System Center Configuration Manager

SCCM – You can now manage client logging level from the console

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This new option can be quite handy for SCCM administrator; with the latest release of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (SCCM CB) 1910, you can manage the client logging level for diagnostics from the administration console. To enable/disable verbose diagnostic logging, just right click either on the device or the device collection you want […]

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SCCM – Enable Windows Multi Session support

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Following the release of the latest version of System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Current Branch, 1910, also known now as Endpoint Configuration Manager (ECM) Current Branch 1910 (see https://t.co/ac1nnORrrN), you can enable support for Windows 10 Multi Session (aka Windows Virtual Desktop) by enabling the setting in the SCCM Client Settings\Client Policy This will allow

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SCCM / Endpoint Configuration Manager – The latest released of SCCM CB (1910) is available

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The latest release of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (SCCM CB) – now known as Endpoint Configuration Manager Current Branch –  is now available. Endpoint Configuration Manager Current Branch 1910 will be made available through the in-console update (as always) over the next few weeks to customers but if you want to get it

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Power BI – The new EXE installer command lines

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As announced few weeks back (see https://t.co/Xe4cA1yQaw), the Power BI Desktop MSI package has been removed and replaced by an single EXE file available at https://aka.ms/PBISingleInstaller. If you are managing application deployment (by using SCCM [or any other software deployment solution] or Intune), this move is quite annoying. Well, I got you covered – well

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SCCM – You can now define the default view of the Software Center

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With System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 1906 Current Branch, you can define the default view your user will get when loading the Software Center: Default application filter: you can choose between All or Required applications Default application view: you can choose between Title or List view To configure the default view, open your SCCM administration

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SCCM – The case of 100% disk active time

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Recently I have been running a problematic 100% disk active time on my System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) environment. SCCM has been running quite smoothly for few years; running on Windows Server 2019 with SQL co-located. One day I noticed the disks, where the databases are save, were continuously active (100% disk active time) and

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Windows – Windows Analytics will be retired by January 2020

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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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SCCM – You can now deploy Windows 10 Preview updates with SCCM/WSUS

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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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SCCM – You can now install application to a device from the console

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With the release of the new System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1906 (SCCM Current Branch), you can now install one or more applications to a device directly from the administration console. It is important to note that you need: to have the Approve application request for users per device optional feature enabled the application

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SCCM – You can now synchronize your device collections as Azure AD groups

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With the release of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1906 (SCCM Current Branch), you can now synchronize your device collections to Azure Active Directory, allowing you to use your on-premises grouping rules to the cloud. This is a one way SCCM to Azure AD process; any membership updates done in Azure AD will not

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