TechMentor Microsoft HQ

Join our MVP, Jan Ketil Skanke as he travels to the Microsoft HQ in Redmond to share his latest insights on Identity and Endpoint Management. Jan Ketil will deliver a full day workshop and 4 sessions. This premier event brings together the brightest minds in the IT Pro and Security ecosystem, offering a unique blend of in-depth technical sessions, hands-on workshops, and invaluable networking opportunities. If you have the chance to attend, you will be able to spend time on the Microsoft campus and get in-depth sessions and attend hands-on workshops. Make sure you claim your ticket today!

W14 Fear the Defaults – Take Control of Your Entra ID Configuration

For many organizations, moving to Microsoft 365 is a given these days. The lure of collaboration, simple(ish) licensing, and built in security checks all the boxes. Unfortunately, just because it is in the cloud, and you have security features, doesn’t mean they are enabled or enforced in an effective way.

Do you think the defaults is good enough? You already got all the security licenses right?

In this session we will take you through the top security related considerations when it comes to hardening default out of the box Entra ID environments. From applications, to groups, to conditional access, all of which can be used and leverage as a grounds of attack, so know understand the risks, and how to mitigate against them. At the end of this session, you will be forewarned and forearmed to deal with the fires within your tenant that you did not know were there.

H07 Getting Started with MS Graph API for the Endpoint Administrators

In this session, we will explore the powerful capabilities of Microsoft Graph API and how it can be leveraged together with PowerShell by endpoint administrators to streamline and enhance their management tasks. You will learn how to authenticate and interact with the API, retrieve and manipulate data, and integrate it into their existing workflows. By the end of this session, you will have a solid understanding of how to utilize Microsoft Graph API to improve efficiency and productivity working with Intune and Entra ID.

H13 Time To Take Control of Local Admins on your Windows Clients

Are you still allowing end users to be local admins?
Are you struggling to move to a non-admin state?
Why it’s important to limit end users privileges on their client?
How can you move away from giving away too many permissions?

In this session we will walk you through the different ways of controlling and monitoring use of local admin privilege. We will look into how tools like Intune EPM, Windows LAPS, DevBox and Sandbox can enable your current admins. The important things that must be done to reduce the need for elevated access, and make the user experience good when its needed.

W03 Troubleshooting the Modern Managed Client

With the shift to modern management with Windows Autopilot and Intune new skills are required to troubleshoot our environment. During this session we will cover how you troubleshoot:

– Intune
– Windows Autopilot
– Wind32 app deployment
– And more!

All the logs we are used to look in for SCCM are gone! New tools, logs, event log are your new best friends! Do not miss this opportunity to get a kickstart learning about troubleshooting a modern managed client!

F01 Workshop: Getting Started with Cloud Native Endpoint Management

This workshop covers the essential aspects of transitioning from on-premises client management to cloud native management with Microsoft Intune and Entra ID. We will also touch the hybrid challenge.

– Module 1: Intro to Cloud Native Management
– Module 2: Configuring Windows with Intune
– Module 3: Endpoint Security features
– Module 4: Scripting in Intune (Close the gap)
– Module 5: Role Based Access Control and Delegation
– Module 6: Application Management

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