UK Platforms

Latest updates from the Cloud & Infrastructure and Devices & Mobility Teams

INTUNE: REPORT ALL DEVICES THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT BECAUSE THEY ARE INACTIVE

It’s me Anil Abraham again with a quick blog. These days my job involves walking into customers and...

Author: AnilAbraham Date: 02/23/2019

Office 365 ProPlus - How To: Add previously excluded components

If you have installed a Office 365 ProPlus with a custom XML file with excluded components and then...

Author: NandanSheth Date: 02/08/2019

5 Second Delays Add Up – The Case of the 4 Hour + In-Place Upgrade

[How does simple configuration oversight affect in-place upgrades for Windows 10? Read on to find...

Author: NandanSheth Date: 06/18/2018

Deploy Custom GPO via Microsoft Intune

Hello! My name is Anil Abraham, and I am a Senior PFE with the Windows and Devices team, in the UK....

Author: AnilAbraham Date: 05/30/2018

Azure Cost Optimisation Series - Enable Hybrid Use Benefit (HUB) Using PowerShell

Hello all, My name is Neil Bird, I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) in the UK Cloud &...

Author: Neil Bird [Msft] Date: 03/07/2018

Azure Cost Optimisation Series - Identify Orphaned Disks Using PowerShell

Hello all, Neil Bird here again, I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) in the UK Cloud &...

Author: Neil Bird [Msft] Date: 02/21/2018

Awesomeness Made Easy With PowerBI

Hi all, My name is Dave Coles and I'm a Senior Premier Field Engineer based in the UK who...

Author: MS Dave Coles Date: 12/12/2017

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) - Automate Installation of VM Extensions using PowerShell and JSON

Hello all Neil Bird here from the Cloud & Infrastructure team in the UK. I am a Premier Field...

Author: Neil Bird [Msft] Date: 07/31/2017

Getting Started with Windows 10 Device Guard - Create Code Integrity Signing Certificate

Back to Getting Started with Windows 10 Device Guard – Part 2 of 2 contents Getting Started with...

Author: Debs Turner Date: 05/04/2017

Getting Started with Windows 10 Device Guard – Part 2 of 2

Hi, my name is Debs Turner, I’m a Premier Field Engineer in the Devices and Mobility team with...

Author: Debs Turner Date: 05/04/2017

Getting Started with Windows 10 Device Guard – Part 1 of 2

Hi, my name is Debs Turner, I’m a Premier Field Engineer in the Devices and Mobility team with...

Author: Debs Turner Date: 04/04/2017

Upgrade Readiness Client Configuration

Hello, again! I am back and this time, we will look at how to start data collection for the Windows...

Author: NandanSheth Date: 03/13/2017

Getting Started with Upgrade Readiness

Hello again. In my last post, I briefly touched upon the challenges application compatibility can...

Author: NandanSheth Date: 03/03/2017

Introduction to Upgrade Readiness and Application Compatibility with Windows 10

Hello! My name is Nandan, I am a Premier Field Engineer in the Windows Platforms team with Microsoft...

Author: NandanSheth Date: 02/24/2017

PPKGs Part 2 - Testing and deploying provisioning packages for Windows 10 1607

Hello again, is it really a week since I wrote Part 1? Without further ado, let's get cracking. So...

Author: Paul Latham Date: 02/20/2017

PPKGs Part 1 - Creating Simple Windows 10 1607 Provisioning Packages

The world of IT is moving fast and it's only getting faster. You may have seen blog posts before...

Author: Paul Latham Date: 02/11/2017

Welcome to the UK Platforms Team blog!

Hello and welcome to the UK Platforms Team blog! We’ll be writing about Microsoft Azure, Windows...

Author: Paul Latham Date: 01/27/2017