A while back I wrote a PowerShell Module that showed some ways to do things in ConfigMgr using PowerShell. Since then I’ve added more and more things to my PowerShell library and thought it was time to demonstrate a slightly better way to import the ConfigMgr PowerShell module. Anyone who has worked with the ConfigMgr […]
A while back I wrote a PowerShell Module that showed some ways to do things in ConfigMgr using PowerShell. Since then I’ve added more and more things to my PowerShell library and thought it was time to demonstrate a slightly better way to import the ConfigMgr PowerShell module. Anyone who has worked with the ConfigMgr […]
About a year ago I published a script which provided dynamic updates for Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft systems which are managed by Intune. The script uses the Intune Management Extension to run the dynamic driver update process in a autopilot enrollment of a system, ensuring that you have the latest and therefore hopefully the […]
Since the release of Windows ADK version 1809 a couple of weeks back now, reports has been coming in on twitter and to me by email that the ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd, among other WPF based applications are crashing. A quick and dirty fix up until now has been to replace the UIAutomationCore.dll file present in […]
Since the release of Windows 10, it has been common for organization to try and reduce the footprint of built-in apps (or default apps) in their reference images, or even during bare-metal deployment. Over the years, the community has provided several solutions on how to accomplish this including myself. During this time, I’ve attempted to […]
Several months ago I created a script that would allow someone to extract information from the ConfigMgr SQL Database and e-mail that data. I wrote this as a workaround to SSRS subscription reports at the time as the amount of data pulled and e-mailed was so large it needed to be compressed before it could […]
I believe most of us use install application steps during operating system deployment, unless you are using fully dynamic scripts to install applications. We often do changes in our task sequence, we made a copy of the original task sequence, made it as backup, then start modify the new ones. In some point, we updated […]
This version and onward uses an updated method for retrieving the Windows 10 ADK installation files from a XML feed hosted here on scconfigmgr.com and now also modified to support the changes that came with Windows 10 ADK version 1809 where the WinPE optional feature is not a single add-on requiring a separate installer. As […]
You have probably ready the excellent write-up from Sandy on how to setup CO-Management already, but since CB 1806 there is a simpler method for implementing this without any need for PKI or certificates on-premises instead you can use Azure AD for client authentication. If you are using PKI client authentication certificates, this post is […]
We’re proud to announce the release of ConfigMgr WebService 1.7.0. NOTE – If you’re using ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd together with ConfigMgr WebService, wait for ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd 1.5.0 to be released before you upgrade to ConfigMgr WebService 1.7.0. Compatability testing with ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd 1.4.0 and ConfigMgr WebService 1.7.0 is currently not available. What’s new […]
Over the past number of months I have had several engagements as a consultant to implement Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). Many of you might pose the question of why? is MBAM not a legacy product? can you not store recovery keys in Active Directory or Azure Active Directory instead?. For many companies simply […]
Within the ConfigMgr world there has been a lot of talk around software updates lately. Especially with all of the recent changes including the change to allow a ConfigMgr client to download updates from Microsoft over the internet for free when managed by a CMG. Before we go any further I want to put a […]
Ensuring that your devices are on the desired Update Channel for Office 365 is quite important, otherwise you may end up with end users receiving new functionality that has not yet been tested properly in your organization. Over the years since the first release of Office 365 ProPlus and other products, Microsoft has changed the […]
I recently ran a poll (back over Christmas) asking the community about what they would like to see and by popular demand people asked for an update to the PowerBI patching dashboard and man with all of the little bugs I found am I glad I listened to the community. If you are looking to […]
I’ve written about this topic previously and also written a small PowerShell based tool to help administrators ease the pain of rerunning a task sequence. Recently, while developing a solution for a Windows 10 servicing project I needed a solution to rerun a task sequence at a given time. My previous solution consisted of removing […]
So far in this series, we have covered how to implement enhanced password complexity on-premise and in-cloud with Azure AD Password Protection, limit the use of the local administrator account with LAPS, and now onto part 3 where we will look at how to secure access to cloud-based resources with conditional access. Implementing Modern Security Tools […]
What started as a simple retweet of a ConfigMgr tip by David James has turned into a community sharing event. Our own Sandy Yinghua threw down the gauntlet, asking that the lone SCCM tip become an entire month’s event, and then responding with the second. Now some of the brightest minds are sharing their tips […]
We’re proud to announce the release of ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd version 1.5.0. Download More information about ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd is available on the following page, including download link and release notes: ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd What’s new Below is a list of enhancements and new features made available in this release: New Harddisk section that allows […]