Archives
-
Categories
-
Recent Posts
- A quick look at using Windows 365 Cloud PC’s via Motorola Thinkphone
- Configuration Manager 2409 is globally available, what’s in it for you ?
- Technical Preview 2411 is out, upgrade now before your lab times out
- Automating Windows 365 part 3 – Provisioning Cloud PC’s
- Getting started with Azure Key Vault
-
Recent Comments
- ncbrady on Fixing: “Total identified Windows installations: 0”
- Nicole Daniele Genciane on Fixing: “Total identified Windows installations: 0”
- Colin Kelly on How can I use multiple monitors with Windows 365
- DK on Fixing: “Total identified Windows installations: 0”
- Dhruv on Fixing: “Total identified Windows installations: 0”
-
-
Meta
Author Archives: ncbrady
PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 3
Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in part 2 you added the Win32 app, deployed it and saw how it behaved on a Windows Autopilot registered device. In this part … Continue reading
Posted in functionapp, httptrigger, Intune, PCBuyback, Windows AutoPilot
Leave a comment
PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 2
Introduction In part 1 I showed you how to prepare Azure for the PC Buyback app, in this part we’ll add the Win32 app, deploy it and see how it behaves on a Windows Autopilot registered device. This mini series … Continue reading
Posted in Intune
Leave a comment
PC Buyback for Windows Autopilot devices – part 1
Introduction Windows Autopilot allows you to quickly enroll devices using policies, apps and settings applicable to your tenant, and that’s great for deploying new Windows devices. Those devices can be registered as Windows Autopilot registered devices by the OEM (Original … Continue reading
Posted in Intune, PCBuyback, Windows AutoPilot
Leave a comment
How does Windows Autopatch deal with the WinRE security patch ?
Introduction Previously I blogged about patching my Windows Server 2022 boxes using a PowerShell script from Microsoft in order to install a security patch. You can read all about that here. That fix is a manual one and it applies … Continue reading
Posted in 21H2, Windows 11, Windows Autopatch
2 Comments
Windows 10/11 version 21H2 and Windows Server 2022 not updating due to the size of the WinRE partition
Introduction I read a tweet today which reminded me that I’ve seen Windows 11 (version 21H2) and Windows Server 2022 (version 21H2) computers failing to update to a January 2024 Security Update with the following error. There were some problems … Continue reading
Posted in 21H2, 21H2, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, WinRE
1 Comment
A quick look at Windows 365 Boot shared mode
Introduction Microsoft released Windows 365 Boot (Generally Available) September 2023, and are now adding new abilities to that feature. If you are new to Windows 365 Boot please take a look at the blog post from myself and Paul on … Continue reading
Posted in dedicated mode, shared mode, Windows 365, Windows 365 Boot
Leave a comment
Technical Preview TP2401 is out, and has lots of new features but failed to install due to an error with prerequisites
Introduction ConfigMgr is still being developed despite it’s apparent near death experience on Twitter recently. I tested upgrading to TP2401 but it failed the prerequisite check immediately. The failure didn’t add up so I had to contact Microsoft Product Group … Continue reading
Posted in 2401
Leave a comment
A quick look at Windows 365 Boot dedicated mode
Introduction Microsoft released Windows 365 Boot (Generally Available) September 2023, and are now adding new abilities to that feature. If you are new to Windows 365 Boot please take a look at the blog post from myself and Paul on … Continue reading
Posted in dedicated mode, Windows 365
Leave a comment
Automating Windows 365 part 2 – Using Graph X-Ray
Introduction This is Part 2 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PC’s using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PC’s using … Continue reading
Posted in Graph X-Ray, Windows 365
2 Comments
ARM64 support for OSD added to Configuration Manager
Introduction The Configuration Manager team at Microsoft have been busy and have released a new Technical Preview release, this time version 2311. This release has several new features but the one I find most interesting is the addition of ARM64 … Continue reading
Posted in 2311, ARM64, Windows 11 ADK
2 Comments
Problems imaging a Surface Go 4 using Configuration Manager
Introduction I got my hands on a test unit, a Microsoft Surface Go 4, and wanted to see if we could image it via SCCM as we currently are doing for Surface Go 3 models. However, the problems became apparent … Continue reading
Posted in 22H2, CVE-2023-24932, Surface Go 4, Windows 11, Windows ADK 11 version 22H2
1 Comment
An interview with Johan Arwidmark & myself
Introduction It was a Friday evening and I had just sat down after a long day at work when I got a message from Johan Arwidmark on Twitter, asking me if I’d join him on a new video series he … Continue reading
Posted in about me
Leave a comment
Automating Windows 365 part 1 – Introducing Graph and setting up Visual Studio code
Introduction This is Part 1 of a new series of guides which will cover managing Windows 365 Cloud PC’s using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. This mini series should help you get started with automating and managing your Cloud PC’s using … Continue reading
Posted in automating, Graph, Windows 365
Leave a comment
New video: Upgrading to ConfigMgr 2309
Introduction Configuration Manager 2309 was just released to the early update ring, you can read about that here. In this video I show you how I upgraded my PKI enabled (HTTPS) ConfigMgr 2303 site to 2309, take a brief look … Continue reading
Posted in 2309, ADK Windows 11 22H2, SQL ODBC driver
Leave a comment
New video: Fixing expired Root CA CDP and Crypt_E_REVOCATION_OFFLINE problems
Introduction Configuration Manager 2309 has just been released, and I wanted to update one of my ConfigMgr labs to this version. Before doing that I could see that the PKI environment was not healthy, there were expired certificates and worse … Continue reading
Posted in 2309, PKI
Leave a comment