Microsoft relecently released the new Microsoft Store integration for Intune . The new integration allows admins to easily search the store and deploy traditional APPX/UWP packages as well as a limited number of new Win32 app packages. WinGet (the Windows package manager) is the technology behind this new experience. This new experience greatly simplifies application deployment through Intune and is intended to replace the Microsoft Store for Business which will be retired in the first half of next year.

The Why I often find the need to gather and extract data from various areas M365 for auditing or for project planning. I had the idea of putting together a PowerShell module containing wrapper functions for some of the most common reports I and colleagues ask for. I wanted to make the commands easy to discover and easy to use. I would like to introduce the M365.Report.Tools PowerShell module! What can it do?

I am proud to introduce the PowerShell module IntuneEndpointTools. This is the first PS module I have published to the PowerShell gallery . IntuneEndpointTools contains a set of tools for managing and diagnosing Intune MDM on Windows endpoints designed with Intune support staff in mind. Easily perform diagnostic / troubleshooting operations such as get the MDM diagnostic report, full diagnostic package, force a full sync to Intune, force reprocessing of assigned applications and more!

They Why In a previous article , I demonstrated how to deploy applications to Intune using WinGet . I recieved a request to demonstrate how to use WinGet to update applications, and more importantly, how to run this on a schedule to keep applications updated. Since then, I found a really handy PowerShell wrapper module for WinGet called WinGetTools by Jeffrey Hicks . I made a small contribution to this module to allow it to work running under SYSTEM context.

Microsoft has announced the retirement of Business Voice licensing . If your tenant is still using Business Voice with Calling Plan or Business Voice without Calling Plan, you will need to switch to the new equivalent Teams Phone plan. If you take a look at the Microsoft doc linked above, there are examples for how to update the licenses on bulk, however it is baffling Microsoft chose to demonstrate using the Azure AD PowerShell module, when the licensing portion of that module is slated to be retired as of today (6/30).