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System Center Configuration Manager 1903 Technical Preview is out !
Introduction Microsoft recently released SCCM 1903 Technical Preview as you can see here. This release comes with yet more new features and I’m proud to say that one of the new features was based on a UserVoice that I submitted. … Continue reading
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What to do if Updates and Servicing is stuck in a state of Downloading ?
Note: This is not supported by Microsoft in any way. Therefore use at your own risk. It worked for me in my LAB, your mileage may vary. Introduction System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1903 is out and I couldn’t … Continue reading
How can I upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch version 1902
Introduction In a previous set of guides you used PowerShell scripts to quickly install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 and then upgraded it using Updates and Servicing to System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1810. Configuration … Continue reading
Windows 7 users getting a popup to remind them of the end of support
Introduction Windows 7 has been around for a long time (since 2009), and now it’s coming even closer to its end of life (EOL) scheduled for January 14, 2020. But what does the end of support actually mean. For clarification … Continue reading
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How to fix “Exceeded the Maximum Number of Computer Accounts Allowed to Create in this Domain”
This is a quick post about a problem I saw in my lab today, basically computers were failing to join the domain, and to find out why, I manually attempted domain join using the account specified in the SCCM Task … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager 1902.2 Technical Preview is now available
For the second time in one month, a new Technical Preview release is available, this time it’s version 1902.2. This release contains the following new features. Additional languages for Office 365 updates Integration with analytics for Office 365 ProPlus readiness … Continue reading
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Hyper-V Enhanced session greyed out on Windows Server 2019 Gen 2 virtual machines
I installed Windows Server 2019 recently as described here, but noticed that I couldn’t access Enhanced Session on any of my Hyper-V Gen 2 virtual machines. The setting was greyed out. Enhanced session gives you a lot of nice features … Continue reading
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Installing Windows Server 2019 on a Lenovo P1 for data dedup, my rough notes
Note: First things first, the Lenovo P1 is usually shipped with Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, and installing a Server operating system on it is not supported by Lenovo. I wanted to install Windows Server 2019 on my Lenovo … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager 1902 Technical Preview is available
Last night SCCM 1902 TP was released and this release has some interesting new updates. This preview release includes: View first screen only during remote control – When connecting to a client with two or more monitors, a remote tools … Continue reading
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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview version 1901 is now available
New year, new technical preview release !, the first of 2019 and it’s available for download now. This new release packs the following new *and updated* features: Client health dashboard You deploy software updates and other apps to help secure … Continue reading
Forcefully upgrading Windows 7 or Windows 10 to a newer version of Windows 10
In March 2017 I blogged a method to allow you to forcefully upgrade your Windows 10 (or Windows 7) computers to the latest version of Windows 10 using a popup (HTA) that gives the user some form of control (5 deferrals). … Continue reading
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A summary of System Center Configuration Manager releases in 2018 and the new features – Part 2 (Technical Preview)
In Part 1 of this summary of Configuration Manager releases in 2018, I looked at the 3 major Current Branch releases from Microsoft in 2018 and listed the main features those releases brought to the market. I also asked (and … Continue reading
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A summary of System Center Configuration Manager releases in 2018 and the new features – Part 1 (Current Branch)
The product team behind System Center Configuration Manager at Microsoft (led by David James) have done an amazing amount of work in the last year alone. They’ve released three major releases of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1802, 1806 … Continue reading
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Windows 10 version 1809 is available on MSDN (again)
Last week Windows 10 1809 was re-released to VLSC as I reported here., this was after it was removed from VLSC, MSDN and Windows Update due to issues with files getting deleted. But now Microsoft has re-released it and it’s … Continue reading
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Windows 10 version 1809 is available again (on VLSC)
After the well publicized problems with the initial release of Windows 10 version 1809, Microsoft has once again made it available to Enterprises on the VLSC (Volume License Servicing Center) site. It will be released to MSDN at the end … Continue reading
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