Top 5 new features in Configuration Manager 2103
With each release of a new Configuration Manager Current Branch we get new and awesome features. Amazing work by the Configuration Manager team at Microsoft to be able to switch focus to what is...
View ArticleAmazing gems in MEMCM 2104 Technical Preview
A highlight of every month is when a new Configuration Manager Technical Preview is out! Always extremely fun to see and test out new features that is coming, some can be directly from a Uservoice...
View ArticleConvert CMG to VM Scale Set – MEMCM TP 2106
Configuration Manager 2106 Technical preview is filled with great new features! I will write more about them but I had to start out with testing to convert CMG to Virtual Machine Scale set which is a...
View ArticleNew version of HPIA automation in a TS – MASHPIA
New version of Mashpia (Yes the solution has a name now!) Biggest improvements in the new version is we are moving away from webservice to using the built-in adminservice from ConfigMgr! This solution...
View ArticleImportant! – MEMCM enabling BitLocker during OSD post 2103
I have always liked Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring(MABM) as it provides us with additional functionality compared to saving the BitLocker recovery key in Active Directory. MBAM...
View ArticleWindows 11 customizations a first look
Customization of Windows 10 is something that we have done since Windows 10 was released. Reason? Get rid of apps that are not enterprise ready and should not be on an Corporate device, set default...
View ArticleUpgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 with Setupconfig.ini and Intune
Me and Fellow MVP Ronni Pedersen have been presenting on Windows Servicing on a number of events the last couple of months! One of the things we cover is how to use Setupconfig.ini together with...
View ArticleRemove the chat icon in Windows 11 Start menu using GPO/Intune
When Windows 10 was released I and many others did a lot of customizing of Start Menu, Taskbar branding and so on. Windows 11 changes that as we can no longer change or modify the Start Menu, or well...
View ArticleModifying Windows 11 Start button location and Taskbar icons during...
I was determined not to do any customization of the Start button location, but I couldn’t keep my hands off. There are some useful registry keys that we can use to set the default location of the...
View ArticleModify Windows 11 Taskbar during OSD, Intune and GPO
When it comes to modifying the TaskBar in Windows 11 nothing has changed since Windows 10. The only change is that the Start Menu part of the XML file is no longer used, it has been replaced by a...
View ArticleCustomize default Windows 11 Start Menu using Intune
Now the time has come to look at customizing the default Windows 11 Start Menu. Customizing the Start Menu using Intune is simple and works great by using the new CSP “ConfigureStartPins”. More...
View ArticleCustomizing Windows 11 default Start Menu during OSD using...
In Windows 11 we can no longer deploy a custom Start Menu layout as we could in Windows 10. We don’t have any “Partial” managed option either as we had in Windows 10. The Group Policy “Start Layout”...
View ArticleConfigure Windows 11 Start Menu folders using PowerShell
One of my favorite features in Windows 11 is the folders we can enable on the Start Menu. They are discrete and easy to access. Unfortunately, the Start Menu folders are not enabled by default which I...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Windows 10/11 Enterprise subscription is not valid
Wrote a blog post on how to Troubleshoot Windows 10/11 Subscription based activation over at 4Sysops. The issue we saw show up as Windows 10 Enterprise subscription is not valid as shown below. It...
View ArticleIPUInstaller update with Windows 11 and MUI Support
IPUInstaller is a community tool from my Co-Worker Johan Schrewelius that gives us another option to do Windows Upgrades with control and less user-down time. A new version has been released that...
View ArticleRemote help for Intune/MEM
I wrote a post on 4Sysops.com on the new Remote Help feature in Intune/MEM. A great and long awaited feature as we today need to buy a separate product or use Quick Assist which is built in and free...
View ArticleGreat stuff in MEMCM Tech Preview 2201
It was a while ago since I wrote a post on what’s new in MEMCM Tech Previews but I could not help myself this time, some great stuff in this one! It it amazing that the Product Group ships at least 12...
View ArticleMEMCM Cloud Management Gateway migration options
Now that Cloud Management Gateway (Classic Service classic) is deprecated and will be removed in the future releases of Configuration Manager after 1 March 2022 we can now longer deploy a CMG using...
View ArticleIntune Configuration Profile for Google Chrome based on STIG
Google Chrome is a very popular browser but as other browsers it needs to be managed as well. One great reference for how to secure and configure Google Chrome is the Security Technical Implementation...
View ArticleMEMCM 2203 released with great features
MEMCM 2203 has been released with some great features that I need to write about. Must be one of the releases that includes most the top request features like Escrow BitLocker Recovery Key to MEMCM in...
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