As you may be aware, a new Windows analytics solution has been released in preview called Desktop Analytics few months ago (see https://t.co/VqQV4WRj83). Desktop Analytics is aimed to replace the well-known Windows Analytics which has been here for quite some time through 3 Log Analytics solutions: Upgrade Readiness, Update Compliance and Device Health. If you
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If you are using System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (SCCM Current Branch) to manage and deploy Windows Update updates, you can now deploy Windows 10 Insider updates too with SCCM Software Update. you must be running SCCM Current Branch 1810 or later to be able to configure it. To enable this capability you just
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As you may be aware, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch has been providing insights about your devices using Windows Analytics, helping you in the upgrade process from previous version of Windows to Windows 10. Well, Windows Analytics is now evolving into Desktop Analytics to provide more recommendations and better application compatibility. To start
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This is a rap, Windows 10 1903 is now officially available. You can get it either using through WindowsUpdate server, Windows Update for Business, Visual Studio subscription (aka MSDN), Software Center (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10) and Volume License. As part of this availability, you also have the Windows Assessment Toolkit (ADK) used for OS deployment
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The next release of Windows 10, build 1903, has been available in MSDN already. As the general availability of this new build is due in few weeks, I can only think that it is to help you test and evaluate the impact of the upgrade or new deployment in your environment in a way for
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As announced earlier this month (https://t.co/l7JVfqcLQs), a new setting has been introduced in preview to allow renaming Windows 10 device enrolled in Intune. As this is a preview feature, there is always chance to have unexpected behaviour; one has been found. It appears that if your Windows 10 device is also AD domain joined (including
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After having being announced some time ago, the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) solution is now available in preview. Based on Windows 10 operating system, this delivers multi-user session on Windows 10, quick scalability and supports Windows Server Remote Desktop Service apps. Windows Virtual Desktop is free is you have Microsoft 365 E3, E5 or F1
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The latest Intune updates introduce the ability to rename Windows 10 devices (1809 [aka RS4] and later). When using the feature, the next time the Windows 10 client connects to Intune his name will be changed. To start using it, logon to your Intune tenant either from the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) or your Devices Management
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After few months of waiting, the latest version (8456) of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is now available for download. This version provides support for Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019. You can get it from https://aka.ms/mdtdownload As always, you will have to update your existing MDT share and/or the SCCM integration.
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The latest update on Intune is providing (in preview) the ability to configure group policy (GPO) for Windows 10 devices. This is not (yet?) the exact group policy we have in Active Directory but the idea is the same and based on the well known Administrative Templates (ADM/ADMX). NOTE this is currently not supported for
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