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System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 is available on VLSC now !

Posted on April 30, 2018 by ncbrady

Microsoft recently release System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. Upgrading to SCCM 1802 I blogged about how … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager 1804 Technical Preview is released !

Posted on April 27, 2018 by ncbrady

SCCM 1804 Technical Preview has been released.  This months new Technical Preview includes: Configure a remote content library for the site server To free up hard drive space on your primary site server, relocate its content library to another storage … Continue reading →

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Install SQL Server 2017 PowerShell script – download it here

Posted on April 25, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction In case you missed it I wrote a PowerShell script to install SQL Server 2017 CU5 here. You  can install SQL Server 2017 with SSMS and Reporting Services using this PowerShell script. The original blog post was created to … Continue reading →

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How can I patch 3rd party applications using System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) and Patch My PC

Posted on April 25, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Security is a bigger focus today than ever before, and rightly so. As part of that focus ongoing patching is a requirement, both of the operating system (quality updates and feature updates) and the application layer too. Microsoft provides … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 is now available on the eval site

Posted on April 16, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft recently release System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can do … 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 2

Posted on March 31, 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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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 1

Posted on March 30, 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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Update 1803 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!

Posted on March 29, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Update 1803 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an opportunity to try out new Configuration Manager features in a test environment before they are made generally … Continue reading →

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What are Baseline versions in System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by ncbrady

Note: This blog post was last updated 2019/4/2 to include info about the latest baseline release, version 1902. Introduction Microsoft recently released System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1902. You can read the official announcement here and for a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Silverlight not installed by default in SCCM (Current Branch) version 1802

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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The Application Catalog in SCCM (Current Branch) will no longer be supported after June 2018

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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What version of the Windows ADK is supported with System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 ?

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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Linux support to be removed from System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) in early 2019

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday, and along with it pages and pages of documents detailing changes and additions. One change that might be of interest to those of you currently managing Linux servers … Continue reading →

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How can I deploy custom favorites in Microsoft Edge to Windows 10 devices using Microsoft Intune

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Managing Windows 10 computers using Microsoft Intune is getting easier and easier. To customize the experience for your Windows 10 users so that they have favorites pre-loaded in Microsoft Edge, you can configure favorites in Edge using Microsoft Intune, … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Today (in Seattle, WA), Thursday the 22nd of March, 2018, System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released, you can read the official announcement here. For a detailed list of what’s new, see the following blog post. … Continue reading →

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