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Published inJan 2024
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Andrew Taylor
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Andrew Taylor is an End-User Compute architect with 20 years IT experience across industries and a particular interest in Microsoft Cloud technologies, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Andrew graduated with a degree in Business Studies in 2004 from Lancaster University and since then has obtained numerous Microsoft certifications including Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Cybersecurity Architect Expert amongst others. He currently working as an EUC Architect for an IT Company in the United Kingdom, planning and automating the products across the EUC space. Andrew lives on the coast in the North East of England with his wife and two daughters.
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Configuring Application Control

A new feature to Intune is Application Control, which extends the Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) functionality but with an easier deployment.

There are two methods of deploying Application Control – via a GUI with boxes to select and using an XML file created for WDAC.

For this example, we will be using the GUI method, but if you would rather have more granular control, you can use the WDAC wizard from Microsoft to assist in creating the file.

You can read more about that here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/wdac-wizard.

How to do it…

Before we can create our policy, we need to activate Managed Installer. This allows the Intune Management extension to install applications without restrictions. Follow these steps to configure it in your environment:

  1. Click on Endpoint Security and then App Control for Business.
  2. At the top, click...
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Published in: Jan 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805126546

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Andrew Taylor is an End-User Compute architect with 20 years IT experience across industries and a particular interest in Microsoft Cloud technologies, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Andrew graduated with a degree in Business Studies in 2004 from Lancaster University and since then has obtained numerous Microsoft certifications including Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Cybersecurity Architect Expert amongst others. He currently working as an EUC Architect for an IT Company in the United Kingdom, planning and automating the products across the EUC space. Andrew lives on the coast in the North East of England with his wife and two daughters.
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