Author Archives: ncbrady

Yet another RansomWare attack leaves businesses with problems

Posted on June 29, 2017 by ncbrady

The return of EternalBlue On June 27th 2017, another RansomWare attack took hold targeting the same eternal blue (SMBv1) vulnerabilities as WannaCry before it. This attack however doesn’t reach out to the internet like WannaCry did, it’s an internal network … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1706 now available !

Posted on June 27, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Another month has passed by and on June 23rd,  finally we get to play with the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager from Microsoft. I didn’t blog it immediately (like I normally do) because my Computer … Continue reading →

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Free Community Portal for Configuration Manager from Cireson

Posted on June 18, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Back in March 2017, I reviewed Cireson’s ConfigMgr Portal, and it is a great product, however it’s not free there is a license cost involved. That said, Cireson have now released a new free version of the Portal called … Continue reading →

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What is Windows Information Protection and how can I use it to protect Enterprise data on Windows 10 devices using Microsoft Intune ?

Posted on June 18, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows Information Protection or WIP (formally known as Enterprise Data Protection or EDP) is explained nicely in Microsoft’s own words and i’ve included a quote of that below:-   Quote With the increase of employee-owned devices in the enterprise, … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1705 now available !

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Another month has passed by and finally we get to play with the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager from Microsoft. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) … Continue reading →

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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager version 1702 (Current Branch) on Windows Server 2016 with SQL 2016

Posted on May 6, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction In a previous guide I showed you how to install System Center Configuration Manager version 1606 (Current Branch) on Windows Server 2016. This guide will show you how to quickly install the latest and greatest baseline version, System Center … Continue reading →

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How can I determine how long a blade loads in Intune Preview in Azure ?

Posted on April 26, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction On an MVP call we discussed page load times in Intune Preview and a ‘trick’ was mentioned to show how long various components take to render. Clicking on any link in Intune shows a corresponding blade. To get page … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1704 now available !

Posted on April 21, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Another month has passed by and finally we get to play with the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager from Microsoft. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) … Continue reading →

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How can I automate the deployment of Windows 10 (Creators Update) using MDT and PowerShell ?

Posted on April 12, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction This script has been written to allow you to automate the deployment Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Update) using the latest available software including: Windows 10 x64 (version 1703, MSDN media) Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) build 8443 Latest available … Continue reading →

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How can I determine what SCEP AntiMalware policies are installed in Windows 10 version 1703

Posted on April 7, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows 10 version 1703 was released to MSDN recently and of course many are upgrading their labs prior to the VLSC release. One thing that has changed drastically in Windows 10 version 1703 is the SCEP application (System Center … Continue reading →

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SCCM Query for All Windows 10 version 1703 ?

Posted on April 6, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Here’s a quick post with a new query for All Windows 10 Version 1703 devices (excluding LTSB) select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_OPERATING_SYSTEM.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_R_System.OSBranch != 2 and (SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion = ‘Microsoft Windows NT Workstation … Continue reading →

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ADK 1703 released, Windows 10 version 1703 on MSDN

Posted on April 6, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have released both Windows 10 version 1703 and ADK 1703 today, one is on MSDN the other on Microsoft’s download site. Download the media Download Windows ADK 1703 Download Windows 10 version 1703 What’s new in Windows 10 … Continue reading →

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Video – Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager 1703 Technical Preview

Posted on April 6, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have yet again released a new update, this time it’s System Center Configuration Manager 1703 (Technical Preview). This is a quick post to highlight a detailed video I’ve just created and uploaded to youtube. The video shows the … Continue reading →

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Still running SCCM 2007 ? then make sure you are aware of this

Posted on March 31, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction A SHA-1 deprecation coming to Windows will affect Configuration Manager, especially 2007 which doesn’t support SHA-2 algorithms. SHA-1 is a legacy cryptographic hash that many in the security community believe is no longer secure. Using the SHA-1 hashing algorithm … Continue reading →

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How can I forcefully upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version using System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)?

Posted on March 29, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows 10 is probably one of the fastest developing operating systems from Microsoft yet, and was initially released in July 2015 as Windows 10 version 1507. The version 1507 nomenclature equates to (YYMM) or year year, month month so … Continue reading →

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