SCCM – Page 7 – All about Microsoft Endpoint Manager

How to request a cert from public provider for Cloud management gateway

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 8,183 Views

Introduction: Cloud management gateway (CMG) helps you to manage the configuration manager clients on the internet without any additional on-premise infrastructure. Due to COVID-19, most of the workforce is working from home (with/without VPN), and managing the endpoints using Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) is immense. Many organizations have already implemented the CMG to manage the…

Configuration Manager-Failed to install IIS feature-the source files could not be found error code 0x800f081f

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 8,024 Views

This is a quick post on an issue that I come across recently at a customer who was unable to install the IIS role for setting up a distribution point. As we all know, IIS is a prerequisite for setting up a distribution point in Configuration Manager. During the installation of the IIS feature, you…

Troubleshooting the Configuration Manager client policy request timestamp is old

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 6,495 Views

Here is another interesting issue that I come across recently with the Configuration Manager build version 2002. I was reviewing the client health dashboard in the monitoring workspace and saw the following status.. As you can see above, the bar chart for the client's overall health, the client policy request is at a very low…

Failed to install Configmgr Client- The client version does not match the MP version The client will not be installed

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 21,500 Views

I was recently troubleshooting the sccm client installation issue on a server that was configured as a distribution point. Installation of client The client installation setup and process is very simple and straight forward unless you hit issues like this. When I started looking at the client installation log( ccmsetup.log), I saw the below information…

Technical preview 2005 – Tenant attach Install application in real time from admin center

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 671 Views

With Configuration Manager technical preview build, a bunch of Tenant attach features were released which will help you to take actions from the devices blade in the Admin center. One of the coolest feature in this preview release is, we can now initiate an application install in real time for a tenant attached device from…

Configuration Manager Technical preview 2005 is released- bunch of cloud integration features

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 495 Views

Microsoft released Technical preview 2005 for May 2020. This preview release contain lots of tenant attached features along with some cloud management gateway as well. This preview version is available only via in-console update. If you want to build a new lab, you need to download the baseline version of tech preview 2002 and then…

SCCM Cloud Management Gateway cost estimation calculator

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 4 Comments | 16,830 Views

When I talk to my customers about the SCCM Cloud Management Gateway setup, the first question that will be asked is, will there be any cost associated with this service? if so, what will be the cost for X number of clients that will be utilizing the CMG service. Even though the implementation of CMG…

How to prepare SCCM CMG Client installation switches for internet based client

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 11 Comments | 17,886 Views

I was recently assisting a customer on the implementation of CMG to manage the windows devices over the internet. Due to COVID-19, majority of the workforce is working from home and these devices connected not connect to the office for several weeks after the implementation of CMG. Once the CMG and site system roles are…