Author: Eswar Koneti

Configuration Manager uses collection evaluation to update collection membership, based on the collection rules you define. Collection evaluation scope and timing differ depending on site and collection configuration and evaluation type. With Configuration Manager Technical preview release 2008, a new feature is introduced that helps to integrate collection Evaluation viewer into the configuration manager console directly. With this new feature, we don’t need to run the standalone tool ceviewer,exe (servertools) to monitor collection evaluation data. We can now use the console to view and monitor the collection evaluation process for troubleshooting issues such as slow collection evaluation. The configuration manager console now…

After the configuration manager current branch 2002 released, there are 4 update rollups and 1 hotfix (out-of-band) (if am tracking them correctly) released by Microsoft. Following are the complete list of update rollups (first 4) and hotfix (last) for configuration manager version 2002. KB4553501 KB4563473 KB4567007 KB4560496 KB4575774 KB4575339 Today, Microsoft has released hotfix (out-of-band) for the following issue: After updating to Configuration manager current branch, version 2002, the New-CMTSStepPrestartCheck PowerShell cmdlet returns an error resembling the following when used. The action "Check Readiness for Upgrade" is invalid. The property OSArchitecture contains an unsupported value 64-bit. The task sequence must…

The other day, I have shared a Power BI report to an external user who is a guest in my office 365 tenant. When you try to share a Power BI report, you get options such as notify users through email, etc. I did select the notify email option to the gmail.com user who is the guest. When the user receives an email, there will be a power BI URL to access the report, clicking on the URL will perform authentication and once this is done, the Power BI report should run but in the user case, the power Bi…

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 windows devices that are connected outside the office network or connected to an office network using VPN. If you are yet to implement the cloud management gateway service in your organization and need assistance, please check here. Implementation of CMG involves server authentication certification (PKI or…

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 windows devices that are connected outside the office network or connected to an office network using VPN. If you are yet to implement the cloud management gateway service in your organization and need assistance, please check here. Implementation of CMG involves server authentication certification (PKI…

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 need to provide the path to source files, this will be usually the SXS folder from the OS media file as shown below. I have specified the SxS folder during the installation of IIS and made sure that, the OS version matches the ISO file that…

I am super excited and honored to receive an email from Microsoft about my MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) award renewal for the year 2020-2021 in Enterprise Mobility area . This is my 4th consecutive year MVP award (First year 2017) and glad that, I am still part of great MVP community for another year. Following is the email received on the MVP Award from Microsoft. Dear Eswar Koneti, We’re once again pleased to present you with the 2020-2021 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in recognition of your exceptional technical community leadership. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in the following technical…

Microsoft has released Configuration Manager Technical Preview version 2006 with a lot of cloud features. For more information about the features of this preview release, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/get-started/2020/technical-preview-2006 This Technical preview version is not a baseline version and can be installed only from the in-console update. If you are building a new site, please install the baseline version (tech preview) 2002 and update it to 2006 using in-console. This technical preview version focused more on cloud-related feature.One of the most waiting features of CMG is, to allow intranet clients to scan against CMG software update point when you configure the…