I did some work recently with an organisation who use specialised ‘tough’ tablets from a company named Getac. The project I was working on was a Windows 10 upgrade and as part of that upgrade, as any good desktop admin knows, we should be updating the BIOS/UEFI firmware as part of any operating system upgrade.…
I’ve been working recently with Windows Update for Business or WUfB and I wanted to share some hands on experience which I’ve had hanging around in my drafts for some months now pending some progression on specific areas. As a consultant, I travel around the UK working with customers from all sectors and industries so…
Microsoft released the 1902 version of Configuration Manager the week after the official MVP Summit and it’s a bumper packed edition. I’m going to cover some of the highlighted features in their own posts which are linked below, this post will summarise what’s in and what’s out. The official link for the what’s new article…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the site infrastructure that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Client health Dashboard New management insight rules Management insights…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the cloud-attached management features that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Stopping a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) when it exceeds…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the real-time management features that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Run CMPivot from a Central Administration Site (CAS) CMPivot…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to content management that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Distribution Point maintenance mode I can lay claim to having played…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the client management specific features that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Client provisioning mode timeout Configuration Manager clients being…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the application management features that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Improvements to app approvals via email A further addition…
If you haven’t seen the parent post for this article, jump back here to see a complete list of all new features in Configuration Manager 1902. This post covers the specific additions and improvements to the operating system deployment features that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. Progress status during an in-place upgrade (IPU) task…
