Ben Cole Microsoft 365 E7 Explained Microsoft 365 E7 is the first new top-tier enterprise licence since E5 arrived in 2015, and it is the one I get asked about most at the moment. In short, E7 keeps everything administrators already rel... Copilot Microsoft 365 licences licencing 16 Oct 2026
Ben Cole Checking a single device for cross-signed driver blocks Why this script The Windows Driver Policy, which removes default trust for kernel drivers signed under the legacy cross-signed program, isn't new to 26H2. It shipped in the April 2026 update for Windo... 26H2 Driver signing Endpoint Management Intune Windows 11 7 Oct 2026
Ben Cole Finding cross-signed driver activity with Advanced Hunting in Defender For Endpoint From the April 2026 cumulative update, Windows enforces a new kernel driver policy that removes trust for drivers signed under the legacy cross-signed root program. Each device starts in evaluation mo... 26H2 Advanced Hunting Defender for Endpoint Driver signing KQL 7 Oct 2026
Ben Cole Faster Win32 app delivery in Intune Faster Win32 app delivery in Intune: one off the "should be simple" list? Since 2021, my Intune training deck has included a slide called "Things that should be simple in [insert year]". It collects t... Endpoint Management Intune Microsoft 365 Whats New Windows 11 2 Oct 2026
Ben Cole Windows 11 26H2: The Bits Worth Your Attention Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with a few big changes hiding in it. Most of the headline features have already been trickling in through monthly updates. What 26H2 really does is switch some of the... 26H2 Endpoint Management Intune Windows 11 Windows Update 30 Sept 2026
Ben Cole Entra Connect Upgrade Entra Connect Sync: upgrade before 30 September 2026 Two weeks to go. If your Entra Connect Sync server isn't on version 2.5.79.0 or later by 30 September, synchronisation will stop. Not degrade — sto... 14 Sept 2026
Ben Cole Microsoft Entra: SMS and Voice MFA Retirement What’s happening Microsoft is moving Microsoft Entra ID tenants toward phishing-resistant authentication by default. Passkeys are becoming the default authentication experience for users who are curre... Authentication Entra ID Microsoft 365 PassKeys 8 Sept 2026