Ronni Pedersen, Cloud Architect at Apento
Microsoft endpoint management and security, from the field.
I help organisations secure and manage their devices and identities with Microsoft Intune, Entra and Defender. Microsoft MVP since 2008, today in Security and Windows, and host of Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark.
Topics
IntuneEnterprise MobilityIdentity and AccessSecurityWindows DeploymentConfiguration ManagerPowerShellCommunity
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New to the blog? These are the articles readers come back to most, plus my take on moving to the cloud.
- 2024Successful Adoption of a “Cloud First” StrategyHello, cloud enthusiasts! Today, we’re going to delve into the lessons learned from successful adoption of a “cloud…
- 2017Missing “UserType” attribute in Azure ADOver the years, I’ve created multiple labs, so that I can test different scenarios. One of my first “cloud only” Azure…
- 2016How to Access the MBAM BitLocker Recover Keys directly in SQLToday I was working with a customer that wanted upgrade MBAM from 2.0 to 2.5 SP1. It was a simple stand-alone…
- 2019Azure AD: Authentication Administrator Role is now availableMicrosoft has released a few new Administrator roles in Azure AD, one of them is the Authentication Administrator, that…
- ReferenceWMI QueryThe following WMI queries can be used as inspiration when working with driveres and other OS Deployment stuff…
Latest articles
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Azure AD: Authentication Administrator Role is now available
Microsoft has released a few new Administrator roles in Azure AD, one of them is the Authentication Administrator, that allows delegation of MFA reset in Azure Active Directory…
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SCCM Cloud Management Gateway might fail on new Azure Subscriptions
If you are deploying a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) in System Center Configuration Manager, and you are using a newly created Azure Subscription, you might see the following…
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CoLabora User Group – March 2019 Meeting
The team behind CoLabora are super excited to announce the agenda for March Meetup. The March meeting will focus 100% on Microsoft 365 and related services. All sessions…
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NIC 2019 Coming Up!
The Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) in Oslo, Norway is one of my favorite conferences of the year! NIC is great a collaboration and learning event offering global best…
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Automatic MDM enrollment is moving to Intune Portal!
Update: This feature still requires Global Admin rights! You can change and configure all the settings as “Intune Administrator” but you can’t click “Save”… This is by design!…
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Mini MVP Summit 2018
Just came back from an amazing week at Microsoft Campus in Redmond with 25 fellow SCCM & Intune MVP’s from all over the world. A special thanks to…
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Password-less phone sign-in with Microsoft Authenticator App
Two weeks ago, at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Microsoft announced the public preview of Password-less phone sign-in. We enabled this feature right after the session in our company…
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Microsoft MVP 2018-2019!
Yesterday, I received an e-mail from the Microsoft MVP Award program, and I am delighted to share that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2018-2019…
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Windows 10 1803: winpeshl.ini file is present, but no commands were successfully launched
Yesterday I started a new Windows 10 1803 project with a customer. They want to start deploying Windows 10 1803 to new machines and also start upgrade existing…
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SCCM 1802: Migrating CMG from Classic to Azure Resource Manager
Introduction The Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) feature was first introduced in version 1610 as a pre-release feature. Last week Microsoft released 1802, and this feature is no longer…
Speaking and community
I speak at conferences and user groups across Europe, and host Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark, where admins share what works in real deployments.
Next up
- 13 November 2026Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark – November 2026Online
- 11 December 2026Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark – December 2026Online
- 9-10 February 2027ELDK27 – Experts Live DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark
- Intune Master Class 9 Feb, 09:00
- Edge Management Service – the modern way to manage Edge 10 Feb, 11:30