Simplifying Endpoint Management with AI

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you’ve surely heard of or at least encountered some form of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Whether it’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, or even an AI chatbot you’ve interacted with for support, AI is everywhere. Over the past couple ...
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Managing Windows Updates with Intune Part 1 – Update Rings

Are your enterprise Windows endpoints enrolled in Microsoft Intune? If so, it may be beneficial to start managing Windows updates through Intune. In this multi part blog post, you’ll discover how you can master Windows updates using Intune and ensure your endpoints are always-up-to-date, secure, and seamlessly integrated to minimize ...
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Windows Hotpatch in Public Preview for Windows 11 Devices

Windows Hotpatch is here for Windows 11 24H2 endpoints. Hotpatch has been available for a bit for Windows server, but it’s now available in public preview for Windows 11 as well. Head directly to the bottom of this post to see how to enable hotpatch on your devices. What is ...
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State of the Blog – February 2025

Welcome to my first State of the Blog post. I want to do these every few months to just talk about what I’m currently working on, and what my plans our for endpointguy.com over the next few months. Where We’ve Been I started this blog back on December 5th after ...
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Microsoft Technical Takeoff 2025

Microsoft will be hosting their 2025 technical takeoff March 3-6, 2025, focusing on Windows and Intune. This is a free virtual skilling event that offers technical deep dives and panel-based discussions. I’ll be covering everything related to Endpoint Administration from Technical Takeoff 2025 and posting about it right here on ...
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Windows Backup for Organizations with Entra ID

I attended Microsoft Ignite this year in Chicago, and I wanted to talk about one of the less talked about features, in fact if you blinked you probably would have missed it. Windows Backup for Organizations with Entra ID will allow IT admins to enable the backup of user settings ...
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Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to endpointguy.com, let me introduce myself. My name is Andrew Hoffman, I’ve been in the IT field for 10 years now with a majority of that time spent as an Endpoint Administrator. I am a Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate. I also have Comptia A+ and Network+ certifications. ...
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