Graduate Track//Endpoint and Device Management
Tracing an Intune Device Configuration from Scope to Recovery
Learn to trace a bounded Microsoft Intune device configuration through scope, endpoint evidence, diagnosis, validation and safe recovery.
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Jonah Blake
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER
Jonah Blake is the Graduate Operations and Reliability Editor at KBY Technologies, serving as the primary guide for engineers navigating the demanding realities of production service operations. His domain encompasses enterprise networking, advanced telemetry, incident response, and the essential security fundamentals that underpin highly available systems. Jonah's writing is heavily focused on the practical mechanics of keeping services running smoothly, prioritising evidence-led diagnosis, clear operational communication, and structured troubleshooting workflows. Through his in-depth technical briefings and incident simulations, he prepares early-career professionals to confidently manage the transition from academic theory to hands-on service reliability, emphasising recoverable change management and systematic problem-solving.
PUBLISHED TUTORIALS
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PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS
Endpoint and Device ManagementEnterprise Networking FundamentalsAutomation and Service OperationsMicrosoft 365 Administration
PUBLISHED TUTORIALS
Graduate Track//Endpoint and Device Management
A Safe Endpoint and Device Management Exercise Using Microsoft Intune
Learn to safely deploy and validate Microsoft Intune configuration profiles using a bounded, evidence-led approach. Covers mental models, exercises, and rollback
Graduate Track//Microsoft 365 Administration
Building an Evidence Chain for a Microsoft 365 Admin Change
Learn to plan, validate and safely recover a bounded Microsoft 365 admin change using baseline, read-back, behaviour and audit evidence.
Graduate Track//Endpoint and Device Management
Tracing an Endpoint Management Problem with Microsoft Intune
Trace a bounded Microsoft Intune workflow from assignment to endpoint enforcement, with safe validation, evidence-led diagnosis and verified recovery.
Graduate Track//Endpoint and Device Management
Reading Endpoint and Device Management Evidence with Microsoft Intune
A graduate guide to reading Microsoft Intune compliance and enrolment evidence correctly, with a bounded lab exercise, validation steps and rollback.
Graduate Track//Automation and Service Operations
Turn a Shell Task into an Observable systemd Service
Learn to build, run and safely validate a bounded systemd automation task using explicit evidence, rollback steps and clear pass conditions.
Graduate Track//Identity and Access Management
A Practical First Workflow for Identity and Access with Entra ID
Build one safe, bounded Conditional Access pilot in Microsoft Entra ID, with report-only evidence, validation steps, common mistakes and a rollback path.
Graduate Track//Endpoint and Device Management
Learning Endpoint Management Through a Safe Intune Lab
Build a bounded Microsoft Intune lab that teaches endpoint and device management fundamentals with explicit validation, rollback and escalation steps.
Graduate Track//Enterprise Networking Fundamentals
Building Site-to-Site VPN Failover Between Branch and AWS
Build a dual-tunnel AWS Site-to-Site VPN with BGP failover across branch circuits, verify convergence time, and document rollback steps.
Graduate Track//Enterprise Networking Fundamentals
Resolving Hybrid DNS Failures for Entra ID Hybrid-Joined Devices
A junior-engineer runbook for diagnosing and fixing DNS resolution failures on Entra ID hybrid-joined devices across on-premises AD and Azure Private DNS.
Graduate Track//Enterprise Networking Fundamentals
Configuring Hybrid DNS Conditional Forwarders for Azure and AD
Learn how to configure Azure DNS Private Resolver with Windows conditional forwarders to fix hybrid AD-to-Azure name resolution failures for good.
Graduate Track//Automation and Service Operations
Automating ServiceNow Tickets from Intune Non-Compliant Devices
A step-by-step operational runbook for routing Intune non-compliant device alerts through Azure Monitor into deduplicated ServiceNow incidents.
Graduate Track//Automation and Service Operations
Publishing a Production Knowledge-Base Article Safely
A production-safe walkthrough for graduate engineers on drafting, reviewing, staging, approving, publishing, and rolling back knowledge-base articles.
Graduate Track//Enterprise Networking Fundamentals
Deploying Entra ID Conditional Access Without Locking Everyone Out
A staged, reversible method for enforcing MFA via Entra ID Conditional Access, covering break-glass accounts, Report-only validation, and rollback steps.