Intune is a great tool for managing and enforcing your devices within the Microsoft environment. However, if there is one thing that we consider a pain point, it’s compliance checks. By default, Intune devices check in every 8 hours, which could be an issue if you are leveraging conditional access restrictions. For example, if a device falls out of compliance … Read More
Converting DMG to PKG For Deployments
If you have ever deployed applications to a macOS fleet with a .dmg disk image, you know how tricky (and annoying) this can be. A .dmg file must be mounted by the macOS system before the installation files can be read/executed. Whereas a .pkg can be installed directly without the need for being mounted. This isn’t to say that it … Read More
Admin Unsubscribe Users From Microsoft 365 Groups
Microsoft 365 has a great feature called Microsoft 365 Groups. Microsoft 365 Groups is a membership service that allows users within your organization to collaborate across the Microsoft 365 suite. Microsoft 365 Groups works with the Microsoft 365 tools you already use to create an interface that is ideal for shared projects and group work. One of the most overlooked … Read More
Manually Remove ConnectWise Control (ScreenConnect) From Windows
We occasionally see issues with ScreenConnect and when a removal from Add/Remove programs fails, we resort to removing the application manually. Below are the steps to do so. Get the unique thumbprint for the ScreenConnect instance installed on the PC Open Program and Features, Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Programs and Features Search for “ScreenConnect Client” in the … Read More
Connect To Exchange Online PowerShell With MFA
Enabling MFA for tenants in Office 365 has become ever present due to increase security. With this you may have noticed that your normal way of connecting to Exchange Online through PowerShell has not worked. This is because connecting to Exchange Online with MFA is a tad bit different and requires the Exchange Online PowerShell module for modern authentication. In … Read More
Grant Permissions To A User’s OneDrive
There may be times when an Admin needs to grant access to a user’s OneDrive folder to another user. An example would be when an employee leaves the company and a Manager or someone else performing the job function of that employee needs access to their OneDrive location. Microsoft has an easy way of granting access to MS 365 Admins … Read More
Microsoft 365 Shared Calendars On The Native iOS Calendar App
With businesses increasingly moving to remote workforces, the need to access data on all of your devices has become more important than ever. If your company uses Microsoft 365 services there’s a good chance that you need access to not only your own personal calendar, but co-worker and company shared calendars as well. Microsoft has recognized this in recent years … Read More
Reinstalling macOS ConnectWise Automate Agent Via Control Commands
If you utilize the ConnectWise suite of products to manage workstations that include Macs, you may have occasionally run into a need to reinstall your ConnectWise Automate agent due to lost communication or to troubleshoot a reporting issue. Whether it be due to a macOS update or a system issue, the ConnectWise Automate Mac agent has experienced occasional problems that … Read More
Hide the On-Premises Sync account from Azure AD
If you’re using a hybrid AD / Azure AD environment, you will be all too familiar with syncing user attributes such as msExchHideFromAddressLists and ShowInAddressList. The goal of which being to hide user and other object from the Global Address List (GAL) and other Address Lists. On installation and setup, Azure AD Connect creates an ‘Azure AD Connector account’ in … Read More