Pavel Mirochnitchenko
Tool creator, blogger & speaker | Microsoft MVP Intune & Windows |
Helsinki, Finland
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Pavel has been working with Windows management and automation over 15 years. Alongside several Microsoft certifications earned over the years, Pavel was also awarded MVP status in 2024. He is also one of the co-founders of the Workplace Ninja User Group Finland together with other Finnish MVPs. Last few years he became public speaker, mostly in User Groups. Pavel is active on LinkedIn, where he shares all his blog posts. If you're looking to improve your Windows automation with Intune, his blog is well worth exploring.
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Tighten Windows Security with modern security, keeping users happy
Cyberattacks against organizations have evolved into a serious black-market business in recent years, making device security more important than ever. Antivirus, firewall, and disk encryption alone are no longer enough.
Discover which modern security technologies IT departments should implement today—and how to troubleshoot issues caused by tightened security measures to ensure a smooth user experience.
We’ll cover Microsoft Security Baseline troubleshooting and best practices, and compare them with CIS benchmarks. Practical tips will be demonstrated for managing Windows Firewall and Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules.
We’ll also address one of the most critical security topics: why users should not operate their workstations with admin rights, and which free tools can help manage occasional admin-level tasks safely.
After transitioning to cloud-based management with Intune, workstation security monitoring becomes essential. Learn the key elements of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and how to maximize its monitoring capabilities.
For Intune admins, security people OR even decision maker who is interested in Windows modern security. Some technical demos included.
Additional automation for Windows Management with MS Intune
Microsoft Intune is the leading solution among Endpoint Management platforms—no doubt about it. However, Intune still has some limitations compared to Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM), Group Policies, and certain third-party tools.
Over the past six years working with Intune, I’ve developed several solutions that make Windows management more automated. My goal is to avoid increasing licensing costs by introducing additional platforms, and instead leverage Microsoft PowerShell as much as possible—at no extra cost.
In this demo session, I’ll present my custom scripts:
1. Install drivers and BIOS updates during Autopilot—a capability still missing from Intune’s native Driver Update management.
2. Manage Windows Registry with PowerShell and deploy configurations via Intune in a structured way.
3. Install and update third-party applications for free using Winget—including my own solution to run it in System Context.
4. Evaluate Autopilot v2 readiness and demonstrate how to use traditional Autopilot without device hashes using my own methods.
This is most useful for Intune admins having the experience to manage the platform. This session is about all my additional scripts content to be able to increase your Windows automation level in areas Intune built-in capabilities is still lacking. I have performed this session multiple times in user groups.
Self Study for Microsoft certifications
Microsoft Certifications have remarkable role in IT-professionals career. We will go through the reasoning why you should get certified, what employer and employee will benefit for it. I am going to take you through entire MS certification roadmap and offering and tell how to select correct exam for your role and career, and what will be the future path. Then we go through available materials, videos and practice exams. Practice exams have serious role in the traning from my point of view and I will give you few hints how to get the most benefit of practice exam and how to approach it.
We will compare online certification exam to traditional exam done in learning center. I will provide you all the tips and tricks how not to fail technical part of online exam, because there has been some challenges over the years. Online exams has become popular during pandemic and they have more flexibility in scheduling.
Scoring in exam requires experience. You could be high top specialist with knowledge required but you still might fail the exam. I've seen this happening many times, with my collogues and my self. I want to give you few strategic tips how avoid common mistakes there. And if you fail, how to survive the disappointment and motivate yourself to re-take the exam.
I also will remind about Certification renewals and what is required there and we will also take a look into MS Applied Skills which is new virtual testing space giving you public recognition.
Hear all tips and tricks about score in MS certification exams!
Program anything for your Windows infrastructure with AI
If you manage your Windows Devices with Intune, and missing a feature or two, this is something you want to see! In this demo, I will practically explain, how you should use AI and test your results live inside Windows. We will code a demo scenario, run and test it on a virtual machine, and I will explain what is the most effective way to test scripts made by AI superfast. We all know that AI makes mistakes and I will show you how to save huge amount of time while AI is hallucinating with scripting.
I will also tell you about my road to AI and how I created complex PowerShell code to update all 3rd apps with Winget.
Are you Windows admin, using Intune perhaps? Do you want to start creating your own tools or solutions to enhance Windows management? If your answer is yes, this is something you want to see!
Intune Best Practises
The popularity of Microsoft Intune began to grow among organizations after 2019. Today, many organizations already use Intune to manage their devices. As an Intune expert and device management consultant, I’ve worked with a wide range of organizations and witnessed both best practices and common mistakes in device management.
My goal has always been to keep the infrastructure clear and well-structured, so that any admin logging into your organization’s tenant for the first time can immediately understand the logic behind the setup. Recognizing the importance of naming conventions and proper targeting is key to success. I follow Microsoft’s best practices and recommendations in this area, and you’ll see how a well-designed environment should look.
We’ll also discuss managing and backing up configurations, explore the benefits of Windows Autopatch, and how it can be integrated into a clean and organized environment. If you’re not using Windows Autopatch, I’ll show you how to cluster your environments using automatic deployment rings to maintain stability—even when vendors or developers introduce bugs or errors.
Several lab demos will be presented during this session
How to keep you Intune environment clean and understandable for guest-admins. This session is for both experienced and new Intune admins working with the platform. Duration 45-60min. Microsoft Best Practice guide is also included.
WPNinjasFI-live: Finland Meets World Edition
Being part of organizer of the entire event, I also performed presentation about how to ace Microsoft Certification exams with Jami Susijärvi.
WPNinjasFI online event #13
I gave a presentation about securing Windows endpoints, common mistakes of users and admins, how to make Security Baseline more compatible
Workplace Ninja Finland Live event #3
Being main organizer of the event at my workplace, I also gave presentation about Intune Best Practises, how to assign, target and rename objects in best practise manner, following also Microsoft guides. Second presentation was about Windows Autopatch, comparing it to Update rings.
WPNinjasFI online event #6
I gave a presentation of Attack Surface Reduction rules, best practices and troubleshooting guidance with technical demo.
WPNinjasFI-live at Telia Tripla
I organized live event for User Group at my workplace, also giving a presentation about automating Windows and Intune with powershell, did a demo of my tools I created to enhance Windows automation.
Microsoft Virtualization Days in Finland, Helsinki
I was invited by Mikko Lindström, Microsoft AVD guru, to present Intune Best Practises and lessions from the field.
M365 Community Days Chicago 2024 Sessionize Event
Workplace Ninjas Finland User Group online event #1
At our very first event of re-branded User Group, I gave online presentation about Microsoft Security Baseline, learing from on-field experience with some special Firewall configuration example.
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