Deploying Claude Desktop Behind Entra ID: The No-Backend Architecture MSPs Need
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Deploying Claude Desktop Behind Entra ID: The No-Backend Architecture MSPs Need

Claude Desktop ships with a shared API key in a local config file — no per-user identity, no MFA, no audit trail. For MSPs with regulated clients, that’s a non-starter. Microsoft just published an architecture that routes Claude Desktop through Entra ID and Azure API Management with zero custom backend code. Per-user identity, Conditional Access, auditable, and the config can be pushed via Intune. If your clients are asking for sanctioned AI desktop tools alongside their existing M365 stack, this closes a real governance gap.

M365 Archive Gets File-Level Cold Storage — Cutting SharePoint Costs for MSP Clients
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M365 Archive Gets File-Level Cold Storage — Cutting SharePoint Costs for MSP Clients

Stale files in SharePoint don’t just waste storage—they degrade Copilot’s answers by feeding it outdated content. Microsoft 365 Archive now supports file-level cold storage, and for MSPs, this is both a cost-control play and a Copilot-readiness service hiding in plain sight.

Stop Grepping Intune Logs: Use GitHub Copilot CLI for Faster Endpoint Troubleshooting
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Stop Grepping Intune Logs: Use GitHub Copilot CLI for Faster Endpoint Troubleshooting

If your helpdesk still opens an Intune diagnostics bundle and starts grepping through files by hand, Stefan Röll has a useful shortcut: run GitHub Copilot CLI in the extracted log folder and ask it to build the first pass. The important part is the boundary. This is not a native Intune integration, and it is not autopilot for remediation. It is a faster way to turn a dense bundle into a timeline, likely root cause, and RCA draft that an admin still has to verify.

Security: Managing Shadow Tenants with Microsoft Entra Governance
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Security: Managing Shadow Tenants with Microsoft Entra Governance

If you manage Microsoft Entra for clients, shadow tenants are now easier to spot with related-tenant discovery signals (B2B, multitenant apps, and shared billing). The practical playbook is straightforward: enable continuous discovery, triage unknown tenants, and quarantine untrusted ones until assessed. Also plan now for the August 15, 2026 retirement of the legacy workforce tenant creation flow.

Intune: Securing Endpoint Governance in the Era of Agentic AI
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Intune: Securing Endpoint Governance in the Era of Agentic AI

Stop treating endpoint management as a checkbox exercise. I’ve broken down how to leverage Intune to shift from reactive patching to a proactive security posture. 🛡️ Scale your infrastructure without sacrificing control. 💻

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