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 doesn't require on-premise infrastructure* but there will be cost associated with this solution every month. In this blog post, I will provide some information on how to estimate the cost for your infrastructure based on the number of clients that you support using CMG. Note:…
Author: Eswar Koneti
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 installed, clients get the location of the CMG service automatically on the next location request. Clients must be on the intranet to receive the location of the CMG service but in the customer case, users are all working from home and no possibility to bring…
I had set up a new lab a few days ago using the configuration manager current branch baseline version 2002 with SQL Server 2019. Installation went fine and I was able to play with it. By the way, I have used the Johan hydration kit to set up this lab to save some time. Though the current hydration kit that is available is with SQL 2017, I tweaked it and added SQL 2019 for my lab setup. After a couple of days, when I tried to launch the configuration manager console, I ended up seeing the following screen. Since the…
Every week Microsoft Introduces new features to Microsoft Intune which you can find it from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/whats-new . As of May 11th ,2020, Microsoft releases new feature which is very helpful for intune admins to customize the self-service device actions in the company portal for enrolled devices. When a device is successfully enrolled into Microsoft Intune, users can perform the following actions (self-service) using the Company Portal app, Company Portal website, or the Intune app on Android.. Following are the available self-service device actions when a device successfully enrolled to Intune: Retire – Removes the device from Intune Management. In the…
Microsoft released the first early update ring (hotfix) for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch 2002. This is available and applicable to those who have downloaded and installed build 2002 via fast ring (opt-in) method between March 23, 2020, and May 11, 2020. For those who have downloaded the build version 2002 from the console on or after May 11, 2020, you will not see this update in the console. So if you don't see it then you are covered with all the fixes in this update. You can also validate if you are eligible for this early update ring…
As you already know that, Windows 7 and windows server 2008/R2 has reached their end of support lifecycle on January 14, 2020, however you can purchase the extended security updates (ESU) for windows 7 and server 2008/R2 through volume licensing to make sure these devices are protected. For more information about how to purchase the ESU, refer to this blog. After you have purchased the ESU, you can install and activate window 7 or server 2008/R2 devices using Configuration Manager task sequence or scripting or by other means. There are multiple posts on the internet on how to install ESU.…
I did a few blog posts on the client's boundary and boundary groups for configuration manager build versions lower than 2002. In one of the blog posts, I talked about, how to identify the clients that are missing boundaries/boundary groups. For more information, please refer http://eskonr.com/2018/01/sccm-report-for-missing-boundaries-and-troubleshooting/ In all these blog posts, you would need to extend the MOF inventory (client settings, hardware inventory) for getting the client boundary group details. With the release of the configuration manager current branch 2002, you no longer required to extend the MOF. Boundary group information is now available to help you troubleshoot the devices…
Microsoft has released Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager build 2002 (MEMCM) via the opt-in method (fast-ring) which will is now available for you to install and also baseline version however the baseline media is not yet available for the download. The baseline version will be released when the build is made available to the console via slow-ring. If you want to install a new Configuration Manager sites (fresh build), you can download 1902 as a baseline from the volume licensing portal until 2002 is released. For more information about how to perform the in-console update for configuration manager update 2002, please refer here After the…