đŻ Objective: Migrate a massive hybrid infrastructure (15,000+ endpoints, some in Azure, some on-premises) from System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) to Microsoft Intune. Mission: avoid catastrophe, retain control, secure everything, handle scale, and stay (mostly) sane. Step 0: Mental Prep â Accept that Intune â SCCM SCCM is centralized, on-prem, stateful, agent-based. Intune is cloud-native,…
Month: July 2025
đ SCCM Is Dead. Long Live the Cloud Overlord Intune.
aka: How Microsoft replaced Task Sequences, PXE and sanity with Graph APIs, JSON logs and Azure blobs 𩮠SCCM: the glorious beast of bare metal and BIOS-level mayhem đ§ Architecture recap: SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) is the lovechild of legacy infrastructure and deep surgical control: SQL Server â the brain of everything: device state,…
đ Sentinel Data Lake â All Your Logs in One …..
Hi )))))))))))))) lets see how Microsoft turned your SOC into a vintage cloud beach party with Python Letâs get this straight: Microsoft just dropped a bomb called Sentinel Data Lake, and no â itâs not just another checkbox in Azure that silently bills you into bankruptcy. This is an actual cloud-native security data lake, purpose-built…
Microsoft Sentinel: Now Smarter, Meaner, and Autogenerating Paranoia
July 2025 Updates â Welcome to the age of Copilot-driven SOC mayhem Another month, another round of Microsoft Sentinel updates. But this time, it’s not just ânew featuresâ â it’s Copilot on caffeine, automation on steroids, and behavior analytics that feel more like digital surveillance than SIEM. đ„ Whatâs new in July? đ§ Incident Enrichment…
Windows is dead, but still breathing cash
The new Extended Security Updates (ESU) 2025 Microsoft just launched a new necromancy-as-a-service program.Officially, Windows 10 dies on October 14, 2025. But with ESU, it can limp along till 2028 â a solid business decision if you’re not quite ready to bury your operating system. đ Is Windows 10 really dying? Yep. After Oct 14,…
Hey Copilot, activate my Windows! – How Microsoftâs AI happily handed out pirated keys
When you ask an AI for help, you probably expect it to translate a sentence or summarize a cat video. But Microsoft Copilot took it up a notch. It started handing out activation scripts for Windows and Office. To anyone. On demand. No ID check, no background screening. Just vibes. Yes, you read that right….
Windows 11: A Masterclass in Disappointment
Ah, mon ami, preparez-vous for Microsoftâs latest chef-d’Ćuvre of frustrationâWindows 11. A magnifique fusion of half-baked ideas, forced UI changes, and merde-tier updates. In this exquisitely painful series, weâll explore (actually 5 days, 5 articles non stop): Part 1: Startup Apps â RAM Slathering Before Coffee Microsoftâs chef-d’Ćuvre of bloat. Weâll dissect: RunOnce, GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\Startupâbecause why boot fast? Sysinternals Boot Traceâwatching your PC wheeze into…
Copilot Remembers Everything (Even What Youâd Rather It Forgot)
đ€ Copilot Memory: When AI Stops Forgetting and Starts Logging Microsoft just gave Copilot something spicy â a memory.No, not the cute, “reminds-you-to-send-an-email” kind.We’re talking long-term, vector-based, semantically-indexed, compliance-monitored memory. This isn’t AI that helps. This is AI that remembers what you asked six weeks ago at 2:46AM, cross-references it with your writing style, and…
GDPR: Not Just a Regulation â Your Digital Trust Architecture in the EU
Why every European company must treat GDPR not as a checkbox, but as a strategic pillar âCompliance is not a project. Itâs a posture.ââ Chief Privacy Officer, leading European fintech firm 𧩠What is GDPR â beyond the basics The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and Council,…
Azure Landing Zone on Steroids: Why You Need a Dedicated Security Subscription and Management Group
What just happened? Microsoft introduced a new management group called Platform, along with a dedicated subscription solely for core platform and security services in Azure Landing Zone. Why? To cleanly separate foundational security services from the app mess. Why this matters Security and infrastructure are like the skeleton of your cloud. If it’s weak, everything…