
Simon Skotheimsvik
Simon Skotheimsvik is a Senior Cloud Consultant at CloudWay. He was awarded as Security MVP with focus on Intune in 2024 and has broad experience and passion for Microsoft technology from a career starting in the late 1990s. Initially as in-house IT support, and moved to consulting in the mid-2000s covering all aspects from delivering cutting-edge expertise to being the go-to-guy giving advices and speeches on tech and interfacing people and processes.
Endpoint management has always been part of the repertoire with roots back to NT, Active Directory and recently with a heavy focus on the cloud based solutions from Microsoft covering Azure AD, identities, security, endpoint management, applications and solutions found in the Office portfolio and such. Simon has recent years been deeply involved in migrating customers to the Microsoft Cloud with a focus on automating tasks.
Simons repertoire has also had large elements of unified communication. Starting with voice enabled Office Communication Server, he has a proven history bridging the gaps from traditional PBX’s by using Microsoft UC technology all the way up to the cloud based Teams.
Deep technical knowledge, versatile background, good documentation, technical flair, keen interest and ability to improvise are good ingredients provided by Simon in projects where he is involved.
Simon has always loved to work out loud, sharing his expertise with colleagues and customers through text and videos.
Learn More
Blog:Â https://skotheimsvik.no/
LinkedIn:Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonskotheimsvik/
Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/sskotheimsvik
YouTube:Â https://www.youtube.com/c/SimonSkotheimsvik
Msendpointmgr: https://msendpointmgr.com/author/simons/




Current Events
Teamsdagen
at Filadelfia Convention CenterSeptember 17Join our MVPs, Mårten Hellebro, Ståle Hansen and Simon Skotheimsvik at Teamdagen in Stockholm. Mårten has been part of the organizing team since th...
MMS Music City Edition
at The Grand Hyatt NashvilleOctober 12 - October 15Join our MVPs, Jan Ketil Skanke, Sandy Zeng and Simon Skotheimsvik at MMS Music City Edition in Nashville. They are delivering a total of 7 sessions o...
MVP-Dagen 2025
at Microsoft NorgeOctober 22Bli med våre MVPer, Simon, Jan Ketil, Merethe og Ståle når de entrer scenen på MVP-Dagen i oktober! Der vil de dele hva som er viktig for dem nå ...
Workplace Ninjas Norway 2025
at Nationalteatret KonferansesenterJune 11Join our MVPs, Nikki Chapple and Sandy Zeng for the first ever Workplace Ninjas in Norway! Nikki will do a Purview DLP deep dive and share her lessons...
MMS MOA
at Mall of AmericaMay 5 - May 8Join our MVPs, Jan Ketil Skanke, Sandy Zeng and Simon Skotheimsvik at MMS at Mall of America. They are delivering a total of 9 sessions over the durat...
Modern Endpoint Management Summit
at H4 Hotel Wyndham Paris Pleyel Conference CenterApril 23 - April 25Join our MVPs, Jan Ketil Skanke, Sandy Zeng and Simon Skotheimsvik at MEM Summit 2025 in Paris. They will share their insights and current thinking on...
Simon's content
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The Hidden Intune Enrolled User Exists Check...by Simon Skotheimsvik (Simon does) on 01/09/2025 at 11:58
In many organizations, Windows Autopilot is used to streamline device provisioning. But there’s a common misstep: IT departments enrolling devices on behalf of users. While this might seem efficient, it introduces a hidden compliance risk that… The post The Hidden Intune Enrolled User Exists […]
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First Look at IntuneDiffby Simon Skotheimsvik (Simon Skotheimsvik – MSEndpointMgr) on 28/08/2025 at 22:31
Reviewing Microsoft Intune policies to identify differences, conflicts, and coverage gaps across device configurations can be a time-consuming and tedious task. This is especially true when you’re introduced to a new tenant and need to quickly understand the existing setup, or when Microsoft […]
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The Silent Windows Autopatch Killerby Simon Skotheimsvik (Simon does) on 14/08/2025 at 21:53
One of the most common silent Windows Autopatch killer settings seen in the wild is devices tattooed with settings that block them from communicating with Windows update services in the cloud. Normally, it’s easy to fix… The post The Silent Windows Autopatch Killer first appeared on Simon does.
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