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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 7

Posted on July 3, 2018 by ncbrady

This series is comprised of different parts, listed below. Part 1 – Introduction and server setup Part 2 – Install and do initial configuration on the Standalone Offline Root CA Part 3 – Prepare the HTTP Web server for CDP … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 6

Posted on June 27, 2018 by ncbrady

This series is comprised of different parts, listed below. Part 1 – Introduction and server setup Part 2 – Install and do initial configuration on the Standalone Offline Root CA Part 3 – Prepare the HTTP Web server for CDP … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 5

Posted on June 19, 2018 by ncbrady

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 4

Posted on June 17, 2018 by ncbrady

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 3

Posted on June 17, 2018 by ncbrady

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 2

Posted on June 17, 2018 by ncbrady

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading →

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 1

Posted on June 14, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Security is everywhere, and a core component of security are certificates. Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption (1).  In … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1806 released !

Posted on June 5, 2018 by ncbrady

It’s not a Friday but @Djammmer tweeted that another SCCM Technical Preview is released, and sure enough there it is in the console ! Note: This is a live post so while this text is present, I’m still adding to … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1805 released

Posted on May 15, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Technical Preview 1805 for System Center Configuration Manager at the Midwest Management Summit. Starting with TP1805, you no longer need to have PKI certs or HTTPS management points for AAD auth on CMG. Because you shouldn’t have … Continue reading →

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Microsoft releases PowerShell Intune samples on GitHub

Posted on May 8, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have just published some new PowerShell Intune samples on GitHub. You might also want to follow Dave on Twitter. Downloads You can download the PowerShell samples here. the readme.md file contains information about how to use the scripts … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 version 1803 is available on VLSC !

Posted on May 7, 2018 by ncbrady

Last week Windows 10 (code named Redstone 4) version 1803, was made available for download on MSDN. This is the successor to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709). And now, for Enterprises, it’s available on Microsoft Volume Licensing Center. … Continue reading →

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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 4

Posted on May 7, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction This multi-part guide will show you how to install the latest  baseline version of Configuration Manager from Microsoft. The latest available baseline version is  System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 as of March 29th 2018. You can … Continue reading →

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 is available for Windows 10 1803

Posted on May 3, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows 10 version 1803 was recently released to MSDN and other media. If you have  Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) installed before upgrading from one release of Windows 10 to the next, then it’s worth noting that it (RSAT) … Continue reading →

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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 3

Posted on April 30, 2018 by ncbrady

This multi-part guide will show you how to install the latest  baseline version of Configuration Manager from Microsoft. The latest available baseline version is  System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 as of March 29th 2018. You can use … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 version 1803 is available for download

Posted on April 30, 2018 by ncbrady

Windows 10 (code named Redstone 4) version 1803, is finally available for download on MSDN. This is the successor to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709). It is also available for download here. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Here’s a video about the … Continue reading →

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