Eswar Koneti

SCCM Client HTTP Error sending DAV request HTTP code 503 content download issue

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 221 Views

This is a quick blog post on an issue that I recently looked at regarding the client issue with content download from the distribution point. Clients in one specific boundary could not able to download the content from its assigned distribution point. Though the client was healthy, the inventory cycle is up to date but…

Intune manage write access to mobile storage and removable data drives

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 163 Views

I was recently working on an assignment to manage windows 10 devices using Microsoft Intune. One of the ask is to Block the write access to the mobile storage devices when the user plugs into the windows device and Allow write access to the removal data drives (thumb drives) if they are bitlocker protected. I…

How to migrate standalone MBAM to SCCM for bitlocker

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 339 Views

We all know that Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) is an administrative tool for managing BitLocker Drive Encryption for windows devices that are on-prem domain joined. MBAM mainstream support ended on July 2019 and is currently in extended support until April 2026. To know more about mainstream support and extended support, please read the…

Using Powershell to update Azure authentication method – phone number

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 535 Views

Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) works by requiring two or more authentication methods for a user to gain access to applications. Multi-factor authenticator in Azure AD can be set using different methods such as Microsoft Authenticator, Phone number, Email etc. One of the easiest MFA methods that doesn't require any user configuration and can be…

SCCM CMPivot query success but returns no data–account smsdbuser_ReadOnly does not exist

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 557 Views

SCCM CMPivot query success but returns no data–account smsdbuser_ReadOnly does not exist

Add bulk devices to the Azure AD security groups for Intune deployments

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 1,208 Views

I was recently involved in a task to have the Intune deployments targeted to multiple groups (Pre pilot, pilot, and prod). Each phase has a large set of devices from various regions and they all have different naming conventions too. All the devices are hybrid Azure AD joined. The list of devices from each phase…

How to manage the bitlocker reboot (toast notification) in intune with device compliance policy

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 3 Comments | 1,119 Views

There was recently a discussion on twitter on how the bitlocker encryption is being enforced using intune and what the possible ways to bring the device into compliant state post the bitlocker task is done. Read the conversation here Based on the discussion, I thought I would probably write a blog post on how to…

Right-click installer tools unable to register correctly with SCCM console

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 568 Views

I was installing the famous SCCM right-click tools from recast software (there are other right-click tools as well) on the freshly installed SCCM site for a customer, the installation of right-click tools went well, the console doesn’t seem to get registered with the right-click tools and there is no option when you right-click on a…