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Guides Written by the Engineers Who Do the Work.

Practical, technical guidance on Microsoft Cloud configuration. No fluff, no marketing speak — just the information your IT team needs to make better decisions.

Technical Deep Dives

Engineering-level guides on Microsoft Cloud configuration.

Intune

Implementing a Microsoft Intune Security Baseline

How to configure security baselines in Intune that actually align with your compliance requirements — not just the defaults. Covers baseline selection, conflict resolution between baselines and configuration profiles, and validation testing before production rollout.

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Autopilot

Windows Autopilot: A Complete Deployment Checklist

Everything you need before your first Autopilot deployment — hardware hashes, enrollment profiles, ESP configuration, and common pitfalls. Includes pre-deployment validation steps that most organizations skip.

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CIS

CIS Windows 11 Benchmark: Mapping 457 Controls to Intune

A breakdown of how we map CIS Windows 11 v4.0.0 controls to Intune configuration profiles — and why most organizations fail 40-70% on their first scan. Covers Level 1 and Level 2 benchmarks, policy conflicts, and remediation prioritization.

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Azure

Designing Azure Landing Zones: The Foundation Most Organizations Skip

VNet architecture, subscription topology, and governance guardrails — every Azure project should start here, but most SMBs jump straight to deploying VMs. Covers management groups, policy assignments, and network segmentation patterns.

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Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel vs. Third-Party SIEM: A Cost and Capability Breakdown

A direct comparison of Sentinel against Splunk, Elastic, and other SIEMs — ingestion costs, detection rules, and why native Microsoft integration changes the math. Includes real cost modeling for organizations with 100-1,000 endpoints.

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Defender

Defender XDR: Unifying Endpoint, Cloud, and Identity Threat Detection

How the Defender stack connects across Intune, Azure, and Entra ID to give you a single pane of glass for threat detection and response. Covers Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, and Defender for Identity integration.

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