\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Bayan (Bayan.A)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (euc-engineer.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Bayan (Bayan.A)) /Subject (EUC Engineer Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{EUC Engineer Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Bayan (Bayan.A)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/122738/cs/47340/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Bayan (Bayan.A) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/bayan-a} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 11th November, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9954 cm} x{3.9816 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Intune}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Overview} & - Intune (part of Microsoft Endpoint Manager or MEM) is the centralized cloud solution for Unified Endpoint Management (UEM). \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & - It enables administrators to remotely manage device configuration and security settings. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - Troubleshooting complex issues, such as application blocks or compliance failures, typically begins in the Troubleshooting + support page of the MEM admin center. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & - This page is used to validate policy assignments and user licensing \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Interview Prep:} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Situation:} & An Autopilot enrollment failed for a user stuck at the Enrollment Status Page (ESP), indicating a required application or policy deployment had timed out. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Task: & I needed to quickly diagnose the cause of the failure using centralized tools and ensure the user was licensed and receiving the necessary security configurations. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Action: & I navigated to the Troubleshooting + support blade, confirmed the user held an Intune license, and reviewed the Device resource reports to identify the specific failed Configuration profile assignment. \tn % Row Count 35 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9954 cm} x{3.9816 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Intune (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Result & By remediating the identified policy failure and monitoring the device status, the ESP successfully completed, allowing the user to reach a fully configured and secured desktop. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.24425 cm} x{3.73275 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Active Directory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Overview:}} & - Active Directory (AD) is an extensible directory service providing centralized management of network resources \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & - It utilizes logical components like Domains and Organizational Units (OUs) to structure the directory. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - Certain critical, single-master operations (FSMO roles) must be carefully controlled on authoritative domain controllers. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & - Examples of FSMO roles include the Schema master (for making schema changes) and the PDC emulator (responsible for processing and replicating password changes). \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Interview Prep:}}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Situation}} & The Schema master role holder was failing due to disk corruption, jeopardizing the integrity of the directory schema and preventing necessary modifications. \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Task}} & I needed to quickly perform a forcible seizure of the Schema master role to a standby domain controller to restore the ability to make forest-wide schema changes. \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.24425 cm} x{3.73275 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Active Directory (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Action}} & I used the NTDSUTIL command-line utility to seize the Schema master role onto a prepared domain controller, bypassing the standard transfer process due to the failure of the original server. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Result}} & The critical single-master operation was immediately restored on a new domain controller, ensuring the integrity and functionality of the directory schema across the forest. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Citrix}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Overview}} & - In virtual desktop environments (like those managed by Citrix), performance optimization tools are needed to achieve high user density and fast logon times. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & - Ivanti Environment Manager (EM) is frequently used, employing a unique multi-threaded engine that delivers fast logon times. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - EM provides granular, contextual policy control and personalization. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & - This dynamic policy delivery is more precise and generally faster than relying solely on traditional Microsoft Group Policy Objects (GPOs) \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Interview Prep}}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Situation:}} & Users in a XenApp session host farm experienced erratic desktop personalization and slow application start times because traditional GPOs lacked the necessary granularity and context awareness. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 7) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Task:}} & I was required to implement Ivanti Environment Manager to deliver a consistent, personalized desktop experience with fine-grained contextual control, thereby accelerating logon times. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Citrix (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Action:}} & I configured EM to decouple the user's settings and applied contextual policy based on factors like user group membership, leveraging its dynamic policy engine instead of slower, sequential GPO processing. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{*Result:}} & The implementation resulted in faster possible logon times and ensured that users maintained the same personalized desktop experience as they moved between different session hosts. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Laptop building process to Windows 11}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Overview}} & - The modern deployment process uses Windows Autopilot for corporate laptops running Windows 11rn process for deploying corporate laptops to Windows 11 uses Windows Autopilot, which pre-registers the device hash and automates the Out-of-box experience (OOBE) into MEM management. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & - Autopilot pre-registers the device hash and automates the Out-of-box experience (OOBE) into MEM management \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - The Enrolment Status Page (ESP) is a critical phase that delays desktop access. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & - This delay ensures that essential security settings, such as those meeting Cyber Essentials requirements, are successfully applied before the user gains control \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Interview Prep:}}} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Situation:}} & During the deployment of a new batch of Windows 11 laptops via Autopilot, we needed to ensure all devices met the Secure Configuration criteria of Cyber Essentials immediately. \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Laptop building process to Windows 11 (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Task:}} & The specific requirement was to enforce the mandatory use of device unlocking credentials, requiring a minimum PIN length of at least 6 characters. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Action:}} & I used Intune's Compliance Policy or a Device Restriction Profile to enforce the minimum length requirement for device unlocking credentials, targeting the Windows 11 device group. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 7) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Result:}} & The policy successfully applied during the ESP, ensuring all new devices automatically enforced the strong device access control required to meet the necessary security baseline upon first user login. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}