Page 41 of the DSE IT knowledge center, with source-backed guidance and practical next steps.
Production-minded guidance for endpoints, servers, updates, cloud services, administration, and supportable operations.
Windows Autopatch eligibility depends on licensing, Intune enrollment, corporate ownership, join and co-management state, recent check-in, Microsoft endpoints, diagnostic data, edition, and update channel.
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A reliable passkey and passwordless rollout starts with user personas, device and application compatibility, recoverable registration, pilot waves, and measured enforcement.
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Windows LAPS can rotate and escrow a unique local administrator password, but conflicting policies, the wrong backup directory, missing accounts, or excessive retrieval rights can leave the control ineffective.
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Intune can deploy standard or silent BitLocker encryption, but production readiness depends on supported hardware, usable recovery-key escrow, policy compatibility, and removal of conflicting encryption software.
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Intune device cleanup rules hide stale records from the admin center and reports. They do not wipe, retire, or remove the corresponding Microsoft Entra device object.
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Attack surface reduction rules can block behaviors used by malware, but safe enforcement requires application inventory, representative champions, audit evidence, narrow exclusions, and ring-by-ring expansion.
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Remote monitoring and access tools need explicit authorization, strong identity controls, restricted paths, independent logging, provider accountability, and tested containment.
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Modern network-access guidance asks organizations to examine broad remote connectivity and compare risk-based, resource-level approaches without assuming every VPN requires replacement.
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Cyber supply-chain risk management connects enterprise governance, business processes, acquisition, supplier evidence, operating oversight, incident coordination, continuity, and secure exit.
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A vulnerability-disclosure program needs clear scope, monitored intake, acknowledgement, secure tracking, technical ownership, coordinated remediation, communication, and measurable closure.
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