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I would advise you to think long and hard about hybrid azure ad domain join, try and avoid it or you'll have lots of problems... guaranteed modern devices can be workgroup joined with no GPO's applied, and instead all settings and configurations come directly from Intune (or SCCM if co-managed)

just to be clear, you are trying to install Windows 10 LTSC 2019 on a computer with 3 physical hard discs, correct ? and when you try in that configuration, it fails ? does the same task sequence work correctly if there is only one hdd ?

ok thanks for reporting this, can you please send a Frown from the console and attach the cmtrace screenshots to report this there ? if you want, please share the id with me, thanks

ok thanks, i've passed this information on to the Microsoft Product Group

my first question is why do you think you need to join the Windows Autopilot PC to an on-premise domain ?

just to be clear, you've tested both sccm 2103/2107 and the corresponding version of CMTrace included with it and it's not displaying chinese text correctly, is that it ?

if you clearly outline the steps taken to repro I can verify in my lab

that sounds like a bug, have you captured the logs and raised a case with microsoft ?

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Introduction I recently encountered an issue when after Windows Autopilot enrollment was completed, the end user was unable to browse on-premises network resources such as file shares when logged on with using the Windows Hello for Business login method. The workaround was to lock the screen, and then login again using username and password as credentials. We did not see the same problem when Windows Autopilot enrollment on home WI-Fi or even when using the Enterprise WI-Fi connections. To add to the confusion, the problem fixed itself by the following day with no user or other changes. Troubleshooting the problem Troubleshooting the issue was complex and took time as we didn't understand the root cause, but eventually it all fell into place, and I'll summarize it here. In a nutshell, the reason it was failing was because when on the wired on-premises LAN network, outbound connections to time.windows.com (Windows default NTP server) were blocked. This wasn't obvious immediately, but became clear later. The issue showed itself as soon as you tried to browse a UNC path in Windows File Explorer. You would see a message in the task tray stating that Windows needs your current credentials, as shown below. Locking the screen, and unlocking using WHFB would not work, you had to lock the screen and enter the username+password to browse the on-premises resources without error. To assist with troubleshooting the following were useful. Enable Kerberos event logging - Windows Server | Microsoft Docs Error code 0x3E Definitions (eventsentry.com) https://tech.nicolonsky.ch/mastering-windows-hello-for-business-with-your-hybrid-identity/ Further analysis of the problem revealed the following events in event viewer. The first was 0x3e KDC_ERR_CLIENT_NOT_TRUSTED and another error in the Security-Kerberos event log made it even more clear as to what the problem was, event ID 8. During the third phase of the ESP, (Account Setup) we prompt the end-user to enable Windows Hello for Business as a login method. That process of setting up Windows Hello for Business in turn creates a self-signed certificate which is used to authenticate against on-premise resources, and as we found out, when Windows Autopilot enrollment was done on the wired on-premises LAN network, there was no ability to sync time against time.windows.com and therefore the Windows Hello for Business self-signed certificate was created in the Pacific Standard Timezone, and thus, in the future if you were doing enrollment in Sweden. This explained why WHFB credentials didn't work for on-premises resources and also explained why the problem would self heal itself after one day. To understand why this was happening we had to look at our Windows Autopilot PC's were delivered from the vendor. Windows Autopilot delivered computers come with a timezone of Pacific Standard Time, which is from Seattle, the home of Microsoft. If you press left-shift and F10 during the first screen in Windows Autopilot OOBE and run the Powershell command below, it would return this info. get-timezone If the computers system time (BIOS) was different to the configured timezone, then we'd have time sync issues which would show themselves later as the on-premises network disallowed access to time.windows.com. The solution The following PowerShell script detects the type of network we are on (Wired LAN, Zscaler VPN or Internet) and based on the type detected, attempt to sync time to the most appropriate NTP time server. This is a one time action during OOBE that takes place during the second phase of the ESP, namely Device Setup. This script was created to work with a Zscaler VPN solution so you might need to adapt it to work with your VPN. The logic is fairly simple. When the script runs it attempts to determine the IP address of your on-premise NTP time server, in this example that could be time.windowsnoob.com, and that would resolve to 192.x.x.x if on the WIRED lan, or 100.x.x.x if on Zscaler VPN. Note: Below is a mock up in my LAB of a wired LAN, everything works fine except the timesync to ads1.windowsnoob.lab.local. That is because an NTP server running on that fqdn doesn't exist. In a real production environment, this works just fine syncing against an on-premises NTP server whether on the Wired LAN or Zscaler VPN. If the FQDN of the on-premise NTP server could not be determined then we assume that we are on the internet and thus use time.windows.com as the NTP server, finally, we trigger a time sync and log the results. Below you can see the log on a device that syncs to time.windows.com To use the script replace the on-premise NTP server address(s) with one you have configured yourself, or use any on-premise FQDN that can only be reached when on the internal network. Next, replace the datacenter IP addresses and FQDN's with your own on-premise FQDN server addresses hosting a local NTP service. Finally, deploy the script like so and wave bye bye to timesync issues DURING Windows Autopilot enrollments ! <# .SYNOPSIS This script will sync time to on-premise or off-premise time servers based on what it detects .DESCRIPTION This script should be deployed to Windows Autopilot devices as required in SYSTEM context .PARAMETER [none] This script does not take any parameters. .EXAMPLE .NOTES Version: 0.1 2021/9/21 initial script creation Version: 0.2 2021/09/22 re-encoding after cleaning up Version: 0.3 2021/09/23 datacenter check and set ntp server accordingly Version: 0.4 2021/09/23 byod confirmation in logging Version: 0.5 2021/10/11 synctime during OOBE .LINK .Author Niall Brady 2021/9/21 #> Function LogWrite { Param ([string]$logstring) $a = Get-Date $logstring = $a,$logstring Try { Add-content $Logfile -value $logstring -ErrorAction silentlycontinue } Catch { $logstring="Invalid data encountered" Add-content $Logfile -value $logstring } write-host $logstring } Function Cleanup {# del the scheduled task so this won't run again... #$TaskName = "SetTimeZone" #$Delete = RemoveScheduledTask $TaskName #LogWrite "Was the scheduled task removed: $Delete" LogWrite "Exiting script." break} Function RemoveScheduledTask { try { LogWrite "About to remove scheduled task: $TaskName..." Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -TaskPath "\windowsnoob\" -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null LogWrite "Successfully removed the scheduled task" return $true } catch { LogWrite "Couldn't remove scheduled task, please see the reason why in the debug line below this one." $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message # Catch the error LogWrite "DEBUG: $ErrorMessage" return $false } } function Set-SystemTime { LogWrite "Time resync forced" $ServiceName = 'W32time' $arrService = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName while ($arrService.Status -ne 'Running') { Start-Service $ServiceName LogWrite $arrService.status LogWrite 'Service starting' Start-Sleep -seconds 15 $arrService.Refresh() if ($arrService.Status -eq 'Running') { LogWrite 'Service is now Running' } } $whoami= & whoami LogWrite "DEBUG: whoami = $whoami" $timeOutput = & 'w32tm' '/resync', '/force' # get last sync time and other info $cmdOutput = & {w32tm /query /status} LogWrite "DEBUG: Here is the last sync time and other info from w32tm = $cmdOutput" # now let's try to sync time... LogWrite "DEBUG: w32tm /resync /force = $timeOutput" foreach ($line in $timeOutput) { LogWrite "Time resync status: $line" $syncSuccess = ($line.contains('completed successfully')) LogWrite "TimeOutPut: $timeOutput" } # get last stync time and other info $cmdOutput = & {w32tm /query /status} LogWrite "DEBUG: Here is the last sync time and other info from w32tm = $cmdOutput" return $syncSuccess } function Set-NTPServer { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$Server ) LogWrite "Setting $Server as NTP server" $output = & 'w32tm' '/config', '/syncfromflags:manual', "/manualpeerlist:$Server" LogWrite "Time resync status: $output" $output = & 'w32tm' '/config', '/update' LogWrite "Time resync status: $output" $output = & 'w32tm' '/resync' LogWrite "Time resync status: $output" } ###################################################################################################################### # Script starts here... $Logfile = "$env:temp\win.ap.oobe.SyncTime.log" LogWrite "Starting the oobe synctime script..." LogWrite "Verifying if the time service is started..." $serviceName = 'W32Time' $service = Get-Service -Name $serviceName while ($service.Status -ne 'Running') { Start-Service -Name $serviceName LogWrite "$($service.DisplayName) service is: $($service.Status)" LogWrite "Starting $($service.DisplayName) service - Sleeping 15 seconds" Start-Sleep -Seconds 15 $service.Refresh() if ($service.Status -eq 'Running') { LogWrite "$($service.DisplayName) service is: $($service.Status)" } } if ($service.Status -eq 'Running') { LogWrite "The time service is running!" # Get active network connection $defaultRouteNic = Get-NetRoute -DestinationPrefix 0.0.0.0/0 | Sort-Object -Property RouteMetric | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ifIndex $ipv4 = Get-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4 -InterfaceIndex $defaultRouteNic | Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddress LogWrite "Local IP: $ipv4" # set vars... $ZscalerDetected = $false $CompanyNetworkDetected = $false $InternetDetected = $false $ips = $null $fqdn = "time.windowsnoob.com" # let's see are we on Zscaler... LogWrite "Checking type of network access" # are we on Zscaler private access ? try {$ips = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("$fqdn") #$ips.IPAddressToString if ($ips.IPAddressToString.StartsWith("100.64.")){ $ZscalerDetected = $true} } catch {LogWrite "Error getting FQDN for $fqdn, not connected to Zscaler private access" } LogWrite "on Zscaler: $ZscalerDetected " # are we on the windowsnoob LAN ? LogWrite "Checking if on windowsnoob network access" try {$ips = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("$fqdn") if ($ips.IPAddressToString.StartsWith("192.")){ $CompanyNetworkDetected = $true} } catch {LogWrite "Error getting FQDN for $fqdn, not on windowsnoob wired LAN network" } LogWrite "on windowsnoob wired LAN: $CompanyNetworkDetected " # if we are on windowsnoob LAN, let's determine the datacenter location... if ($CompanyNetworkDetected -or $ZscalerDetected){ LogWrite "windowsnoob LAN was detected, checking which datacenter now..." try {$ips = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("$fqdn") LogWrite "$fqdn ip address: $ips.IPAddressToString" if ($ips.IPAddressToString -eq "192.67.1.250" -or "100.64.1.1"){ $DataCenter = "Sweden" $NTPServer = "ads1.windowsnoob.lab.local"} if ($ips.IPAddressToString -eq "192.192.4.210"){ $DataCenter = "Seattle" $NTPServer = "ads2.windowsnoob.lab.local"} if ($ips.IPAddressToString -eq "192.138.1.12"){ $DataCenter = "Australia" $NTPServer = "ads3.windowsnoob.lab.local"} } catch { LogWrite "Error getting FQDN for $fqdn, could not determine Datacenter location" } LogWrite "dataCenter: $DataCenter "} #if ($ipv4.StartsWith('192.') -or $ZscalerDetected) {Set-NTPServer -Server 'time.windowsnoob.com' if ($CompanyNetworkDetected -or $ZscalerDetected) { Set-NTPServer -Server $NTPServer LogWrite "Looks like we are on a windowsnoob network so setting '$NTPServer'" if (Set-SystemTime) { cleanup } } else {Set-NTPServer 'time.windows.com' LogWrite "we could NOT resolve 'time.windowsnoob.com' so we are setting NTP to 'time.windows.com'" if (Set-SystemTime) { cleanup } } } LogWrite "SyncTime script completed." Lastly, keep in mind that you may still see access issues from Azure resources to on-premise resources as explained by Microsoft here, usually about 30 minutes. That is normal and nothing to do with the problem solved by this script. Conclusion Time sync issues during Windows Autopilot enrollment can be solved by using a PowerShell script deployed to all Windows Autopilot devices as long as the script can detect if on LAN, WAN or other network and flip to the corresponding NTP server(s). Related - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/autopilot/networking-requirements

Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E and I’ve linked each one that I’ve covered so far below for your perusal. In today’s blog post I’ll cover a topic that’s very relevant considering the printer patching mess that was so public recently, namely: Will Printer Audits continue to exist? Many companies had to deal with the recent PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527) problem and the patching mess that ensued. Today’s blog post will focus on the details of the vulnerability and based on those details and resolution advice learn how Tachyon can help you in real time search for registry keys, set registry keys to a specific value or disable services and thereby help to secure your enterprise. Companies everywhere print content. It’s a normal part of every day business and they’ve been doing that for years, but we do need to ask ourselves the question, do we really need a printer, or we should consider if we are going to move towards a more eco-friendly solution. Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy app Episode 3. Dealing with annoying admin requests Episode 4. That Change Management Success Rate Struggle Episode 5. Will Printer Audits continue to exist? In this DEM in 20 video, guest Gary Edwards who is a Senior Solutions Engineer at 1E with 30 years of experience, talks us through how Tachyon can help solve this mess. What is PrintNightmare? Discovered by researchers at QiAnXin, PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527) is a vulnerability which affects the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service. It has the potential to enable cyber-attackers to gain complete control of an affected system. “PrintNightmare is a hot new target for ransomware groups. It will allow these groups to quickly go from a single compromised workstation, to access to the whole network. Thus far, Microsoft’s patches have failed to fully address the problem. As such, the consensus is that organisations should disable print services on all systems where it isn’t needed.” Lucas Gates Senior Vice President at Kroll Source:www.redscan.com When Microsoft releases a patch, you definetly want to patch your environment to keep your IT environment secure. In the case of PrintNightmare, the vulnerability all revolved around a service running on Windows computers (both desktop and servers) called the Spooler service. It’s been there in Windows for years, it’s always on by default and doesn’t interact with users, it just waits for a user to print and then it comes alive. A few months ago, the Microsoft Security Response center got word about cyber security researchers who identified a hole or bug, to allow you to exploit the print spooler service and gain full control of a computer, remotely. Responding to this on July 1st, Microsoft released the following CVE-2021-34527 explaining the implications of this security vulnerability. It included additional details about setting registry key values on the endpoint and it also added 2 workarounds, including disabling the print spool service. “In addition to installing the updates, in order to secure your system, you must confirm that the following registry settings are set to 0 (zero) or are not defined (Note: These registry keys do not exist by default, and therefore are already at the secure setting.), also that your Group Policy setting are correct (see FAQ):” HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint NoWarningNoElevationOnInstall = 0 (DWORD) or not defined (default setting) UpdatePromptSettings = 0 (DWORD) or not defined (default setting) Unfortunately, not long after Microsoft released the patch, many tech blogs such as The Register were talking about the failure of the patch and the advice they offered was to instead, disable print services completely to avoid exploitation. But this advice was pretty severe, what would it mean for Enterprises, what would it mean for consumers, for schools. Also, how would you go about doing that quickly and safely in an Enterprise that had say 80,000 endpoints or more. Securing your network with Tachyon Tachyon has various capabilities to assist admins with this very problem, so let’s take a closer look at how you can solve and remediate these issues. We’ll start by using Tachyon Explorer to search for registry keys. Locating registry keys In Tachyon Explorer, in the I want to know search field, type the search term registry and then selecting what are all the keys under the registry key <hive> <subkey> from the list of choices. That brings up another option to enter the hive and subkey values and in this example finds results instantaneously on 22,886 endpoints out of 36,807 devices. Below is some of the data that is displayed for those 23,000 endpoints. It shows you the registry key on the device and more importantly in the Default Value column, that the registry key is not set, and that is critical information as that is the advice that Microsofts CVE explains needs to be resolved (setting those registry keys). Setting registry keys One of the requirements of the first part of the CVE was that we had to set registry keys on affected endpoints. With Tachyon, it’s easy. Here’s how to do it. In Tachyon Explorer, in the I want to know search field, type the search term registry and then select Set registry entry <hive> <subkey> <name> to <valuetype> <value> from the list of choices. That will bring up a new screen allowing you to set a registry entry as shown below. Fill in the values as recommended in the CVE. Alternative ways of doing this could involve using Tachyon Guaranteed State to set and maintain this state on all endpoints, creating a Group Policy incorporating PowerShell scripts or VBS scripts to set these keys on thousands of endpoints, or (if you have ConfigMgr) use Configuration Baselines to do it. Stopping services As explained in the CVE, there were 2 workarounds, one of which included disabling the print spooler service. Below you can see what the printer service looks like when it’s in a running state on an endpoint. So let’s look at how to do that. In Tachyon Explorer, in the I want to know search field, type the search term printers and then select List information about printers attached physically that may be shared from the list of choices available in the drop down menu shown. This allows you to audit what’s going on in your environment. This produces a list of vulnerable devices. In order to change the service state from running to stopped and disabled do as follows. In Tachyon Explorer search for servicename and in the results field select Change service <servicename> and its dependencies to <state> state. This in turn allows you to enter the spooler service name and select the startup type to Disabled from the options available. Not only that but you can set the current state to Stop to stop currently running services. An integral part of the Tachyon experience is the ability to enable the approval of admin actions, this is to avoid a rogue admin doing unwanted actions. After approval, we can see that the rule has run and that the actions are completed. A quick remote in to any of those devices will show the service is indeed stopped and the startup type is disabled. Maintaining desired state To stop people from coming in and starting the service on their own computer you’d want to have a policy to stop them from doing so. The easiest way would be to make sure users are all standard users but if you cannot do that, you can use Tachyon Guaranteed State to force compliance. Let’s take a look at that. In the dashboard below you can easily see the compliance or non-compliance in your enterprise. You can also create rules to maintain the state and startup value that you want, for example to force the spooler service to stopped. This particular rule is set to a rule type of Fix meaning it will continually resolve non-compliant endpoints. But setting a rule like this means no one can print in your network as the print spooler service will be disabled and stopped. To enable the ability to print when needed 1E have partnered with ServiceNow to enable users to request the ability to print on demand. Conclusion Security issues occur all the time in today’s digital landscape, and issues such as remote code execution and user elevation need to be addressed as soon as possible. The recent PrintNightmare issue highlighted how admins need to figure out which endpoints in their environment are affected and how to quickly resolve the problem. Tachyon Explorer gives admins the power to quickly verify registry settings, or to change them as appropriate, and do it all in real time with auditing and approval. Using Tachyon Guaranteed State they can enforce the desired policy so that the vulnerabilities are removed. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this article are the opinion of the author and have been written from an impartial standpoint; however, 1E may have reimbursed the author for time and expenses for undertaking the findings and conclusions detailed in the article.

why do you have a CAS ? how many clients are you supporting ? start reading this docs to determine how to resolve your TLS problem https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/security/enable-tls-1-2-server

is sql installed locally (recommended) or remote ? is this a PKI infrastructure ?

I'm glad you got it sorted

what happens if you copy the url mentioned into your web browser on the same server, does it download correctly, yes/no

Every three years Windows unveils a new version of its massively widespread OS, Windows Server. But this time it feels different. The rollout of Windows Server 2022 has felt strangely subdued compared to past iterations and it seems that this is part of Microsoft’s larger strategy to push admins towards a more cloud-hosted future. So, what does this mean for the future of system admins? How will your daily operations change because of this strategy shift? Presenters, Microsoft MVP Andy Syrewicze and IT security expert Paul Schnackenburg, will explain the full new feature set, security enhancements, editions and license comparisons, where Hyper-V Server has gone, where Azure Stack HCI fits into this discussion, and more on this unmissable upcoming webinar from Altaro/Hornetsecurity on 13 October. They will explain the full new feature set, security enhancements, editions and license comparisons, where Hyper-V Server has gone, where Azure Stack HCI fits into thisdiscussion, and more! The presenters will also be answering all your burning Windows Server 2022 questions so come prepared and make the most out of this event to prepare your organization for the next generation of IT workloads! Sign up here !

you could create the media in ISO format, and ftp the iso, then mount the iso on a USB key and try that way

you can easily create bootable USB media and use that, have you tried that ?

what type of account are you using to create this ? I just tried it now and i do see the option to create a new storage as you see here

I'm glad you figured it out, and have fun with this

Introduction I've seen multiple posts on twitter recently where people showed how to retrieve data from a company device. The Retire My PC app (shown below) helps to add a stronger layer of protection to your corporate devices by deleting the Bitlocker recovery information from the TPM, before shutting down the computer, and it gives your users a Self-Service way of securing company data on old computers before handing them back. In case you haven't seen that blog post already, please familiarize yourself with the Retire My PC solution here. In this blog post I'll show you how you can verify that the user has retired their old device by running a script on their new device. Step 1. Add a new httptrigger In the Resource Group that you created in Step 1 of the first blog post, create a new httptrigger and paste in the following code. ####################################################################################################################################### # use this code in a http trigger as part of a function app # for more details see ... # Niall Brady,2021/10/05 ####################################################################################################################################### using namespace System.Net # Input bindings are passed in via param block. param($Request, $TriggerMetadata, $inputTable) $Tenant = "windowsnoob.com" $triggerName = "Check if user retired PC previously" # Write to the Azure Functions log stream. Write-Host "PowerShell HTTP trigger function processed a request." # Interact with query parameters or the body of the request. $CheckUser = $Request.Query.CheckUser if (-not $CheckUser) { $CheckUser = $Request.Body.CheckUser } $a = Get-Date $body = $body + "$a ------------------------------------`n" $a = Get-Date $body = $body + "$a Starting the following trigger: '$triggerName'.`n" $a = Get-Date $body = $body + "$a Connected to tenant: '$Tenant'.`n" if ($CheckUser) { $a = Get-Date $body = $body + "$a Looking for the following user name: '$CheckUser'.`n" #} #Put all table rows into $table #$found="" $table = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new(); foreach($row in $inputTable){ #validate section # look for any rows where the user we are checking equals the UserName column... if ($CheckUser -EQ $row.UserName -and $($row.DateRetired) -gt $(Get-Date).AddDays(-14)) { $table.Add(@{ sUserName = $row.UserName; dateRetired = $row.DateRetired; sStatus = $row.Status; sComputerName = $row.ComputerName; }) #$found+="$($table[$table.Count-1].sComputerName) - $($table[$table.Count-1].sUserName) - $($table[$table.Count-1].sStatus) - $($table[$table.Count-1].dateRetired)" $found+="$($table[$table.Count-1].sComputerName) - $($table[$table.Count-1].dateRetired)" $body = $body + "$a FOUND record: '" + $found + "'.`n" } else {} # {$body = $body + "Did not find a matching record`n"} } } $a = get-date $body = $body + "$a Exiting Azure function.`n" $a = Get-Date $body = $body + "$a ------------------------------------`n" # show the output to the browser...Associate values to output bindings by calling 'Push-OutputBinding'. Push-OutputBinding -Name Response -Value ([HttpResponseContext]@{ StatusCode = [HttpStatusCode]::OK Body = $body }) Step 2. Integrate the trigger with Azure tables In the newly created trigger click save and then click on Integration. You will be adding integration with the Azure tables created in the first blog post with the new trigger for both the input and output (marked in yellow below). For Inputs, click on + Add input then... configure the following settings: For Binding Type, select: Azure Table Storage For Storage Account Connection, select: RetireMyPC_setting For Tablename enter: devicestatus as shown below in yellow. Click OK when done. You should see it looking like this. Next, for Output table click on + Add Output and fill it in like so.... For Binding Type, select: Azure Table Storage For Storage Account Connection, select: RetireMyPC_setting For Tablename enter: devicestatus like this. Click OK when done, your httptrigger is now integrated with Azure tables. Step 3. Get the scripts Download the following files and extract somewhere useful. Note: you will need to login to windows-noob.com to download the scripts. Encode files.zip Step 4. Get ServiceUI.exe from MDT You'll need the ServiceUI.exe executable file to display user interfaces (UI) to end users when operating in SYSTEM context. To get the file, download and install MDT somewhere and navigate to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Templates\Distribution\Tools\x64. To download MDT click here. Copy the ServiceUI.exe file to your extracted Encode Files folder Step 5. Get the Win32 content prep tool Download the Win32 content prep tool from here. Copy the IntuneWinAppUtil.exe file to the root of your extracted scripts folder Step 5. Modify the scripts Modify the following script: win.ap.retiremypc_verification.ps1 get the funtion URL of the new httptrigger you created in step 1 by looking at this graphic paste that function URL into line 72 next edit line 145 to your preferences ok, now move on to script CreateScheduledTask_win.ap.retiremypc.verification.ps1 and edit line 41 next fill in the values of the encoded files into lines 53-56 so for example, here is before and after... if you don't know how to encode the files look at the encode.ps1 script and you'll figure it out, long story short, modify the path, then run the script, it'll generate 4 txt files and you need to use the contents of those txt files in these variables, note that you need to encode these files every time you make a change to their contents and then paste in the new txt for each file into the main script. Step 6. Create the intunewin package Browse to the folder containing your files and run the IntuneWinAppUtil.exe. Step 7. deploy a Win32 app Next you'll deploy the new package to your selected users. In Microsoft Endpoint Manager click on the Apps icon, select All apps, select + Add and then select Windows App 32 Point it to the win32app_target folder and select the previously created .intunewin file configure the app like so.. On the App information screen, enter the name etc... on the Program screen enter the following install command install_CreateScheduledTask_RetireMyPC_verification.cmd and set the install behaviour to System on the requirements and on the detection rules... .. lastly deploy it to your Windows Autopilot users azure ad group and the rest will take care of itself. Step 8. Verify the end result On a newly deployed Windows Autopilot machine, login and check the scheduled tasks folder, in there you should see your targeted user has a new scheduled task, this task is scheduled to run daily for a month starting 14 days after Windows Autopilot completes enrollment. You can wait 14 days or just run it by right clicking and choose Run. If the task detects that the user retired a pc in the last x days then the task will run and self-delete, and the user will not see any message, however, if the logged on user has no record of a computer in Azure tables in the last 14 days then the following message will appear This popup message will appear daily for the next 2 weeks (you can configure that via the scheduled task script), and can be 'fixed' by the end user either retiring their old pc OR via a help desk manually entering the details. That's it for this blog post, until the next one, adios !

why exactly do you think you need to do this ?

have you verified that the cmdline works manually on a device ?

yes, see my blog post here > How can I dynamically install language packs and features on demand in an offline environment for Windows 10

did you restart the server ? did you review the docs here ? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/configure/about-the-service-connection-point