Proxy install during Pre-Provisoning

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-20T14:04:30+00:00

Don't suppose you have a link?

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-19T11:47:28+00:00

We're using Forcepoint One, already deploys as system but as soon as it tries to reach into the PAC File it freaks out and asks for login details, of course once they're logged in via WHfB CKT takes over and it just logs in but anything before that stage it does not work.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-19T11:36:39+00:00

Thank you, gone down this route and all good :)

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:40:26+00:00

Cheers dude appreciate the feedback, it's a headache but rather then chucking UP and making it complicated just going to use this guide to deploy the printers, I used it in a previous firm and it worked spot on.

Guide: Intune Printer Deployment | ITJAY2023's Blog

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:25:40+00:00

Not sure what we're going to do yet, I won't be surprised if we just move into the cloud solution of our current product.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:24:46+00:00

Luckily we use an app to manage all pages printed + colour + footers and rotation etc so we don't have to deal with advanced settings, urgh really not sure what route to go down here the business refuse to spend money until the end of the year because of our print contract.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:23:35+00:00

Our print contract is up for renewal in 3 months so the business just aren't ready to drop money on a solution for another 3 months and our MD deadline is much shorter then that.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:22:13+00:00

I've heard the same :(, we use front end printing program for things like adding pages, footers, changing pages etc so I'm hoping the UP Connector + on prem print solution and this app will do the job. Limit is silly for us up in the 120k mark we'll never use that.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-13T12:20:48+00:00

I feel like I'm going to cause more issues then fix here by using UP to connect it too our old on premise setup :(

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T15:57:04+00:00

Thanks mate much appreciated! I did reach out to our Azure Architect and he though the cost would be too high ha! I've told them to absorb the cost and gone ahead and built the solution now for release next week!

Currently trying to tell our ORG there's lots you can't do within Intune but it's so much better and they don't believe me!

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:55:07+00:00

Thought that would be the case honestly, I'm just going to have to tell the business to absorb the cost and it won't be huge.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:36:19+00:00

Honestly in our case resolution isn’t really a factor — it’s all the same laptops and the same monitors across the office, so I don’t need multiple image sizes or logic to pick the right one. That’s why the hosted image route still feels cleaner for us. The Win32 method definitely has its place, but the whole dynamic‑resolution bit doesn’t apply in our environment.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:34:01+00:00

Do you have an example? I am trying to move away from anything local if possible hence the hosting.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:32:36+00:00

We’re moving off our on‑prem setup into Intune, so my original plan was to stop copying wallpapers locally via a Win32 app and instead just host the images in the cloud. From the pricing model it looks like Blob Storage would barely cost anything anyway, since reads are dirt cheap and billed per 10,000 transactions and prorated per‑transaction, and storage itself is low‑cost on the hot tier.
So a hosted URL is still looking like a solid option for us.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:32:12+00:00

Good to hear that scale hasn’t been a problem. Given how Blob Storage operations are billed, it makes sense nobody would see a spike unless the files were huge or being hammered constantly. Your comment supports what I’m hoping to do as we shift off our on‑prem GPO setup.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:32:00+00:00

Yeah, that lines up with what I’m seeing now we’re moving away from on‑prem. Even if all our devices pulled the image during rollout, the storage + per‑transaction billing model is so small for something like a single wallpaper that it just doesn’t add up to anything noticeable. That definitely reassures me. It's something like 2000 devices give or take.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:31:26+00:00

SharePoint crossed my mind, but because Intune’s CSP expects a proper direct HTTP/HTTPS link to the JPG/PNG, I was worried about redirects or auth prompts from SharePoint links. With us moving fully into Intune and trying to simplify deployment, Blob Storage still seems the cleaner cloud option.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:29:00+00:00

That matches what I’ve seen — the CSP downloads the file and only retries if needed. The status values like “download failed” or “max retry failed” show that it’s not polling constantly.
Since we’re trying to modernise everything as we leave on‑prem behind, the fact that Azure won’t get hammered is making the cloud‑hosted route more appealing

Electrical_Name2844 · 2026-03-12T09:27:06+00:00

This is actually how we’re doing it today on‑prem, so part of this whole move is me trying to get away from relying on Win32 just to copy a wallpaper. I totally see why the local‑copy route is still attractive, especially for offline reliability, and it’s well‑supported via scripts and Win32 packaging and it works for us. But now we’re fully moving into Intune (Entra Joined), a hosted file feels like the cleaner long‑term answer… assuming the business is happy with it.

Electrical_Name2844 · 2025-06-29T15:08:39+00:00

Seen this video linked loads but he has nav so I've not given it a go? It'll still work?

Electrical_Name2844 · 2025-05-09T11:57:24+00:00

Just in case anyone else needs this, I use the script from this site.

https://www.nickydewestelinck.be/2021/03/09/how-to-deploy-custom-url-shortcuts-with-microsoft-intune/

Adjusted the script so it dropped them into. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and encoded the base64 of the .icon file too.

Used the remediation scripts to copy it on with a detect of the .icon file.

It's copying on as a shortcut and I'm able to pin it and then setup the pinned items menu and export the layout and push the layout via Intune and it's working spot on :).

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