Yesterday (June 29,2015) Microsoft released new build version (10158) for windows 10 insider preview (for PC’s) which bring lot of new features ,improvements and bug fixes.One of the main feature is Microsoft Edge browser. what is included/updated in this build ? Microsoft Edge General UX improvements and refinement Updates to Cortana Cortana integration with Office 365 updated Photos app for Windows 10 Snipping Tool Insider Hub Preview releases of Windows 10 SDK Surface 3 Surface Pro 3 This update is available via fast ring but if you wanted to do clean install ,you may have to wait for couple…
Author: Eswar Koneti
Last week,I was working on request to get the application information which includes Application Name ,Deployment Type ,Content location,Command lines (install and uninstall),what type of deployment is it,detection type,user requirement and other information. Since there are no default reports to get this kind of information ,you must consider writing new SQL/SSRS report else go manual procedure to write down the information for the applications. In Configmgr 2007 and Configmgr 2012 ,the information about packages like installation command line,uninstallation,requirements (windows 7,windows 8) and other properties can be retried directly from SQL database without any trouble but if you consider the…
Started rolling out MS office 2013 to Users few weeks ago.For this ,created collection to get computers with MS office 2010 ,created application for MS office 2013 upgrade and deploy to collection .This collection consists of computers from different departments,business units etc. Colleague of mine asked me if there is way to get report for deployment status of specific application for specific OU. The reason for this requirement is that ,he wanted to get the deployment status per business unit (location)for the deployed application. OUs in AD are named with location names . A single collection (MS office 2013 upgrade…
Exploring the recently released Configuration manager Tech preview (60 days evolution ) by Microsoft in my lab.It has got some nice features like Management rotation,Auto Client upgrade to collection,OSD and other things. I was looking at reports what has been added extra compared to Configuration manager 2012 R2 CU4 (this my present CM level). Configmgr tech preview has got total of 494 reports by default which is more compared to Configmgr 2012 (444 ,With R2 CU level 491 reports) . Below reports are appearing as new in Tech preview version: 1.List of noncompliant Apps and Devices for a specified user…
During the Ignite 2015,Microsoft announced about service packs for SCCM Configmgr 2012 (will be released during next week) also about Configmgr technical preview(A 60 days evaluation is already out for public) . Today ,Microsoft released another Cumulative Update 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and is ready for Download. This update replaces Previously released cumulative update 4 ,So if you have not applied previous cumulative update ( CU 4),you can directly apply this newly released cumulative update 5. Note: As Microsoft announced about the availability of Service Pack for Configuration manager 2012 R2 during next week ,it is…
Microsoft announced some exciting stuff about Configuration manager 2012 and upcoming product Configmgr Technical preview (can this be SCCM Configmgr 2016?) at Microsoft Ignite 2015. I did blog yesterday on Configuration manager updates from Ignite session ,Read the post here. After the release of Configuration manager Technical preview,i started downloading and Installed it in my lab to play with it .During the installation,i captured few screen shots will be posting in this blog. There are is Big difference in the Installation of Tech preview compared to its Previous version (configuration manager 2012).If you have done the installation of Configuration manager…
Lot of interesting news are coming out from Microsoft Ignite 2015 and from social networking Sites(mainly from Twitter).I have been actively monitoring the tags with #msignite and #Configmgr .Some of the interesting facts about Configuration manager products are: 1. Microsoft has made configuration manager and Endpoint Protection Technical Preview (it will be next Configmgr Version 2016) available for testing http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-technical-preview ,for technical preview documentation refer https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn965439.aspx 2. Service Pack will be released next week for Configuration Manager 2012 and 2012 R2. 3.Support for Windows 10 (No OSD support) using Configuration manager 2007 4.New service pack (Configmgr 2012) supports up to…
The most awaiting Big event Microsoft Ignite 2015 is about to Start from Today (May 4–8, 2015 ) in Chicago, Illinois.More information about Ignite can browse via http://ignite.microsoft.com/ This blog post is quick one to list configuration manager 2012 sessions from this Big and Great Event . These sessions are picked from the Microsoft ignore session catalog. I have now updated the webcast link for the below sessions . 1. Deploying Office 365 ProPlus Using System Center Configuration Manager By Amesh Mansukhani 2. Managing Linux Workloads in Windows Server, Microsoft System Center and Windows Azure Pack By Anurag Gupta…