So as an avid follower of the Microsoft TechNet UK blogs, I’m sure by now you have heard all the hype about Windows 10, the great new features and what it can do for your business. I expect some of you have probably even spun up a virtual machine or test device to put it…
So Windows 10 is now out in the wild and millions of people worldwide are already using it – dare I say, quite happily. Now obviously the take up for businesses will be somewhat slower. There is far more to consider not only in the deployment, but the return on investment of both time…
Working for a customer recently I had the task of migrating some task sequences from MDT to Configuration Manager. When looking at drivers, in MDT they have a logical folder structure like so: I needed to re-create this structure in Configuration Manager however they didn’t have the driver source any more. So behind the…
During a Configuration Manager implementation I am working on for a customer at the moment I experienced an issue installing a management point role onto a server. This is a fresh build with new servers and the management point seemed to partly install. I could see components in IIS and I could see the relevant…
I’ve been having some conversations over the last few days around whether or not Hyper-V replica is a supported solution for providing some level of high availability within a Configuration Manager environment and to be honest I still don’t have a straight answer for you but some guidance you can work to. Personally I have…
Slightly off from my usual topics but recently I’ve been working more with Orchestrator and although what I am about to tell you is not unknown to people I didn’t find it easy to get the answers from the web so I though I should share. I got a lot of help on this…
I was working with Orchestrator recently and needed to implement some PowerShell to remotely manage Microsoft Exchange 2010 so I suppose I have 2 tips on one for you here. If you are trying to use the Exchange Admin Integration Pack you should be aware that this only supports basic authentication to your Exchange environment.…
Today’s world is ever moving and ever evolving. Week by week there’s new software, new devices and people naturally want to keep up to date with the latest and greatest. Traditionally, trying to keep your corporate IT in line with this requires an army of staff and deep pockets. The days of a standard issue…
How much do you think your end users know about what is going on behind the scenes in your IT department? Are they even aware of some of the systems that keep your organisation ticking over and enabling them to perform their duties effectively? I suspect the answer to those questions are probably something like…
Training – “The action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour” To put this into the context of IT, I think most organisations can disregard the animal training, although I have known a few businesses with office pets but we’ll assume they don’t use a Surface Pro. So back…
More than patches 