Device Association for Windows Autopilot Device Preparation — What It Is and Why It Matters

Microsoft announced Device Association for Windows Autopilot Device Preparation on August 27, 2026. It is one of those features that sounds incremental until you understand what problem it actually solves. The problem it solves Traditional Autopilot ties the provisioning experience to the user signing in. That works well in most scenarios, but it breaks down when you need the device — not the user — to determine which policy and experience gets applied. ...

August 28, 2026 · 5 min · Tony Merisan

KB-002 - FortiClient Force Uninstall - Corrupted MSI Recovery

Symptom When attempting to uninstall FortiClient via Add/Remove Programs or an MDM platform, the uninstaller throws an error similar to: “The network resource is unavailable” or “Windows Installer cannot find the original package” This happens because the Windows Installer is looking for the original FortiClient.msi in a path that no longer exists. Option 1 — Force Uninstall via GUID Step 1 — Get the product GUID Open PowerShell as Administrator: ...

July 16, 2026 · 2 min · Tony Merisan

Microsoft Entra: Passkeys by Default & SMS/Voice Retirement — Admin Advisory

TL;DR September 1, 2026 — Passkeys become default. Users enabled for SMS/Voice are auto-enabled for passkeys and prompted to register. February 1, 2027 — Microsoft-provided SMS and Voice MFA fully retired. No opt-out. Users with no other MFA method will be blocked until they register a passkey. Action required now — Audit who in your tenant uses SMS/Voice and start migrating them to passkeys. 1. What Are Passkeys? Passkeys are phishing-resistant, passwordless credentials that replace both passwords and weak MFA methods like SMS OTP. Instead of a shared secret, they use a cryptographic key pair: ...

July 15, 2026 · 4 min · Tony Merisan

KB-001 - VPN FortiClient no conecta — Troubleshooting

Síntoma El usuario abre FortiClient, introduce sus credenciales y no consigue conectar a la VPN corporativa. El error más común es: “Unable to connect to server” Troubleshooting 1. Verificar configuración del gateway Es la causa más frecuente. En FortiClient ir a Edit connection y confirmar que el nombre del servidor y el puerto están correctos. El puerto casi siempre es 443. 2. Verificar conexión a internet Confirmar que el equipo tiene acceso a red antes de continuar. ...

May 17, 2026 · 2 min · Tony Merisan