222nd HTMD Newsletter 1st to 5th December 2025
Welcome to the 222nd HTMD Newsletter,1st to 5th December 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
- 219th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 10th to 14th November 2025
- 220th HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 17th to 21st November 2025
- 221st HTMD Newsletter – HTMD Newsletter 24th to 28th November 2025
Monday 1st December 2025
🎯How Autopilot Device Preparation Improves Windows 365 Cloud PC Readiness – https://www.anoopcnair.com/autopilot-device-preparation-improvewindows-365/
🔥Automated Setup Ensures Consistent Cloud PC State
🔥Reduces Manual Work for IT Admins During Provisioning
🔥Works Across All Windows 365 License Types
🔥Preparation Policies Attach Directly to Provisioning Policies
🔥Intune Apps and Scripts Auto‑Install Before First Sign‑In
🔥Improves Security, Compliance, and User Productivity from Day One
👉3 Layers of Protection in Entra Internet Access Network Identity and AI Security – https://www.anoopcnair.com/3-layers-of-protection-in-entra-internet-access/
🎉How Entra Internet Access Expands into a Secure Web + AI Gateway
🎉Unified Protection for Web, SaaS, and AI Traffic
🎉Why a Single Gateway Matters for Modern Security
🎉Deep Visibility Into AI Requests Across the Organization
🎉Stopping Prompt-Injection and AI-Specific Threats
🎉Controlling Both Approved AI Apps and Shadow AI Usage
🎉Continuous, Real-Time Threat Detection Across All Traffic
🎉Bringing Identity and Network Security Together for Zero Gaps
🎉Protecting Every Request—From Browser to AI Model
👉How Microsoft Entra Suite Unifies Identity and Network Access to Stop AI-Powered Attacks – https://www.anoopcnair.com/microsoft-entra-suite-strengthens-protection/
🛑AI Is Transforming Work and Making Attackers Stronger
🛑Phishing Attacks Become 4.5x More Effective with AI
🛑AI Lets Attackers Automate, Scale, and Accelerate Their Attacks
🛑Security Teams Face More Incidents Than Ever Before
🛑Too Many Tools = Too Many Gaps for Attackers
🛑Identity Tools and Network Tools Often Don’t Talk to Each Other
🛑Gaps Between Security Tools Become Entry Points for Attackers
🛑Disconnected Tools Limit Visibility and Increase Risk
👉Windows Accessibility and AI Creating Technology that Works Better for Everyone – https://www.anoopcnair.com/future-accessibility-and-ai-shape-technology/
🔊Building a Future Where Accessibility and AI Empower Everyone
🔊Accessibility Started Long Before Technology — And Benefits Everyone
🔊How Microsoft Co-Creates Technology with the Disability Community
🔊Training Every Employee to Build with Accessibility in Mind
🔊Inclusive Design from Product Development to Customer Support
🔊Innovations Born from Real Feedback: Adaptive Controllers, Immersive Reader, and More
🔊Accessibility Built Into Software, Hardware, and Packaging
🔊AI as the Next Big Opportunity for Inclusive Technology
🔊Responsible AI Tools That Support Independence and Confidence
🔊Designing a Fair, Accessible Future for All Users
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
👉Microsoft Entra Suite Continuous Verification and Least-Privilege Access to Protect Every Identity Across All Locations Platforms and Devices – https://www.anoopcnair.com/entra-suite-secures-every-identity-across-cloud/
▶️Microsoft Entra Suite: Continuous Verification and Least-Privilege Access
▶️Unified Security Platform for Faster Zero Trust
▶️Consolidating Identity, Network Access, and Intelligence
▶️Zero Trust: Never Trust by Default
▶️Continuous Identity Verification
👉Enable Continuous Access Evaluation CAE and Intelligent Controls Feature for MS Entra Suite Conditional Access – https://www.anoopcnair.com/enable-continuous-access-evaluation-cae-entra/
🎉What’s New – CAE + Intelligent Controls in Microsoft Entra Suite
🎉Why Continuous Access Evaluation Matters for Modern Security
🎉How CAE Re-Checks Sessions in Real Time to Stop Emerging Risks
🎉Intelligent Access Controls Across Users, Devices, Locations & Platforms
🎉Unified Security – Identity Protection + Conditional Access Together
🎉Eliminating Long-Lived Tokens and Closing Hidden Security Gaps
🎉Machine-Learning Driven Conditional Access for Zero Trust
🎉Dynamic Decisions – Allow, Require, Block or Restrict Across All Apps
🎉Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Integration for End-to-End Coverage
🎉Real-World Impact – Continuous Verification, Zero Interruption
📌Enhancing Threat Detection and Identity Protection with AI Security Copilot Agents
https://www.anoopcnair.com/threat-detection-ai-security-copilot-agents/
✅Microsoft-built Agents that are Already Connected to Security Tools and Ready to use
✅Customizable Agents that Organizations can Build and Adapt for their Own Security Needs
✅Partner-built Agents that Extend Features Across Different IT Systems and Solutions
📌Enhancing Password Security by Blocking Proximity Requests using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/password-security-by-blocking-proximity-intune/
✅ Block Password Sharing Via Proximity Prompts
✅ Keep Credentials Entra ID & Password Managers
✅ Stop Casual Wi-Fi Password Transfers
✅ Boost Enterprise Security & Compliance
✅ Perfect Managed Environments
✅ Reduce Risk Accidental Password Leaks
✅ Ensure Passwords Follow Corporate Security Flows
✅ Align Zero-Trust Security Principles
✅ Simplify IT Control Apple Devices
✅ Minimize Insider Threats Casual Sharing
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
👉Top 10 Best Features of Intune Released in 2025 – https://www.anoopcnair.com/top-10-best-features-of-intune-released-in-2025/
🔊Enhancing IT Productivity and Automation
🔊Unified Management for All Endpoints
🔊AI Innovation Powered by Copilot
🔊Strong Focus on Security and Reliability
🔊Trusted Protection and Smarter Integrations
👉 Enable Disable Domain Network Firewall using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/enable-domain-network-firewall-using-intune/
🔊 Why Enforce Domain Network Firewall Across Organizational Devices?
🔊 How This Policy Blocks Unwanted Traffic and Prevents Attacks
🔊 Steps to Configure Enable/Disable Domain Network Firewall Policy in Intune Admin Center
🔊 Impact on Device Security When Firewall is Disabled
🔊 How Standardized Policies Ensure Consistent Protection Across All Endpoints
🔊 Future Considerations for Intune Policy Enhancements in Enterprise Security
📌How to Manage and Secure AI Agents using Microsoft Agent 365
https://www.anoopcnair.com/manage-secure-ai-agents-microsoft-agent-365/
✅Agent Identity and Governance Controls what AI Agents can do
✅Purview Protects Important Data and Stops Leaks
✅Defender Finds Security Threats and Keeps AI Safe
🎆Enhancing AirPrint Security in iOS by Blocking IBeacon Discovery – https://www.anoopcnair.com/airprint-security-ios-block-ibeacon-discovery/
🔔Allow Airprint iBeacon Discovery
🔔Helps Block Unauthorized iBeacon Printer Discovery
🔔Provides Secure Protection for Print Data
🔔Helps Allow only Supervised Devices to Access AirPrint
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
👉HTMD Community Conference 2025 Updated Agenda – https://www.anoopcnair.com/htmd-community-conference-2025-updated-agenda/
🎉 HTMD Community Conference 2025 – The Big Day is Here!
📍 Bengaluru Gears Up for the Ultimate IT Meetup
🔴 Live Agenda Updates Throughout the Event
🎤 Keynote by Christiaan Brinkhoff – AI & Windows Future Unlocked
🚀 Elevating Modern Device Management Excellence
🧑💻 Bringing Together Intune, SCCM & Cloud Experts Under One Roof
🎓 Learn, Connect & Grow with the Best in the Community
🌐 Cloud, AI & Modern Workplace – What’s Next?
📸 Stay Tuned for Live Highlights & Announcements!
Thursday 4th December 2025
👉Block Untrusted Executables to Prevent Ransomware Attacks using Intune ASR Rule – https://www.anoopcnair.com/prevent-ransomware-attacks-intune-asr-rule/
➡️Prevent Ransomware Attacks using Intune ASR Rule
➡️Basic Tab of the Policy Creation Window
➡️Use Advanced Protection Against Ransomware
➡️Select Audit Mode for Testing the Policy
➡️Scope Tags for the Use Advanced Protection Against Ransomware Rule
➡️Assignments of the Rule
➡️Review + Create – Summary of Key Details
➡️Successful Notification from Intune Portal
➡️Device and User Check in Status
➡️Client Side Verification
👉Block Common Memory-Based Vulnerability with Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection Policy using Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/common-memory-based-vulnerability-using-intune/
🔊 Block Common Memory-Based Vulnerability
🔊 Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection
🔊 Steps to Configure Enable/Disable Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection Policy in Intune Admin Center
🔊 Helps to Blocks a Common Exploitation Technique
🔊 Device and User Check-in Status
👉Step-by-Step Intune Guide to Block Personal MSAs on Corporate Windows Devices
https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-block-personal-msas-on-corporate-windows/
🔊 Block Common Memory-Based Vulnerability
🔊 Block Personal MSAs on Corporate Windows Devices
🔊 Applications and services Prevented from using Microsoft Accounts for Authentication
🔊 How to Enable Microsoft Account Connection Settings
🔊How this Policy Helps Users and Admins
🔊 Device and User Check-in Status
👉Enable Maintenance Window Settings to Prevent Update-Time Productivity Disruption – https://www.anoopcnair.com/enable-maintenance-window-settings-to-prevent/
🛑Why Update Management Is Challenging for IT Teams
🛑Security vs. Productivity
🛑Immediate Updates: Secure Devices, Impacted Users
🛑Delayed Updates: Risky Endpoints
🛑Not All Updates Affect Users Equally
🛑Disruptive OS Updates Require Restarts
🛑Silent Security Updates Have Low User Impact
🛑Why a Single Update Schedule Doesn’t Work
🛑The Need for Deterministic and User-Safe Update Controls
Friday 5th December 2025
📌Enable File Hash Computation for Faster & Safer Malware Scanning using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/file-hash-computation-malware-scanning-intune/
✅ Detect Unauthorized File Changes Instantly
✅ Strengthen Defender Malware Scanning Accuracy
✅ Build Baseline of Safe File Hashes
✅ Identify Suspicious Modifications Quickly
✅ Prevent Hidden Malware Persistence
✅ Improve Enterprise Security & Compliance
✅ Reduce Risk of Undetected File Tampering
🎆How iOS Supervision Controls VPN Configuration for Better Security – https://www.anoopcnair.com/ios-supervision-vpn-configuration-security/
🔔Helps Block Users from Creating Unauthorized VPN Settings
🔔Provides Stronger Network and Data Protection
🔔Helps Administrators Control Supervised Device Connections
🔔Provides Support for iOS 11 and Later Versions
🔔Device and User Check-in Status
🎯Protecting Printer Communication Channels by Enforcing TCP only Connections using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/printer-communication-channels-by-tcp-intune/
🔔Enforce TCP-Only Connections for Print Spooler
🔔Block Legacy & Insecure Printer Protocols
🔔Mitigate Risks From Print Spooler Vulnerabilities
🔔Ensure Safer Device-to-Printer Communication
🔔Align With CIS Benchmark Security Guidance
🔔Reduce Exposure to Privilege Escalation Attacks
🔔Strengthen Enterprise Printing Security
🔔Protect Organizations From Legacy Printer Risks
👉How to Automate Day Windows Update Reboots with Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/automate-and-time-windows-update-reboots-intune/
🔊 Automate Day Windows Update Reboots
🔊 Defines Day Week when Updates are Automatically Installed
🔊 Admins can Minimize User Disruption
🔊 How to Enable Scheduled Install Day settings
🔊 How this Policy Helps Users and Admins
🔊 Device and User Check-in Status
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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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