
Third-Party Apps Are the Patching Gap: Close It with Intune Win32 Deployments
EDR cannot save a workstation running an exploitable app version. Here is the full Intune Win32 workflow for deploying and updating third-party software at scale.
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EDR cannot save a workstation running an exploitable app version. Here is the full Intune Win32 workflow for deploying and updating third-party software at scale.

Teams Premium flags sensitive content during screen sharing, Purview meters GenAI data security as pay-as-you-go, and Copilot lands across PowerPoint, Forms, and calls.

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Defender for Business ships 24/7 vulnerability scanning with Business Premium. How to onboard devices, read the exposure score, and run an approve-remove-patch SOP.

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Ignite 2024 buried real news under Copilot branding. The 20 announcements that matter, grouped: agents, Copilot+ PCs, Windows 365, Windows resiliency and security, Edge, and Lighthouse.

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When customers demand BYOD access to Microsoft 365, contain it: web-only access, download blocks, session limits, TAP-gated enrollment, and MAM, with a dynamic group to segment personal devices.

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