joined devices Seamlessly migrate existing network drive mapping group policies Generate a network drive mapping configuration from scratch Use an existing Active Directory group as a filter to deploy all your drive mapping configurations within one script This all happens without scripting effort....

July 19, 2019 · 2 min · 385 words · Nicola Suter

Surface Hub Miracast Connection Error

Recently I had to troubleshoot a sticky Surface Hub Miracast Connection error for a customer. They were unable to connect to the surface hub from domain joined devices but a newly installed device from a blank Windows image was working as expected. I started Troubleshooting the Surface Hub Miracast Connection Error and checked all the points mentioned in the official Troubleshoot Miracast on Surface Hub post from Microsoft. Default Configuration On a Windows 10 1709 device exists a default firewall rule to allow Miracast connections to wireless displays:...

January 5, 2018 · 2 min · 350 words · Nicola Suter

Windows 10 1709 Cannot Access SMB2 Share Guest Access

After Upgrading to Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators Update) I couldn’t access my Synology NAS anymore. Therefore I started troubleshooting the Windows 10 1709 Cannot Access SMB2 Share Guest Access error: An error occurred while reconnecting X: to \\nas\data Microsoft Windows Network: You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access. These policies help protect your PC from unsafe or malicious devices on the network....

October 19, 2017 · 2 min · 263 words · Nicola Suter

Manage Local Administrator Rights Using Group Policy

If you imagine that your users or administrators have uncontrolled local administrator rights it’s a nightmare. They have (certainly) full control over their computer, and could do a lot of harm. So managing local administrator rights is definitely a must. Manage Local Administrator Rights The Active Directory Group Policies offer a great possibility to manage local groups on clients or servers. All the magic happens with “Restricted Groups”. Adding a group or users to a local group If you want to add a certain group to a built-in group add the group to the restricted groups under the “This group is a member of” sections: When the GPO is no longer applied, the restricted group is being removed from the clients....

October 14, 2017 · 2 min · 297 words · Nicola Suter