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 Phased Deployments that were added to Configuration Manager 1902 Dedicated monitoring for phased deployments Phased Deployments are becoming quite a…
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 Configuration Manager Console that were added to Configuration Manager 1902. The Configuration Manager product group love to get involved…
I previously wrote a short post and did a demonstration video of the Run Scripts feature in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager – https://morethanpatches.com/2018/02/12/sccm-run-scripts-pre-release-feature/ In that demo I used an example script created by Jörgen Nilsson which ran on the client, zipped up the SCCM log files folder and copied to back to a central…
In Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1802 there were some small addition to phased task sequence deployments which were introduced in technical preview 1801. If you want to learn about those then check out my previous post on this – https://morethanpatches.com/2018/01/25/configuration-manager-technical-preview-1801-whats-new/ In 1801 those phased deployment were just about whetting the appetite and it actually didn’t…
As part of the improvements added to Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1802 the product team have added a new report. This report is named “Windows 10 Servicing details for a specific collection” and as the name suggests it reports on the servicing state for a collection containing Windows 10 devices. To run this you will…
Another of the small but useful additions to Configuration Manager in tech preview 1802 is the product life cycle dashboard. This dashboard sits under Asset Intelligence which is in the Assets and Compliance workspace in the SCCM console. The products listed in Asset Intelligence are based on the hardware inventory which inventories the relevant reporting…
Amongst the many improvements brought to Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1802 there is this nice little nugget which makes the Run Scripts feature that little bit more user friendly. Essentially this is a cosmetic improvement but it’s good all the same. Essentially, when you run a script against a client or collection, the script status…
So each month I try to cover what’s new in the tech preview version of Configuration Manager. This month however, was a little different. Microsoft dropped the proverbial bomb of Tech Preview 1802 in mid-Feb and it was a big one, no fewer than 21 new features to cover off and a combination of life…
For those who attended the recent WMUG Manchester event or for those that wanted to but didn’t, I have now rounded up the wild horses and gathered the content in one place to share with you. As a quick reminder the sessions (in order) were: Welcome and Intro Let’s get flying with Windows AutoPilot –…
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…
More than patches 