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SCCM – You can exclude OU’s from the System Discovery

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With the latest release of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch (build 1806), you can now exclude organizational units from the Active Directory System Discovery. To configure such exclusion(s), go to the Administration workspace of your SCCM console and reach out the Hierarchy Configuration\Discovery Methods to edit the Active Directory System Discovery Then edit […]

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Azure – Azure Management Groups is now available

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A new capability feature has been released on Azure: Azure Management Groups. This new capability will help you managing and organizing your Azure subscriptions while ensuring compliance and governance is properly applied. By using Azure Management Groups you can now reduce the workloads and risks associated with user assignments; like granting access to multiple subscriptions

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SCCM – You can now view currently logged user on a device

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With the latest version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch (1806), you can now view who is currently logged on a managed device from the SCCM Console (this includes opened and disconnected session) From your Assets and Compliance workspace, select the Devices branch and right click on the list header to select Currently

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SCCM – New co-management options

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With the latest version of SCCM Current Branch (1806), new options are available for the co-management capability: Mobile apps, to use Intune for mobile applications deployment while keeping your Windows client managed by SCCM Office Click-To-Run, to use your Intune for Office 365 Click to Run deployment

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SCCM – A new version of SCCM Current Branch is now available

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The update 1806 for System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch has been released and is now available for production customers. As usual the update is being delivered with the ‘in-console update’ (Administration workspace\Updates and Servicing) If the update is not yet available and you do not want to wait, a PowerShell script is available

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Intune – Third party certification authorities is now supported for SCEP

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One of the important security management responsibilities of Microsoft Intune is the ability to issue certificates to devices using the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP). Starting today, Intune now supports third party certification authorities for SCEP – starting with Entrust as first CA. Support of Active Directory Certificate Services is still supported of course Below

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Office 365 – New anti-phishing capabilities added to Advanced Threat Protection

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A new default policy is being deployed for Office 365 ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) to protect you against phishing. The new policy is/will be available through the Security and Compliance administration portal (https://protection.office.com/) From there, reach out the Threat Management\Policy section and then click on ATP anti-phishing option Then the Default policy is not displayed

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Azure – An updated interface for Azure AD Roles management

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The Azure Active Directory Roles configuration blade has been updated to provide more details and management option for Azure AD Roles. Connect to your Azure administration portal (https://portal.azure.com) or Azure AD administration portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com) and reach out your Azure Active Directory blade or Then reach out the Roles and administrators blade At first sight it

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Azure / Office 365 – You can now use your Microsoft Authenticator mobile app for SSPR (preview)

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The Self Service Password Reset, available with Azure AD and Office 365, has been updated to let your end-user use the Microsoft Authenticator mobile app when using the Self Service Password Reset (SSPR). First you need to enable this new capability from your Azure AD portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com/) or Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) and reach the Password

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Sway – Sway is moving to a new URL

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This is not a big change but could impact your end-users if you whitelist Office 365 endpoints at your proxy level. Sway is moving to a new URL: http://sway.office.com So if you have whitelisted Office 365 services endpoints, you will have to update it to replace sway.com to sway.office.com; let me also remind you, you

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