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Technical preview 2105 released for Configuration Manager

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 854 Views

As part of the monthly release updates for Configuration Manager Technical Preview, this month has got Technical preview version 2105 for Configuration Manager is available with some cool features such as enhanced script editing, VM size for CMG, support Center themes (dark and white), client deployment pre-req, powershell release notes. You can Install this version…

Troubleshooting Co-management enrollment issues–hybrid Azure AD join

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 11,120 Views

I was troubleshooting the client issue for co-management and found that the device was not hybrid Azure AD Joined. Hybrid Azure AD joined (if your devices are on-prem) is one of the pre-requisites for co-management. To check if the devices are hybrid Azure AD joined or not, you can open cmd and run dsregcmd /status…

Audit messages for software update deployments in Configuration Manager

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 4,347 Views

In Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, To monitor infrastructure and operations, we use the Monitoring workspace in the Configuration Manager console. One of the common ask in many forums is that how to find who created or modified or deployed certain tasks to users or devices that caused an issue. when someone deploys something, they would…

SCCM Collection for AAD joined devices (co-managed)

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 7,957 Views

Co-management enables you to concurrently manage Windows 10 devices by using both Configuration Manager and Microsoft Intune. For more information about Co-management, benefits, pre-requisites, licensing, read https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/comanage/overview When you have windows 10 devices that are Azure AD joined, enrolled to Intune, and also co-managed, these devices would appear in Configuration Manager. In this blog post,…

SCCM Collection for devices online with green checkmark

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 1 Comment | 8,834 Views

This is quick blog post on how to create device collection for computers that are online and showing the green checkmark. When a configuration manager client is installed,it will have the following status code indicating the device. For more information about device client status, please refer here How do we create a collection for clients…

System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) Installation Error code 0x8004FF91

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 1 Comment | 4,086 Views

I had provisioned a windows server 2012 R2 (Yes, it is 2012 R2) and while installing the SCEP client (System Center Endpoint Protection client installation files are picked from current branch 2010), it failed with the following error code. Setup - Cannot complete the System Center Endpoint Protection installation. An error has prevented the System…

Certificate error while deploying an OS over CMG using bootable media

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 4,232 Views

Starting in Configuration Manager 2010, we can use OS boot media from SCCM to reimage internet-based devices that connect through a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG). Do note that, this method cannot join the devices to domain but only in a workgroup as there is no domain connectivity for internet-based clients. This scenario is useful to…

Troubleshooting WSUSContent folder size when it grows bigger and bigger

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 4 Comments | 12,510 Views

I was recently helping out a customer who had issues with wsuscontent folder size which was about 330GB. This folder size usually around 5-6GB if you are not using standalone WSUS or 3rd party updates for patching. This folder primarily stores the information about. 1. Software update end-user license agreement (EULA). 2. Microsoft patches for…