Automation

All posts with the Automation tag

Discussion
1 week ago Feb 05, 2026

Introducing Automation Templates

Introducing the Templates subtab under the Automate tab—your new hub for one-click, expert-level automation. We're kicking things off with the highly requested workflow: Upgrade to Windows 11.  We know that transitioning an entire organization to a new Windows OS version can feel like a high-wire act, but we’re here to give you a safety net.  Upgrade to Windows 11 without the complexity OS updates are often slowed down by custom scripting, inconsistent…

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1 month ago Jan 05, 2026

Can “Automated vulnerability remediation” actually work at scale?

Serious question for people managing large fleets.  Everyone talks about automated vulnerability remediation like it’s the end of patch panic forever. Detect CVEs, auto-fix, move on. Sounds great on slides.  But once you cross, say, 40k or 50k devices, does this actually hold up? Between OS patch delays, app dependencies, reboot timing, and users being users… I’m struggling to picture automation…

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2 months ago Dec 01, 2025

“Run Now” Button Greyed in Automations?

Hey everyone, I’m setting up a Location Compliance policy and want to run it using the Automations. I noticed that the Run Now button is always greyed out. I was hoping to use it to trigger a faster check instead of waiting for the next scan cycle. Is there something I’m missing? How do I…

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3 months ago Nov 16, 2025

Device restart automation

Hey everyone! I have got an interesting use case for our iPads at the organization, and I’m not entirely sure if it’s feasible, but I’d love to give it a shot. I need to restart the iPads at a specific time every day to make sure they are all ready to go for the team…

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4 months ago Oct 06, 2025

How to automate registry settings?

Hey everyone, I’m new here! In our office, we’re trying to lock down our Windows devices to make them more secure and consistent. We need to make some edits to registry settings like, blocking USB ports to prevent unauthorized file transfers, disabling Task Manager so users can’t kill processes, and hiding Control Panel options to…

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5 months ago Sep 30, 2025

Automation to restart a Device Group of Managed iPad tablets

I have an Automation that I have created that should reboot a group of managed iPad tablets, it has been kicking off now for 3 days, and it is only rebooting the first tablet listed in the group Alphabetically.  There are 30 devices in this group. Thoughts on what might be keeping the other devices…

Ideation
3 months ago Nov 26, 2025

Add ability to update or create apps with manifest paths

Hey team,   We sadly use custom ROM flashed android devices that don't allow us to own them through android enterprise the classic way. This means our options for automated deployment are slim, as you don't offer a way to upload .apk files directly to your API for distribution.   Due to this restriction, it…