Desktop Analytics is a cloud-based service that integrates with Configuration Manager (#MEMCM). Desktop Analytics provides insights and intelligence for you to make more informed decisions about the update readiness of your Windows clients. It combines data from your organization with data aggregated from millions of devices connected to Microsoft cloud services. For more information and how to setup desktop analytics, please read https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/desktop-analytics/set-up. After setting up the desktop analytics, I went through some troubleshooting issues as the devices are not successful in the enrollment in the first place. The issues related to the proxy, network, services, etc. In this blog…
Author: Eswar Koneti
In the last 2 blog posts, I talked about the SCCM report for missing boundaries and How to find client boundary and boundary group information. These 2 blog post has a dependency on extending the MOF for client boundary group cache.In this blog post, we will see how to check if the client is missing in the boundary group. This method doesn't need the MOF extension and we query the wmi on the client directly and report the compliance or non-compliant status.we will use compliance settings (configuration item and configuration baseline) to detect if the client is in the configured…
The new edge chromium-browser (stable release) from Microsoft was already out on Jan 15th, 2020 and is amazing with many unique features amongst the other browsers out there.If you wanted to manage the deployment of this new edge browser using configuration manager, please read http://eskonr.com/2020/01/how-to-deploy-microsoft-edge-chromium-stable-version-using-configuration-manager/If you wanted to manage the deployment of this new edge browser using Microsoft intune, please read https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/apps/apps-windows-edgeMicrosoft intune provide great features to protect your enterprise data using Windows Information Protection for windows 10 devices. For more information about windows WIP, please read https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/windows-information-protection/protect-enterprise-data-using-wipIn this blog post, I am going to discuss the case of this…
Here is a simple PowerShell script that helps you to export a list of all task sequences in your configuration manager server to a folder. These exported task sequences can be then imported to another environment (Dev to PROD) and get things moving instead of creating them from scratch. Exporting the task sequence can be done using GUI or scripting (Powershell). Powershell would be nicer to export multiple task sequence’s in an automated schedule. we can make use of Configuration Manager cmdlets and scripts by using the Configuration Manager console or by using a Windows PowerShell session. When you run…
With the release of Microsoft Endpoint Manager configuration manager technical preview 2001 released in Jan 2020, we can now integrate Power BI Report Server with Configuration Manager reporting. Integrating configuration manager with Power BI Report Servers gives you modern visualization and better performance. It adds console support for Power BI reports similar to what already exists with SQL Server Reporting Services. Read more information about configuration manager technical preview 2001 here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/get-started/2020/technical-preview-2001#bkmk_powerbi In this blog post, we will see how to integrate Power BI Report Server with Configuration Manager reporting in Technical preview 2001. Note: This is not applicable to…
Microsoft recently released notes for customers who are running on current branch 1910 , Client automatic upgrade happens immediately for all clients after you update the site to 1910.For more information about the release notes, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/deploy/install/release-notes#client-automatic-upgrade-happens-immediately-for-all-clientsToday ,Microsoft has released an update to fix for this issue and is now available in the console.This update is applicable only to early update and globally available installations of Configuration Manager, version 1910 that are installed by using one of the following package GUIDs: 0BB82139-0DC3-4B18-B219-97FB2EFD9E56E2F7B2F9-4828-4650-9144-5DC7956781B7It is also applicable to the following package GUID's with the private TAP rollup, or update KB 4535819…
On Jan 15th, 2020 Microsoft has officially launched new version of Microsoft edge browser based on chromium for windows and Mac OS. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and with macOS.It replaces the legacy version of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 PCs. With speed, performance, best-in-class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features, it's the only browser you'll ever need.As you already know , windows 7 support ended Jan 14th ,2020 however, Microsoft has made the new edge browser available for windows 7.If you want to download the new Microsoft Edge based on…
You can use Configuration Manager remote control to remotely administer, provide assistance, or view any client computer in the hierarchy. You can use the remote control to troubleshoot hardware and software configuration problems on client computers and to provide support. Configuration Manager supports the remote control of all workgroup computers and domain-joined computers that run supported operating systems for the Configuration Manager client. Before you begin to use the remote control, ensure that you review the information in the following articles: Prerequisites for remote control Configuring remote control Recently, a colleague of mine troubleshooting an office 365 issue on the…