Author: Eswar Koneti

Microsoft released SCCM Configmgr Technical preview build 1903 for this month (March 2019).  Technical previews are intended to use Lab purpose only and cannot be used in production environment. The technical preview introduces new functionality that Microsoft is working on. It introduces new features that aren't yet included in the current branch of Configuration Manager. These features might eventually be included in an update to the current branch. Before we finalize the features, we want you to try them out and give us feedback. If you already have technical preview lab running on build 1808 and above, you can get…

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Management insights are introduced from SCCM 1802 build to provide information about the current state of your environment. With build 1802 ,there are very limited insights added .These insights are based on analysis of data from the site database.These Insights help you to better understand your environment and take action based on rules that are pre-defined.With the release of SCCM current branch 1902 ,there are more insights added to the console which will help you to understand your environment in more better way and take necessary action based on the recommendations .To locate the management insights from the console ,\Administration\Overview\Management…

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Microsoft has released SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch build version 1902 and is available as in-console update and baseline version. You can apply this update on sites that runs on 1710,1802,1806 and 1810. If you want to install new site ,you can download 1902 as baseline . Download baseline version of 1902 from volume licensing or Once you update your existing version to 1902 ,you need to upgrade your secondary sites manually by right click on secondary site and upgrade. You also need to update your configmgr clients to latest version to newly supported client features. With 1902, there are bunch…

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Microsoft has released Configuration Manager current branch 1902 as in-console and baseline version. You can apply this update on sites running on 1710, 1802, 1806, or 1810 .If you want to install new site ,you can download 1902 as baseline and install the update.This build includes bunch of features listed below:Site infrastructure: Client health dashboard New management insight rules Improvement to enhanced HTTP Improvement to setup prerequisites Cloud-attached management: Stop cloud service when it exceeds threshold Use Azure Resource Manager for cloud services Add cloud management gateway to boundary groups Real-time management: Run CMPivot from the central administration site Edit…

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Microsoft Edge browser is secure ,manageable and provides rich browsing experience. Using a protected browser with Intune policy (Microsoft Edge), you can ensure company resources are always accessed with corporate safeguards in place. This ties back to your O365 Identity.You can use Microsoft Edge for enterprise scenarios on iOS and Android devices. Microsoft Edge supports all of the same management scenarios as the Intune Managed Browser with the addition of improvements to end-user experience. The following Microsoft Edge enterprise features enabled by Intune policies are available. These enterprise features include:Dual-Identity - Users can add both a work account, as well…

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We recently hit into an issue that, user has configure to store PST files  (outlook files) into the user’s Onedrive (office 365) . Though we did not think of blocking the pst ,nsf files in onedrive sync configuration until it report to us. Storing of PST into onedrive do create multiple versions and that eat all your space .We have instructed user to delete some files from onedrive but cannot access the OneDrive due to storage FULL. The only option left is ,get SharePoint admin increase the onedrive quota (if you are eligible as there are different office 365 plans…

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Edge browser for iOS and Andriod has been out since year (First released on Dec 2017) to give you continuous browsing experience from your mobile device to windows device. Microsoft previously had intune managed browser as a secure browser to open Microsoft office and other apps managed by Microsoft Intune. Since Apr 2018 ,there are no updates to Intune managed browser that shows the investment made on intune browser and Microsoft is moving towards Edge browser for mobile devices as a replacement of Intune Managed browser (aka ManBro) Edge browser is secure ,manageable and provides rich browsing experience. Using…

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When you assign office 365 proplus license to users in your Microsoft 365 tenant ,users will have option to download the proplus setup manually by visiting https://office.com or https://portal.office.com/ and click on install office. Even though you manage these proplus updates using SCCM and channel using GPO ,there will be users in organisation ,who will go to office portal and download the setup files manually to install for users. When they download the setup file (it can be 32bit or 64 bit) ,by default they get monthly channel which is not what most organisation will be looking to…

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