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…
Author: Eswar Koneti
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…
Windows information protection is mobile application management (MAM) for windows 10 and it helps to protect the enterprise data from unauthorized or accidental data leakage.On Jan 15th, 2020, Microsoft released a new edge chromium-browser which is so amazing. When it was released, some of our users requested to roll out to their devices which are Azure AD joined/Intune enrolled devices.we use windows information protection to protect the corporate data for the approved/managed/enlighten applications. For more information about windows information protection and how to configure, please refer hereBefore releasing any feature /product/application to end-users (especially in the cloud era), we do…
Microsoft whiteboard is out almost 2 years that is available to users on Windows 10 which lets users to type, draw, erase and attach notes, images, and beyond what you cannot do it on a physical whiteboard. Following are some of the activities that you can do with whiteboard: Running effective meetings Brainstorming Team sprint planning Project planning Problem-solving Incident management Whiteboard app is available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10, and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. You can also use the whiteboard in the browser. Microsoft Whiteboard is integrated with office 365 (Microsoft Teams) and…
I was recently contacted by a team who was unable to see the volume purchase program app in the intune apps.The customer has working intune setup to enroll the iOS/iPadOS devices purchased through apple's Automated Device Enrollment (formerly DEP – Device Enrollment Program). AED/DEP lets you enroll a large number of devices without touching them.Since the customer has DEP, applications are purchased through the Volume Purchase Program and will be synced to intune for the deployment of apps to user mobile devices.Few days ago, there was an app that the customer has requested the team to purchase and then deploy…
There was a request from twitter friend who is trying to create SQL report to list the content of distribution point group with content status such as total targeted, installed, progress and errors. Distribution point groups is available in configuration manager for almost several years . This basically provide a logical grouping of distribution points for content distribution. we can create and use DP groups groups to manage and monitor content from a central location for distribution points that span multiple sites. For more information about managing distribution point and distribution point groups, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/configure/install-and-configure-distribution-points When you create DP…
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager 2002 production build is out today. It is now available as in-console (for now only fast-ring) and baseline (will be available in the next couple of weeks). It has a bunch of new and updated features. For full list of features and installation, please refer http://eskonr.com/2020/04/sccm-configmgr-current-branch-2002-is-available-as-in-console-and-baseline-version/ One of the features that is available in this build version is ‘Show boundary groups for devices in configuration manager console’. clients use boundary group’s for site assignment, content location (DP), SUP, MP, and SMP. SMP doesn't use fallback relationships. From this build version, we can now identify the client…
Microsoft releases the configuration manager production builds 3 times a year. The first production build for this year,which is configuration manager 2002 is released today and is available as an in-console update (fastring only for now) and baseline version. You can apply this update on sites that run version 1806,1810, 1906 or 1910 from the console. You can also use this build 2002 to install new configuration manager sites. Before we start upgrading the site to latest build ,some of the interesting features are listed below. Following are some of the exciting features that we were all waiting to see…