206th HTMD Newsletter 11th to 15th August 2025
Welcome to the 206th HTMD Newsletter, 11th to 15th August 2025! This is the list of posts and videos the HTMD Community published this week, and news from the IT industry. You can get all the information and details from Windows 11, Cloud PC, SCCM, Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Android, iOS, and Mac.
Previous Weeks Newsletters
- 203rd HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 21st to 25th July 2025
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- 205th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 4th to 8th August 2025
Monday 11th August 2025
🎆How to use Intune Explorer with Security Copilot to Access Devices Users Apps Compliance and Update Details
– https://www.anoopcnair.com/Intune-explorer-with-security-copilot-devices/
▶️Prerequisites to use Explorer in Microsoft Intune
▶️Explore Data by Device App and Management Properties
▶️Different Categories Available in Intune Explorer
▶️All Categories in Intune Explorer
▶️App Configuration Categories in Intune Explorer
▶️App Protection
▶️App Categories in Intune Explorer
▶️Compliance Categories in Intune Explorer
▶️Device Configuration Categories
▶️Device Updates Categories
▶️Device Categories
🎆Allow or Block Insecure Content on Sites for MS Edge using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/insecure-content-on-sites-for-MS-edge-Intune/
🔥Insecure Content on Sites
🔥Control Over Mixed Content
🔥What is Mixed Content?
🔥What is the Benefit of this Policy?
🔥Decide Block or Allow HTTP Content on HTTPS Sites
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client-Side Verification
📌Control Edge Extensions from External Stores using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/edge-extensions-from-external-stores-intune/
🔥Edge Extensions from External Stores
🔥Get Customization experience on Microsoft Edge browser
🔥Benefits of Extensions from Other Stores Setting
🔥How this Policy Helps Admin?
🔥Example of Applicable Scenario
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client-Side Verification
🎆Enable File Selection Dialogs in Edge Browser for Local File Interactions using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/file-selection-dialogs-in-edge-using-intune/
🔔Allow File Selection Dialogs Policy
🔔Helps Users Browse Files Easily
🔔Improves Workflow Flexibility
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
Tuesday 12th August 2025
📌How to Enable Performance Detector to Enhance Efficiency using Intune for MS Edge Browser
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/performance-detector-using-intune-edge-browser/
🔥Performance Detector to Enhance Efficiency
🔥Proactively Identifies and Addresses Performance Issues
🔥Benefits of Performance Detector Policy
🔥How this Policy Helps Admin?
🔥Example of Applicable Scenario
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client Side Verification
🎆How to use Intune Explorer with Security Copilot to Find Windows and MacOS Device Data across your Tenant
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-explorer-with-security-copilot-windows/
➡️Device Category Under Explorer Intune
➡️Get Platform Devices Query
➡️Filling Required Fields and Selecting the Platform
➡️Understanding the Results of the “Get Platform Devices” Query
➡️Other Useful Queries and Next Steps to Consider
➡️End Result – Windows Devices under My Intune Tenant
➡️Get MacOS Devices Query
➡️End Result – MacOS Devices under My Intune Tenant
🎆How to Control Default Pop-up for Specific Sites Using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/control-default-pop-up-for-sites-Intune/
🔥Microsoft Edge Content Setting Policy
🔥Default Pop- up for Specific Sites
🔥Allows Pop-ups Only on Administrator-Approved Domains
🔥Reduces Risk from Malicious or Misleading Pop-up Windows
🔥Granular Control
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client Side Verification
🎆Enforce Windows Credential UI for Edge and Negotiate Challenges using Intune
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-credential-unit-for-edge-using-Intune/
➡Windows Credential UI for Edge
➡Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Policy
➡Seamless Integration Across Browser
➡Benefits of Windows Credential UI for Edge
➡How this Policy Helps Admins?
➡Monitoring Status
➡Client Side Verification
Wednesday 13th August 2025
📌Windows 11 KB5063878 KB5063875 August 2025 Patch and 1 Zero Day Vulnerability and 107 Flaws
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-11-kb5063878-kb5063875-august-patch/
💡1 Zero Day Vulnerability and 107 Flaws
💡New Improvements and Features with August Patch
💡Issues Fixed with Windows 11 August Patch
💡August Patch Direct Download Link
🎆 Windows 10 KB5063709 August 2025 Patch and 1 Zero Day Vulnerability and 107 Flaws
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-10-kb5063709-august-2025-patch-and-zero/
🔔1 Zero-Day Vulnerability
🔔New Improvements and Features with August Patches
🔔Issues Fixed with Windows 10 August Patches
🔔August Patches Direct Download Link
📌Windows 365 Reserve Get Up to 10 Days of Cloud PC Access During Laptop Downtime
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-365-reserve-get-up-to-10-days-of-cloud/
💡Ensures Access to Cloud PC when the Main Device Fails
💡Windows 365 Reserve in Limited Public Preview
💡10 Days of Cloud PC Access Per Year During Device Issues
💡What is Windows 365 Reserve?
💡Is the Windows 365 Reserve License Fully Available or Still in Preview?
💡Windows 365 Reserve Importance
🎆Disable Automatic Media Playback for Websites Policy in MS Edge Browser using Intune
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/media-playback-for-websites-in-edge-intune/
🔔Enable Media Auto play for Website Policy
🔔Help Reduce Intrusive Behavior
🔔Provide Control to Users
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
Thursday 14th August 2025
🎆Enable Automatic Sign-in to Bing MSN and Copilot in Microsoft Edge Browser using Intune
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/automatic-sign-in-to-Bing-msn-in-edge-Intune/
🔥Automatic Sign-in to Bing MSN and Copilot
🔥Personalized Search Results
🔥Benefits of the Policy
🔥How this policy Helps Admins?
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client Side Verification
🎆Control Multiple Automatic Downloads for Trusted Sites using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/multiple-automatic-downloads-intune/
🔥Multiple Automatic Downloads for Trusted Sites
🔥Helps to Saves time for employees
🔥Improves Workflow Efficiency
🔥Enhances Security by Limiting Access to Approved Sites
🔥How Does this Policy Help an Organization, and is It Secure?
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client Side Verification
🎆How to Set Proxy Behavior for Update Detection using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/set-proxy-behavior-for-update-detection-Intune/
➡️Naming and Describing the Set Proxy Behavior for Update Detection Policy
➡️Using the Settings Catalog to Configure the Policy
➡️Selecting Set Proxy Behavior for Update Detection in the Settings Picker
➡️Default Option – Use Only the System Proxy for Update Detection
➡️How the Fallback to User Proxy Option Benefits IT Admins
➡️Using Scope Tags to Manage Access for the Policy
➡️Assigning the Policy to Specific Device or User Groups
➡️Reviewing and Creating the Set Proxy Behavior for Update Detection Policy
➡️Policy Creation Confirmation
➡️Device and User Check-in Status
➡️Client Side Verification
📌How to Configure Windows Quick Machine Recovery Feature using Intune
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-quick-machine-recovery-feature-intune/
💡Advantages of Windows Quick Machine Recovery Feature
💡Create a Policy to Configure Windows Quick Machine Recovery Feature in Intune
💡Remote Remediation CSP & Important Notes
💡Monitor the Windows Quick Machine Recovery Feature Policy Deployment
💡End User Experience of Quick Machine Recovery Settings
Friday 15th August 2025
🎆How to Check Security Copilot is Enabled in your Intune Tenant
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/security-copilot-is-enabled-in-your-Intune/
🎊Microsoft Security Copilot
🎊What can you Do with Copilot?
🎊How Copilot Works
🎊Interpreting Copilot’s Results
🎊Monitoring Usage
🎆How to Restore Deleted Microsoft 365 Group using Microsoft Graph API and PowerShell
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/restore-deleted-microsoft-365-group-graph-api/
➡What is Microsoft 365 Groups
➡How to Restore Deleted Microsoft 365 Group Manually
➡How to Restore Deleted Microsoft 365 Group using Graph API
➡PowerShell Script to Restore Deleted Microsoft 365 Groups
➡Download PowerShell Script to Restore Deleted Microsoft 365 Groups
🎆Limit Cookies from Specific Websites to the Current Session using Intune Policy
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/limit-cookies-from-specific-websites-Intune/
🔥Cookies Session Only For URLs
🔥Keeps Sensitive Data from Staying on the Device
🔥Improves Workflow Efficiency
🔥What Does the Cookies Session Only for URL’s Policy Do?
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client-Side Verification
📌Enable Media Recommendations Policy for User Engagement and Content Discovery in Google Chrome using Intune
–https://www.anoopcnair.com/media-recommendations-in-google-chrome-intune/
🔥Media Recommendations in Google Chrome
🔥Improve User Engagement and Content Discovery
🔥Benefits of Media Recommendations Policy
🔥How this Policy Helps Admin?
🔥Example of Applicable Scenario
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client-Side Verification
HTMD Daily Intune Tips
📻Faster Edge Browser New Tab Page Loading Experience using Intune Policy | Experience Vs Performance #msintune #htmdcommunity #msedge
–https://youtube.com/shorts/soRhXb7zPKU
▶️How the Policy Works?
▶️Why Organizations Enable or Disable This Policy
▶️Real-World Examples
📻Windows License Activation using Intune Policy Allow Windows Entitlement Reactivation Settings #msintune #htmdcommunity #mslicense
–https://youtube.com/shorts/WYJ1wRv1gpA
▶️What you will learn
▶️Reasons to ENABLE (Allow) this Policy
▶️Reasons to DISABLE (Block) this Policy
📻Control Address Bar Dropdown List of Suggestions Options using Intune Policy | Allow Address Bar #msintune #htmdcommunity #msedge
–https://youtube.com/shorts/RWWogdMDe7Y
▶️Why Organizations Disable It (Block)
▶️Preventing Phishing and Social Engineering
▶️Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
📻What is Microsoft Connection Account? How to Block Personal Microsoft Account MSA Connection Intune
–https://youtube.com/shorts/NUQrbLqD87o
▶️Why Organizations Enable or Disable This Policy
▶️Why Organizations Enable or Disable this policy
▶️BYO Scenario
📻Allow printers to be published Intune Policy for Entra ID Joined Vs Hybrid Windows Devices | Why and How | #htmdcommunity #msintune #printers #entraid – https://youtube.com/shorts/V9piX8Q2lpE
▶️Why Organizations Enable or Disable This Policy
▶️When to Disable the Policy
▶️When to Enable the Policy
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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years (as of 2026) of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.
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