Most Intune content falls into two buckets:

Microsoft docs (correct, but incomplete)
Tutorials (work in isolation, break in production)

This isn't that.

This is what actually happens in real environments — the edge cases, failure modes, and patterns that don't show up until you're managing hundreds or thousands of devices.

Over the next few days, I'll show you patterns we use in client environments:

  • Compliance policies that don't require constant redeployments
  • Why compliant doesn't actually mean compliant
  • How to avoid breaking apps with WinGet updates
  • What a broken Intune environment actually looks like

Most teams build compliance logic directly into their scripts. That's the first mistake.

More tomorrow.

— Hal

If you're dealing with something like this, reply with ASSESS — I'll tell you if it's fixable.

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