Introduction: About a week ago ,I was exploring Co-Management and Office 365 in my lab .To test Co-Management for any domain joined devices ,we need to have Hybrid Azure AD Join else we cannot manage domain joined devices using intune and Configmgr. We would also like to explore Conditional access policy that will help block non-domain joined windows 7 devices connecting to the test o365 environment. So to test Co-Management or Conditional access policy ,we would need hybrid Azure AD join working. Hybrid Azure AD (AAD+) join means, computer must be joined to on-prem domain and Azure AD domain…
Author: Eswar Koneti
Introduction/Problem: Colleague mine has asked me , why is he getting applications /updates on his computer that he hasn't requested for. When i heard of this ,i verified in SCCM , based on the computer name provided and found ,the PC has no SCCM agent . If the PC has no SCCM agent ,there is no way to receive the deployments. From the console,atleast i can see that, the client=No .So i asked him to check if these deployments are coming through SCCM/Configmgr or other methods .He confirms that, they are coming from SCCM and his PC has SCCM agent…
Introduction/Problem: We are in process of completing office 365 project to all users which bring teams and other products as part of office 365. We are using Lync/Skype for business as collaboration tool prior to office 365 project but once the project started ,every one is on teams hence we can decom lync servers and also disable lync for users. Before we proceed to sunset Lync/Skype for business, we need to look at the features feature comparison. Although teams cannot be compared with Skype in terms of feature that it carry on,there is one major thing that is not as…
Problem: If you are using qualys or Nessus tool or other tool to detect vulnerabilities on windows machines ,this post might be helpful to you. Recently ,our security team has reported that ,lot of servers are vulnerable for adobe flash player and claiming that, these servers are running lower version of Flash player. When i look at one of the server ,i could not find adobe flash player installed. If there are no application installed, there is no way for SCCM to detect the flash player components are running lower version (we do 3rd party patching as well) and you…
Introduction: In this blog post,i will discuss about some of the troubleshooting methods that i have used to identify the active/inactive computers on the network (Active is not based on SCCM agent ) . Last week ,i was working on office 365 proplus deployment & training for customer in Vietnam. As part this ,one of the activity that i need to identify was,what are the actual number of computers that are talking to domain controller in last X days. When i look at SCCM ,there are hundreds of computers without SCCM agent .So for me to start with the deployment/reports…
Microsoft just released SCCM Configmgr Current Branch 1806 as in-console update for first wave customers (opt-in) which means ,you can run PowerShell script to get this update in your console . This build can be applied to your Configmgr sites running on 1706 ,17010 and 1802 .This build version is not available as standalone media (baseline) hence you you can download latest baseline media which is 1802 for new installation and then apply 1806 as in-console update. With this build 1806 ,there some exciting features and improvements . If you are already using SCCM Configmgr technical preview builds in your…
Introduction: The other day ,i was looking at Activity Reports in the Office 365 admin center. Office 365 admin center provide you the usage report for multiple products like email,onedrive,SharePoint,teams ,office activations etc. Using these reports, we can identify how good ,office 365 is being used by users and also help you to plan for more user training to bring these tools in more collaborative way. For more information about office 365 reports in admin center ,please visit https://support.office.com/en-us/article/office-365-reports-in-the-admin-center-active-users-fc1cf1d0-cd84-43fd-adb7-a4c4dfa8112d Problem: While i was looking at the office proplus activations ,the count was doing down and new proplus installations and activations…
Introduction: This is quick post on Azure MFA (multi factor authentication) . Azure MFA is Two-step verification is a method of authentication that requires more than one verification method and adds a critical second layer of security to user sign-ins and transactions. It works by requiring any two or more of the verification methods. To know more about different methods of setting up Azure MFA ,please read http://eskonr.com/2018/03/different-methods-to-setup-azure-mfa-registration-for-o365/ Problem: We have enabled MFA for the whole organization (All users) using one step method (easy solution) with Azure Identity protection and also Conditional Access .This one step method help user to…