Michael Niehaus

Tech geek, deployment guy, provisioning expert, device management practitioner, product manager, developer

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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

A Republican state Senate candidate in Minnesota (Austin Peterson) was asked during a debate what he's done to ensure clean water in his community, and his answer was bizarre: "When we put gasoline in our boats, we're putting that gasoline in on the shore and not in the lake. So I mean, it's small things."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

@PJ_Marcum @MattWreede @IntuneSuppTeam Last PM standing. What used to be a good-sized team is now one person. Dev resources are also significantly reduced. Priority-wise, you can see where this falls.

But they still want everyone to move from APv1 to APv2 so they can kill off APv1.

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

@wpninjasus @techspence #HAADJ

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Enten: "Trump is breaking records. Yesterday the Marquette Law School poll came out, and take a look -- Trump's worst net approval rating on inflation. Minus 61 points! That is the worst Donald Trump has ever polled on inflation, and not only that, it's the worst any president EVER has polled on inflation. Worse than Jimmy Carter! Worse than Biden! Literally the worst of all time."

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

It’s weird that the president keeps falling asleep in the middle of the day, but it’s even weirder that this isn’t more of a scandal but what do I know I’ve been worrying about climate change this whole time when I should have been worried about an AI apocalypse.

[Brad Polumbo @brad_polumbo]

Not only is this insane and reckless on its merits in so many ways.

It simply will absolutely never, ever, ever happen.

I say that with almost 100% confidence.

It's a pathetic attempt to pander to voters with a bribe we all know is never coming.

If this happens, I'll shave my head, dye it pink, and add non-binary pronouns to my bio.

If this happens, I'll pierce my tongue.

If this happens, I'll eat a rare steak on camera (🤮).

If this happens, I'll give up iced coffee for a year.

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

Hanging out at IFA in Berlin today

[AMD @AMD]

IFA Opening Keynote, presented by Jack Huynh https://t.co/gZ9lSpZwME

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Nothing screams “respect the troops” quite like pretending generations of American service members accomplished absolutely nothing until your political boss showed up.

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

That was fun. #DeployR #loadtest

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"The Post Office's rule forces state officials to upload their voter rolls to the Post Office through a dedicated portal and purchase new envelopes with voter-specific bar codes for every piece of ballot mail. If a ballot is rejected, it won’t be delivered at all, and only the registrar can fix that — the voter won’t be told or given an opportunity to challenge her exclusion." https://t.co/3R66bJju6P

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This imbecile has absolutely no clue how an economy works

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

You would think they’d stop scheduling these press conferences during executive nap time.

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

@PJ_Marcum @m0bilej0n @AdamGell "Let's get rid of device registration." My final weeks at MS were spent arguing against that. But on the positive side, it was enough to convince me that it was indeed time to leave.

Ironic to see APv2 just using different device registration. "Not a security boundary."

[Michael Niehaus @mniehaus]

@Mister_MDM @NathanMcNulty I was always impressed with the Tanium remote control software (integrated version of ScreenMeet): installed just in time, and removed when the remote session ended. I don't think Intune can be that fast 🙂

[Workplace Ninjas US @wpninjasus]

We are incredibly proud to announce the return of something very special for @wpninjasus

In partnership with our good friends at @devicie we are opening applications for our scholarship program for the second straight year.

(5) Five special people, who are new to IT within the last few years will be selected to join us at Workplace Ninjas US 2027 in Scottsdale, AZ from January 11-13, 2027 for our event along with economy travel, 3 nights hotel stay, and a full pass to join our event.

Some of the requirements:

1. You ideally have 3 years or less in IT (up to 5 years will be considered)

2. You must be located in the US/Canada/Mexico

In support of our mission, we are here to help others on their journey to contribute to the amazing Microsoft community. These 5 #scholarship recipients will get premium seating at all sessions, will be part of our #hackathon, a #MVP buddy that helps them during the event to meet others, answer basic questions, and help acclimate them to the Workplace Ninjas family.

To be part of this program, you just need to fill out the application below. We will select all 5 winners by October 14, 2026. Once again, we want to thank Miluse Najmr and Alex Hesterberg for making this all possible!

Don't forget to join us in January 11-13, 2027. Check out our website at https://t.co/q59wZvYvKx

#MVPBuzz
#WPNinjasUS
#WPNinjas
#MSIntune
#MSEntra
#MSSecurity
#MDX
#SCCM
#DaaS
#WIndows365
#AVD

Apply now:
https://t.co/uV1C3TUca0

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

We're into some real foolishness now. It's Lake Ontario, buddy.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Doug Ford: "Jobs number went down in the US last month while Ontario gained 52,000 jobs, more than the entire US combined ... I feel terrible for the people in the US"

[Johan Arwidmark @jarwidmark]

New blog post and community tool: Migrating Your MDT Applications to DeployR - Ping @2pintsoftware https://t.co/lUW6yPxT7C #MDT #DeployR