220th HTMD Newsletter 17th to 21st November 2025
Welcome to the 220th HTMD Newsletter,17th to 21st November 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 Newsletter
- 217th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 27th to32st October 2025
- 218th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 3rd to 7th November 2025
- 219th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 10th to 14th November 2025
Monday 17th November 2025
👉Block Attempts to Restart Devices in Safe Mode using Intune ASR Rule – https://www.anoopcnair.com/restart-devices-in-safe-mode-using-intune/
🔊 Policy Configuration Details
🔊Configuration Settings – Block Rebooting Machine in Safe Mode
🔊Audit Mode Configuration
🔊Scope Tags of the Policy
🔊Define Which Users or Devices the Policy will Apply to
🔊Verify All the Settings Configured for the Policy
🔊Policy Creation and Assignment Confirmation
🔊Device and User Check in Status
🔊Client Side Verifications of the Policy
👉Intune MAM with MS Edge Helps to Improve Enterprise Browser Security Citrix and Island Browsers also in the Race – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-mam-with-ms-edge-browser-security/
➡️Why Enterprise Browsers Are Becoming the New Security Priority
➡️Enterprise Browser Landscape 2025 – Why Every Vendor Is Racing to Secure the Browser
➡️Microsoft Edge for Business Named Leader in IDC MarketScape 2025
➡️How Microsoft Is Transforming Edge Into a Complete Security Tool
➡️Edge for Business – Safe Work Browser
➡️Intune MAM for Windows – Data Protection Rules
➡️Conditional Access + MAM + Edge – How They Work Together
➡️Forces Behind Enterprise Browser Adoption
🎆Reducing Credential Theft Risk by Limiting Local Account Access using Intune Policy – https://www.anoopcnair.com/theft-risk-limiting-local-account-access-intune/
🔔Enable UAC Restrictions Policy
🔔Stops Attackers from Using Local Admin Accounts
🔔Protects Systems When the Same Password is Used on Many Devices
🔔Reduces the Chance of Malware Spreading through the Network
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
👉Enable In-Browser Protection with Microsoft Edge for Business to Securing Cloud Apps Without Proxies – https://www.anoopcnair.com/enable-in-browser-protection-edge-for-business/
📌Microsoft’s In-Browser Protection for Microsoft Edge for Business
📌Total Control Over Cloud Data
📌Supported Session Policies in In-Browser Protection
📌How to Configure In-Browser Protection Settings
📌How to Configure In-Browser Protection Settings Defender Portal
📌User Experience of In-Browser Protection
Tuesday 18th November 2025
👉How to Restore Deleted Cloud Security Groups in Microsoft Entra ID – https://www.anoopcnair.com/deleted-cloud-security-groups-entra-id/
📌Step-by-Step: Restore a Deleted Cloud Security Group in Microsoft Entra
📌Recovering Group Properties, Memberships, and Intune Assignments
📌Important Notes and Limitations During Group Restoration
📌Best Practices for Avoiding Accidental Group Deletion in Entra / Intune
📌How Cloud Security Group Deletion and Recovery Works in Entra ID
📌Understanding the Deleted Groups or Recycle Bin Section
📌Where Deleted Cloud Security Groups Are Stored in Microsoft Entra
👉How Intune Plus Autopatch Drive Major Savings on Windows 10 ESU – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-plus-autopatch-drive-windows-10-esu/
🎉How Intune + Windows Autopatch Reduce ESU Expenses
🎉Understanding the Standard Windows 10 ESU Pricing Model
🎉Autopatch Pricing Advantage — Lower ESU Cost in Year 1
🎉Saving Nearly 25% on ESU with Intune and Autopatch
🎉Volume Licensing Benefits for Windows 10 ESU
🎉Why Microsoft Pushes Upgrade to Windows 11
🎉Security and Performance Advantages of Moving to Windows 11
🎉Final Recommendation for Organizations Still on Windows 10
👉Why Is Enterprise AI Rollout Stuck? Transformational Strategy or Just Small Steps? – https://www.anoopcnair.com/why-is-enterprise-ai-rollout-stuck/
➡️Why are Most Enterprise AI projects Stuck in the Pilot Phase?
➡️What’s the Difference between Incremental AI and Transformational AI?
➡️If AI Tools Like Copilot and ChatGPT are Widely used, Why is ROI Still Low?
➡️The Real Barriers to Scaling Enterprise AI: The Integration Gap and the Learning Gap
➡️Most Companies Spend their AI Budgets in the Wrong Areas
🎆How Intune Helps Safeguard iOS Privacy by Limiting Ad Tracking – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-ios-privacy-by-limiting-ad-tracking/
🔔Force Limit Ad Tracking
🔔Helps Stop Apps from Tracking the User
🔔Provides Better Privacy by Blocking Tracking Requests
🔔Helps Keep the Tracking Setting Locked on the Device
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
Wednesday 19th November 2025
📌Microsoft Edge is Now Secured Enterprise AI Browser and is the New Standard for Businesses
https://www.anoopcnair.com/edge-is-now-secured-enterprise-ai-browser/
✅Boost Productivity with Built-in AI Features
✅Seamlessly Organize Meetings, Emails, and Tasks Using Microsoft 365 Copilot
✅Ensure Strong Enterprise Security While Enhancing Daily Work Efficiency
✅Available in Public Preview Starting February on Windows, Mac, iOS & Android
✅Reduces Need for Extra Apps or Expert Help
👉Intune Agentic AI Enablement Roadmap for 2026 – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-agentic-ai-enablement-roadmap-for-2026/
🎉3 New Intune AI Agents Transforming Endpoint Operations
🎉Where to Find the New Agents in Intune – The “Agents” Workspace
🎉Natural Language to Policy: Intune’s New AI-Driven Configuration Engine
🎉AI-Powered Change Review to Reduce Risk Before Deployment
🎉Smart Device Offboarding to Identify Unused Endpoints
👉How RDS AAD Auth Transforms SSO for Windows 365 CloudPC and Azure Virtual Desktop – https://www.anoopcnair.com/rds-aad-auth-transforms-sso-for-windows-365/
🔊What RDS AAD Auth Brings to Windows 365 and AVD
🔊A Modern, Token-Based SSO Experience with Entra ID
🔊Complete Visibility into the New Authentication Flow
🔊Three Components Required for RDS AAD Auth to Work
🔊New Token Flow & Visibility for IT Admins
🔊Works Across Entra Joined & Hybrid Joined Cloud PCs
👉Intune Change Review Agent a Smarter Way to Review Approve and Secure Every Change – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-change-review-agent-a-smarter-way-to/
📌What Is the Intune Change Review Agent?
📌Part of Intune’s Agentic AI Evolution
📌Smarter Decision-Making for IT Admins
📌Strengthening Security and Compliance
Thursday 20th November 2025
📌Biggest MS Teams Features with Agentic AI planned for 2026
https://www.anoopcnair.com/biggest-ms-teams-features-with-agentic-ai-plan/
✅Transform Meetings into Clear Action Plans Instantly
✅Bring Copilot Conversations Directly into Group Chats & Meetings
✅Explore Ideas, Edit Content & Ask Questions Together in Real Time
✅Maintain Privacy & Control by Choosing Which Messages to Share
✅Major Upgrade to Team Collaboration with Copilot’s New Teams Mode
✅Enable Continuous Collaboration Without Waiting for Updates
🎆Guide to Disabling the Erase All Content Option on Supervised Devices using Intune – https://www.anoopcnair.com/erase-all-content-devices-using-intune/
🔔Erase All Content and Settings
🔔It Stops the Erase Option from Showing on the Device
🔔Helps the Device Stay under Company Control
🔔It Protects Data by Preventing unwanted Resets
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
👉Intune Policy Configuration Agent Introduces an Agentic Way to Create Policies for Admins – https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-policy-configuration-agent-introduces-an/
▶️What is the Intune Policy Configuration Agent?
▶️How Does it Help with Policy Creation?
▶️Does the Agent Help with Compliance Requirements?
▶️Can it Detect Policy Issues or Risks?
▶️Overview of Policy Configuration Agent Capabilities
▶️Converts Simple Text Instructions into Intune policies
▶️Explains Settings and Suggests the Best Options
▶️Monitors Policies for Risks or Deviations Options
👉Intune Device Offboarding Agent Introduces an Agentic Way for Admins to Eliminate Security Risks from Unused or Outdated Endpoints –https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-device-offboarding-agent-eliminating/
🎊What Does the Device Offboarding Agent Do?
🎊How the Intune Device Offboarding Agent Helps Admins
🎊How Unmanaged Endpoints Create Risks
🎊Automated Scanning to Identify Inactive Devices
🎊A Simple and Safe Offboarding Process
🎊Reducing Attack Surface and Strengthening Compliance
🎊Keeping the Environment Clean and Well-Managed
🎊3 Advanced Intune AI Agents
🎊Policy Configuration Change Review and Device Offboarding
Friday 21st November 2025
👉Understanding Entra Agentic AI in Security From Manual Work to Fully Autonomous Agents –https://www.anoopcnair.com/understanding-entra-agentic…/
▶️From Copilots to Autonomous Agents
▶️Why AI Agents Need Strong Identity and Security
▶️The Vision of Ambient and Autonomous Security
▶️Admin Effort Reduction by Feature
▶️Projected Security Task Distribution
▶️What is Agentic AI in Security
▶️How the Entra Agent Handles Security Threats without waiting for Human Intervention
📌How Windows 365 for Agents Performs Intelligent PowerPoint Editing in Cloud PC
https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-365-for-agents…/
✅How to Perform Windows 365 for Agents
✅Manus AI New General-Purpose AI Agent
✅Capable of Build Apps, Websites, Slides
Introduced
✅Performs Intelligent PowerPoint Editing
✅How Manus AI Works in PowerPoint
✅Demonstration of Manus Al in Windows 365 for Agents in PowerPoint
📌Explore Work IQ as the Brain of Microsoft 365 Copilot to Unlocking Context-Aware Automation of Email Report Creation
https://www.anoopcnair.com/work-iq-brain-of-microsoft…/
✅Work IQ as the Brain of Microsoft 365 Copilot
✅Unlocking Context-Aware Automation of Email Report Creation
✅Responses based on Signals from Emails
✅Personalized Copilot Experience
✅Advantages of Work IQ
✅Anticipating Needs Instead of just Reacting
📌Sysmon Built into Windows for Easy Setup and Better Threat Detection
https://www.anoopcnair.com/sysmon-built-into-windows-for…/
✅A Dedicated Powershell Module Automates the Merging of Rules
✅All Rules Compile into One Single, Deployable XML Output File
✅Refined Exclusions Use a Text List to Subtract Specific Unwanted Rules
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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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