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Intune Installed Apps Report: Track Every Application Across Your Fleet

Microsoft is replacing Intune's Discovered apps with a richer App Inventory feature, but the export problem hasn't gone away. Learn how BI for Intune normalizes installed software into a Power BI star schema you can slice and dice.

Intune Device Inventory Report: Complete Visibility in Power BI

Native Intune device inventory reports fall short for large environments. Learn how BI for Intune delivers a complete device inventory report in Power BI with cross-platform filtering, hardware details, and compliance correlation.

Find Devices Missing the Secure Boot 2023 Certificates with BI for Defender

Microsoft's 2011 Secure Boot certificates start expiring in June 2026. Use BI for Defender to identify Windows devices that haven't installed the new 2023 certificates in three clicks.

Intune Reporting in 2026: The Complete Guide for IT Admins

Everything IT admins need to know about Intune reporting in 2026 - from built-in Microsoft Intune reports to custom dashboards and tools that fill the gaps native reporting leaves behind.

Is WinGet a Crowdsourced Repository?

WinGet is often dismissed as a crowdsourced repository, but that label misses the full picture. Here's what actually happens when you run winget search, winget install, and winget upgrade — and why WinGet's hash verification would have stopped the Notepad++ supply chain attack.

Who Holds the Keys to Your Kingdom?

When you grant third-party Intune tools access to your tenant, who really controls your data? Learn the security risks of vendor-hosted SaaS integrations and how to protect your Entra ID environment.

Managing Forced Browser Extensions at Scale with Intune

Intune supports configuring forced browser extensions for both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge using the ExtensionInstallForcelist policy. However, there's a significant limitation: Intune does not m

Empowering Self-Service Windows 11 Upgrades with Intune + BI for Intune

Enterprises face a tough balancing act when it comes to OS upgrades. Force the upgrade and risk disrupting end users — delay it and risk falling behind on supportability, security, and compliance. We’

Windows Update for Business Reports, Reimagined: A Simpler Way to Analyze Updates

Go beyond native Windows Update for Business reports with deeper analysis of update behaviors, compliance trends, and deployment progress. See how BI for Intune Power BI dashboards simplify WUfB reporting.

Intune, Defender, and SCCM Single Pane of Glass Reporting

Have you ever wanted to see data from Configuration Manager and Intune in a single report? Or perhaps combine insights from Intune and Defender for Endpoint? Maybe even all three—Configuration Manager

How to Create Query Based “Collections” In Intune

In Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), collections allow administrators to organize resources into manageable units for easier, large-scale management. Collections can be customized to meet s

Ensuring BitLocker Key Backup for Workplace-Joined Devices and Beyond

Learn how to ensure BitLocker recovery keys are backed up to Azure AD for workplace-joined and Intune-managed devices. Step-by-step guide with PowerShell scripts and compliance monitoring.

How to Limit Microsoft Intune Win32 App Installs to New Devices

Have you ever needed to deploy a Win32 app via Microsoft Intune to a group of users but wanted the app to install only on their new devices? I recently faced this challenge and found a unique solution

Intune Win32 App Maintenance Windows (Sort of)

A common challenge faced by administrators transitioning from ConfigMgr (SCCM) to Intune is the perceived lack of control over application installation and reboot timing. ConfigMgr's robust capabiliti

Automate Intune App Assignments with PowerShell

Managing app assignments in Microsoft Intune can be a time-consuming task, especially when dealing with multiple applications and groups. This PowerShell script aims to simplify and automate the proce

How to Bypass Intune Device Platform Enrollment Restrictions on Windows

Most environments block the ability to enroll personal Windows devices into Intune. Doing so also prevents them from joining Entra ID if Intune auto-enrollment is enabled. This is because we don’t nor

Conquer Complex Intune Win32 App Installations with PowerShell

While considering titles for this post another that came to my mind was, "Why a Poorly Written Installer Requires 400 Lines of Code to Run Silently" but I felt as if the one I used was a little less h

Automate Rerunning Failed Intune Win32 App Installs

I acknowledge the existence of numerous other online resources detailing the process of rerunning failed Intune Win32 app deployments on individual devices. These resources typically prescribe a simil

Automatically Categorize Intune Devices

Effortlessly manage and group devices within Microsoft Intune using device categories. While device categorization is essential, manually assigning categories for each device can be challenging and im

Warranty Reporting for Intune

For quite some time we have had warranty reporting for Dell, Lenovo, and GETAC devices. We used to also support Microsoft devices but, unfortunately, both Microsoft and HP have taken their warranty AP

Power BI Template App Tenant Migration

Occasionally we are asked how to download the .pbix for our reports for editing in Power BI Desktop, or how to move custom reports from one to another Power BI tenant. This blog will show you how to d

Set Intune Device Properties with PowerShell

For over 20 years I was a mildly successful Configuration Manager Architect without ever learning to write scripts. When I needed something that required a script, I could usually find something onlin

BI for Intune Dark Mode

Several customers have asked if it is possible to apply a dark mode theme to our reports. Since it is not possible to apply themes in the Power BI service it was not possible to create a set of dark m

Monitor Windows Update Installation Progression

One of the most common requests that we hear from our Microsoft Intune and ConfigMgr reporting solutions BI for SCCM and BI for Intune customers is that they would like to have the ability to track the progression

How To Copy Pages or Visuals from One to Another Report

By definition a Power BI report is a multi-perspective view into a dataset, with visuals that represent different findings and insights from that dataset. A report can have a single visual or pages fu

Migrate from fatstacks to PowerStacks BI for Intune

The following process documents the steps require to migrate from the legacy fatstacks BI for Intune app to the new PowerStacks BI for Intune app. This process is required to continue getting updates

Migrate from fatstacks to PowerStacks BI for SCCM

The following process documents the steps require to migrate from the legacy fatstacks BI for SCCM app to the new PowerStacks BI for SCCM app. This process is required to continue getting updates for