Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801 – What’s new?

Avid #SCCM and #ConfigMgr hash tag followers will have noticed that Microsoft just released Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801. If you haven’t already installed this it will be available within your existing tech preview console in updates and servicing or you can download a clean version to install from new here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-technical-preview As usual…

2018 is here – So what now?

Yes it’s here, it’s another one of those predictions for 2018 type of posts. Well kind of, but this one focusses a little more on what I think I’ll be getting into during 2018 and also what I think will prevail in related technologies. Here are my thoughts for 2018 based on what I’ve seen…

WMUG – The inaugural Manchester meet up

As many people know, I’ve been a WMUG community lead now for coming up to 5 years. As the resident Northerner it’s long been an ambition of mine to establish some kind of event in my region of the UK – Manchester. So here we are, it’s booked in for the evening of 16th January…

In telemetry we trust?

Telemetry is one of those things that tends to divide a room. On one hand it’s productive and accurate feedback for your product of choice and on the other hand it’s big brother spying on what you’re doing in that product. I wanted to share a recent experience with you based on my recent upgrade…

Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1711 – What’s new?

So last Thursday 16th November the guys at Microsoft released the next version of Configuration Manager Technical Preview. This was a slightly different release as they were assisted in pushing the big red button by a number of MVPs and special invite attendees who were in Redmond for the week for a mini-summit. I’m pleased…

Setting up the OMS Connector in SCCM – Follow up video

I recently presented at WMUG on this in what was a fairly short session and I also talked about this at Experts Live Europe back in August. Things change frequently in the SCCM world nowadays so I’ve added a video as an accompaniment to my previous speaking sessions and blog posts. This takes you just…

October 2017 Delta patch problem – WSUS/SCCM

A quick off the cuff post this one. There has been a lot of talk today on the twittersphere about a rogue patch affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. It basically stems from the delta updates detailed in this article. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/deploy/monthly-delta-update-isv-support-without-wsus Specifically there is a section at the bottom which says… Prevent deployment of…

Speaking: WMUG event with David James

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in London back with the WMUG gang where we are hosting a day of Configuration Manager with our very special guest David James who is the Director of Engineering for Configuration Manager at Microsoft in Redmond. This promises to be a great day and I’ll also be doing…

Connecting Configuration Manager 1706 to OMS

This post follows on from a speaking session I did with Sam Erksine recently at Experts Live Europe in Berlin. A great event by the way if you ever get the chance to attend. In that session I demonstrated how to perform all the necessary pre-reqs and connect your Configuration Manager into an OMS subscription.…

Cloud Management Gateway in Azure CSP UPDATED 21/04/17

In Configuration Manager Current Branch v1610 Microsoft released one specific feature (previously available in tech preview) called the Cloud Management Gateway. To summarise, this offers an alternative solution to internet based client management utilising Azure therefore removing the need for any internal infrastructure, port openings, network routes etc which can often be complicated and cumbersome…

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