Get Your Windows 8 Device Connected with the Right Wi.pdf
1. Get Your Windows 8 Device Connected with the Right Wi-Fi Settings
How you get your Windows 10/11 device connected to Wi-Fi has
changed since Windows 8. If you’re managing your devices through
Microsoft Intune, make sure that you have your Wi-Fi settings set up
correctly so that your users can connect quickly and securely whenever
they need to go online. Here’s how to do it right!
Step 1: Give users access to their wireless networks
To access a wireless network, your users must have a profile that has
access to it. Use any of these procedures to provide your users access
to their wireless networks. You can also use them to give your users
access to any networks that they add later: To set up or edit a user
profile, create and assign it. To enable direct assignment of profiles and
2. devices, you may want to import profiles from an LDAP directory
service (for example, Active Directory) into Intune. For details about
how to do so, see Set up LDAP synchronization for Microsoft Intune
clients and Prepare for device enrollment.
Step 2: Configure primary connection types
Open Settings and then click Network & Internet. In Network &
Internet, click Wi-Fi. On your keyboard, press and hold or right-click
Networks > Advanced options > Primary connection type. In Advanced
options, select a connection type to use on all networks as your primary
connection (recommended), then select Save.
Step 3: Configure additional connection options
In some cases, you’ll need to connect your Windows 10/11 device to
your organization’s network. For example, if your work or school
network requires a proxy server for Internet access, you’ll need to
configure those settings on each device. The easiest way to do that is in
Microsoft Intune. In Microsoft Intune, go to Configuration > Platform
and update policies > WiFi and Mobile > Additional connection options.
Select Choose additional connection options and then select Next.
Step 4: Publish these profiles through group policy
Go to your Azure Active Directory > Select Azure AD under Enterprise
Applications > Right click on Configuration and select New and choose
3. Group Policy Object. Name it as you like, I usually name them after
where they will apply (domain or OU). Go to Group Policy Management
and select your GPO for editing. Once it opens in the MMC Editor, right
click on User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates. Now
drill down to Preferences -> Control Panel Settings and double click on
Desktop Icon Settings. Set both options to Disabled (or not configured)
as shown in image below: Do a gpupdate /force on all devices!
Step 5: Expose SSIDs via NetBIOS broadcast
Since almost every enterprise controls its wireless access points, it's not
a big deal to allow users to roam freely without having to configure
their PC. There are two ways to broadcast SSIDs via NetBIOS: ScopeId
and Free Busy Information. Both can be configured in Group Policy
Preferences under Computer Configuration > Preferences > Control
Panel Settings > Network List Manager Policies. Allow SSID broadcasts
by enabling Specify client TCP/IP properties. Free Busy Information
broadcasts at regular intervals whether or not an IP connection is active
on your device, so there's a small hit on battery life for mobile devices if
you enable that option. When enabled, clients will send updates about
SSIDs they're connected to; when disabled, only those currently
connected to an SSID will be sent.
Step 6a: Set a profile as default on every WiFi capable computer or
device your user has (Windows 7 or later)
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