Cloud Management Gateway – All about Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Certificate error while deploying an OS over CMG using bootable media

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 2 Comments | 3,907 Views

Starting in Configuration Manager 2010, we can use OS boot media from SCCM to reimage internet-based devices that connect through a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG). Do note that, this method cannot join the devices to domain but only in a workgroup as there is no domain connectivity for internet-based clients. This scenario is useful to…

Configuration Manager Remote control for CMG Connected devices

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 13 Comments | 11,364 Views

Microsoft released Configuration Manager Technical preview build 2009 with some cool features applicable to cloud management gateway. This technical preview is for lab purpose ONLY and can be installed on 3 successive build versions which are from 1906,1907 and 1908. The latest active baseline version available is 2007 and can be downloaded from the Evaluation…

Software Update Compliance report for CMG connected devices

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 3,595 Views

With COVID-19 around the globe, the organizations who are using Configuration Manager have shown much interest in Cloud Management Gateway. Cloud Management Gateway helps you to manage the clients on the internet. For more information on how to setup CMG, please refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/clients/manage/cmg/setup-cloud-management-gateway A customer who recently deployed Cloud management gateway, wanted to monitor the…

SCCM Cloud Management Gateway cost estimation calculator

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 4 Comments | 16,278 Views

When I talk to my customers about the SCCM Cloud Management Gateway setup, the first question that will be asked is, will there be any cost associated with this service? if so, what will be the cost for X number of clients that will be utilizing the CMG service. Even though the implementation of CMG…

How to prepare SCCM CMG Client installation switches for internet based client

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Eswar Koneti | 11 Comments | 16,629 Views

I was recently assisting a customer on the implementation of CMG to manage the windows devices over the internet. Due to COVID-19, majority of the workforce is working from home and these devices connected not connect to the office for several weeks after the implementation of CMG. Once the CMG and site system roles are…

How to install SCCM Client from Microsoft Intune for Co-managed and CMG – Notes from the field

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Eswar Koneti | 6 Comments | 25,867 Views

I had setup SCCM Cloud Management gateway and Co-management for small customer who would like to extend the SCCM operations to windows 10 devices which are connected to internet. The cloud management gateway (CMG) provides a simple way to manage Configuration Manager clients on the internet. By deploying the CMG as a cloud service in…