192nd HTMD Newsletter 5th to 9th May 2025
Welcome to the 192nd HTMD Newsletter Summary from 5th to 9th May 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.
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Table of Contents
Monday – 5 May 2025
📌Managing Apps on the Personal Profile of COPE Devices using Intune Allow Lists and Block Lists
https://www.anoopcnair.com/personal-profile-of-cope-devices-using-intune/
▶Allow List or Block List using Intune
▶Managing Apps on the Personal Profile of COPE Devices
▶Device Restrictions for Personal Profile
▶Compelling Models for Modern Workplaces
▶Provides More Device Management Control for Organisations
▶End User Experience
▶Conclusion
🎊How to Allow or Block Graphing Calculator using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/allow-or-block-graphing-calculator-using-intune/
🔥Graphing Calculator
🔥Controls Graphing Feature in Windows Calculator
🔥Useful for Schools and Organizations
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Client-Side Verification
🔥Remove Graphing Calculator Policy
🔥Delete Graphing Calculator Policy
💫Enable or Disable Address Bar Dropdown Policy in MS Edge Browser using Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/address-bar-dropdown-policy-edge-browser-intune/
🎀Address Bar Dropdown Policy in MS Edge
🎀Benefits of Address Bar Dropdown Policy
🎀Description Framework Properties
🎀CSP Details of Address Bar Dropdown Policy
🎀Steps to Configure Address Bar Dropdown Policy
🎀Monitoring Status
🎀Client Side Verification
📌How to Allow or Block Email Scanning using Intune Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/allow-or-block-email-scanning-using-intune/
💡Email Scanning Policy in Intune
💡Description Framework Properties
💡CSP Details of Email Scanning Policy
💡Steps to Configure Block Email Scanning Policy
💡Monitoring Status
💡Client Side Verification
Tuesday – 6 May 2025
🎉How to Secure Entra Connect Sync with TPM Backed App Authentication
https://www.anoopcnair.com/entra-connect-sync-tpm-app-authentication/
🎯Secure Entra Connect Sync with TPM Backed App Authentication
🎯Enhance Security of Entra Connect Application Sync
🎯Phishing Resistant Authentication
🎯Improved Security for Privileged Account
🎯How to Enable Application Based Authentication
🎯Certificate-Based Authentication
🎊How to Manage Live Transcription in Teams Rooms on Windows with Enhanced Language and Speaker Controls
https://www.anoopcnair.com/live-transcription-in-teams-rooms-on-windows/
🛜Live Transcription in Teams Rooms on Windows
🛜Enhanced Language and Speaker Controls
🛜Creates a Real-Time Written Record
🛜Which are Settings can be Changed in Live Transcription
🛜Different Options in Live Transcription
🛜How Microsoft Teams Create Live Transcription
🛜How to Manage Transcription using Teams Admin Center
🎇Microsoft Intune App Protection Policies now Support MS Edge Browser OneDrive and Outlook on VisionOS
https://www.anoopcnair.com/intune-app-protection-policies-visionos/
🎉Microsoft Intune Expands Support to Apple visionOS
🎉What Are Intune App Protection Policies?
🎉Benefits for IT and Security Teams
🎉What Apps are Supported by Intune App Protection Policies (APP) on visionOS Devices?
🎉How Do I Enable App Protection Policies for these Apps on VisionOS Devices?
🎊How to Enable Live Captions Translation in Teams Rooms on Windows
https://www.anoopcnair.com/live-captions-translation-in-teams-rooms/
🔥Live Captions Translation in Teams Rooms on Windows
🔥Enable Live Captions Translation
🔥Multiple Language Support
🔥Monitoring Status
🔥Provide Real-Time Captions
🔥Helps to Choose Preferred Translation Language
🔥How Microsoft Teams Create Live Caption
Wednesday – 7 May 2025
👉Enable or Disable Efficiency Mode Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
https://www.anoopcnair.com/efficiency-mode-policy-in-ms-edge-browser/
✍Efficiency Mode Policy
✍Improves Browser Performance
✍Reduces Background Activity and CPU Usage
✍What Happens If this Policy is Not Configured?
✍Device and User Check-in Status
✍Client Side Verification through Event Viewer
☃How to Allow or Block Datagram Processing on Windows Server Policy using Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/datagram-processing-on-windows-server-intune/
🫧Datagram Processing on Windows Server
🫧Handle User Datagram Protocol Traffic
🫧The server Can Process Incoming and Outgoing UDP Packets Quickly
🫧Stand-alone Piece of Data that Gets Sent Over a Network
🫧Monitoring Status
🫧Device and User Check-in Status
🎉How to Detect Android Enterprise Rooted Devices using Intune Compliance Policy
https://www.anoopcnair.com/detect-android-enterprise-rooted-devices-intune/
🎯Detect Android Enterprise Rooted Devices
🎯Allows Users to Bypass Security Restrictions
🎯Microsoft Intune Compliance Policy
🎯Applicable OS and Platform
🎯Block Rooted Android Devices
🎯Actions For Non-Compliances
🎆Microsoft Plans to Retire Device Metadata on Windows by End of 2025
https://www.anoopcnair.com/retire-device-metadata-on-windows-end-of-2025/
💻What is Happening to Device Metadata?
💻When will Device Metadata be Removed?
💻Will My Existing Device Metadata Packages Be Removed?
💻How to View and Download Previously Signed Device Metadata Packages as a Microsoft Partner
💻Driver Package Container Metadata
Thursday – 8 May 2025
🛠How to Fix Windows 11 24H2 Download Issue using WSUS SCCM
https://www.anoopcnair.com/windows-11-24h2-download-issue-using-wsus-sccm/
⚠Windows 11 24H2 Download Issue
⚠Windows Server Updates Services.
⚠Affected Platform in Windows 11 24H2 Download Issue
⚠Reasons for Download Issue of Windows 11, Version 24H2
⚠Resolution for Download Issue of Windows 11, Version 24H2
⚠Group Policy to Resolve this Issue
👉Simple Method to Deploy Natural Voice Pack to Windows 11 using Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/natural-voice-pack-to-windows-11-using-intune/
✍How to Deploy Natural Voice Pack to Windows 11
✍Why Natural Voice Pack Required for Windows 11
✍Create a Natural Voice Pack using the Microsoft Store App
✍Consistent Voice Output
✍Productivity and Multitasking
✍Device and User Check-in Status
✍End User Experience
👉Allow or Block Audio Capture Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
https://www.anoopcnair.com/audio-capture-policy-in-ms-edge-m365/
✍Audio Capture Policy
✍Importance of Audio
✍Know the Purpose of Audio Capture Allowed Policy
✍Importance of Audio in Modern Communication
✍What Happens When The Policy Disabled
✍Device and User Check-in Status
✍Client Side Verification through Event Viewer
💫Enable or Disable New Tab Page Content Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
https://www.anoopcnair.com/new-tab-page-content-policy-in-ms-edge-browser/
🎀New Tab Page Content Policy
🎀Know the Purpose of Policy
🎀Allows Adminis to Control the Content of the New Tab Page
🎀Users Can Customize the Appearance of the New Tab Page
🎀What Happens if this Microsoft Edge Policy is Disabled?
🎀Monitoring Status
🎀Client Side Verification
Friday – 9 May 2025
🎊5 Key Phases to Successfully Plan Your Mac Migration with Intune Latest Guidance
https://www.anoopcnair.com/5-key-phases-to-mac-migration-with-intune/
💡Define Migration Objectives and Success Criteria
💡Assess Current Environment and Readiness
💡Build Technical and Operational Plans
💡Key Phases of Mac Migration to Intune
💡Goals and Requirements for Mac Migration to Intune
💡Design Test and Pilot Phases for Mac Management with Intune
👉Enable or Disable Super Drag Drop Policy in MS Edge Browser using M365 Admin Center
https://www.anoopcnair.com/super-drag-drop-policy-in-ms-edge-browse-m365/
✍Drag Link or Text and Drop on Edge Window
✍Provide Centralized Management
✍What are the Benefits of Super Drag Drop Policy?
✍Steps to Configure Super Drag Drop Policy
✍What Happens When The Policy Enabled
✍Device and User Check-in Status
✍Client Side Verification through Event Viewer
☃Enable Disable Device Control Printing Restrictions Policy using Intune
https://www.anoopcnair.com/device-control-printing-restrictions-intune/
🫧Device Control Printing Restriction
🫧Windows CSP Details
🫧Enhancing Security and Reducing Operational Costs
🫧Prevent Unauthorized Printing of Confidential Documents
🫧What Happens When the Setting is Enabled?
🫧Monitoring Status
🫧Device and User Check-in Status
🎉5 Easy Steps to Secure your Microsoft 365 or Entra Tenant
https://www.anoopcnair.com/5-steps-to-secure-microsoft-365-or-entra-tenant/
🎯Advanced Conditional Access Deployment Guides
I🎯Instantly Deploy 14 CA Policies in Report-Only Mode
🎯Multifactor Authentication for Admins
🎯Instantly Secure Microsoft 365 or Entra Tenant
🎯Different Authentication Methods
🎯Email Anouncement for Users
🎯Review and Manage Exiciting Policies
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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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