Introduction: It has been very long since i did post on Configmgr as i am spending more time on office 365 projects but i got something on SCCM this week that i would like to share . I have many other posts in TO-DO list especially on custom reporting but will get release them when i find time. Recently , I was looking into automation of azure servers through SCCM . for newly build azure servers, We use SCCM to install apps ,configurations ,software updates and others using task sequence as part of operation readiness. When a new server…
Author: Eswar Koneti
Introduction: The Microsoft Surface Hub is an all in one multi-touch screen solution that empowers people, groups and organizations to connect and collaborate effortlessly. The Surface Hub is a wall-mounted or roller-stand-mounted device with either a 55-inch (140 cm) 1080p or an 84-inch (210 cm) 4K 120 Hz touchscreen with multi-touch and multi-pen capabilities, running the Windows 10 operating system.[3] The devices are targeted for businesses to use while collaborating and videoconferencing. More information about surface hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/manage-surface-hub Managing surface hub (allowing office 365 applications )using intune is very straight forward. All you need is enroll the surface hub either…
When we started of with office 365 project ,one of the key application to be delivered to users is Teams application. Teams is the primary client for intelligent communications in Office 365, replacing Skype for Business Online over time. When we started deploying the teams clients to windows computers using SCCM Configmgr ,teams will auto startup upon computer restart/user logoff & log in and is by design . When the Teams application is installed on windows PC (it doesn't require admin rights to install and installation location is C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams ) ,it has auto-start application setting enabled by default. With this…
In my previous blog post, we saw how to install Data Warehouse role in Configuration manager build 1806 and also looked at the client data that is being deleted in primary site server for reporting purpose with some SQL views information. In this blog post, we will see what information being stored in data warehouse before we start working on custom reports for users/customers to review historical data. Central /Primary site database contains huge data about clients ,applications ,inventory ,execution data and much more. For list of SQL views in SCCM Configmgr ,please visit with the installation of data…
Introduction: Customer is running on SCCM Configmgr current branch 1806 and configured with site maintenance tasks to delete the aged data for X number days . when you configure the site maintenance task ,the data which is older than X number days get deleted from site database which is expected. So customer has asked ,is there is way to know the clients that get deleted by site maintenance task or manual or other ways .So basically whatever get deleted in the site database including devices ,inventory etc.,customer wanted to have a record at later stage. In earlier versions of…
Introduction: We are in midst of completing office 365 project .As part of this project ,one of the primary activity is migration of Microsoft office to office 365 proplus. For office 365 proplus deployment ,we are using Powershell App deployment toolkit that provide GUI ,customize what to remove and other benefits compared with standard proplus that you download in ConfigMgr/configuration tool. As you know ,office 365 proplus activation is not usual method (KMS) instead, it use o365 license and user must activate the product using the license that they get it. After installing the proplus ,devices will perform auto…
Had request to uninstall teams as they had deployed the teams to users who not supposed to get it on their windows devices. Microsoft Teams brings together the full breadth and depth of Office 365, to provide a true chat-based hub for teamwork and give customers the opportunity to create a more open, fluid, and digital environment. Microsoft Teams is built on existing Microsoft technologies woven together by Office 365 Groups. In this post ,we will see how to uninstall teams client using ConfigMgr by creating application or package and deploy to either users or computers . we can download…
In part 1 of this series on setup hybrid Azure AD Join without ADFS , we talked about Hybrid Azure AD ,prerequisites on how to configure device options. In part 2 of this series in post ,we will see how to configure 2nd prerequisite i.e enable Seamless Single Sign ON through Azure AD Connect that would complete the steps required devices to be Hybrid Azure AD join. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Seamless Single Sign-On (Seamless SSO) will automatically signs in users when they are on their corporate desktops that are connected to your corporate network. Seamless SSO provides…