Author Archives: ncbrady

Cumulative Update 1 for ConfigMgr 2012 SP2 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 is now available

Posted on August 5, 2015 by ncbrady

Microsoft has announced that Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 2 is now available for download. This update includes an extensive list of fixes for … Continue reading →

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How can I setup KMS (key management server) for activating Windows 10 ?

Posted on August 4, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction here’s some brief note’s for setting up KMS for activating Windows 10.  Step 1. Setup Server 2012 R2 First things first, you need to setup up a new 2012 R2 KMS server, because it won’t work with Windows 2008 … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Enterprise is available to download now !

Posted on July 29, 2015 by ncbrady

This is a short post to provide links for downloading the ISOS from MSDN. Microsoft have released Windows 10 officially today to the general public, and if you opted for the Windows Insider program you are probably already running that … Continue reading →

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Build 10240 now available for Windows Insiders in Fast and Slow rings

Posted on July 16, 2015 by ncbrady

Yet another build of Windows 10, this time 10240 is available, and it’s a TH build meaning threshold or ‘very near to RTM’ After the update is complete you get a new OOBE requiring you to accept the updated license … Continue reading →

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What’s new in System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2

Posted on July 16, 2015 by ncbrady

Microsoft is making available System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Endpoint Protection Technical Preview 2. This second technical preview provides you with an early glimpse of the functionality that we plan to release in Q4 of this calendar year, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 – Clients for Additional Operating Systems

Posted on July 1, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have just released updated clients for additional operating systems such as Linux or Mac on Microsoft Download here. Supported Operating Systems The supported operating systems are listed below. Mac Client: The following Mac versions are supported in this … Continue reading →

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Updated Powershell script with June 2015 drivers for deploying the Surface Pro 3 with MDT 2013

Posted on June 29, 2015 by ncbrady

On June 25th, Microsoft released another driver update for the Surface Pro 3 here. As usual, i’ve updated my PowerShell script to allow you to deploy this awesome device using minimal effort via a MDT 2013 solution all built with … Continue reading →

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How can I Enable BitLocker on Hyper-v Gen 2 virtual machines during OSD using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction Enabling BitLocker during New Computer scenarios has been a task organizations have been using for years now, indeed you’ve had the ability to automate it fully using FrontEnd’s such as this one. As Virtual technology (such as Microsoft Hyper-V … Continue reading →

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New features coming to Intune over the next week

Posted on June 23, 2015 by ncbrady

Microsoft is planning to release the next set of Microsoft Intune features between June 22 and July 2. As part of this service update, customers using Intune standalone (cloud only) and System Center Configuration Manager integrated with Intune (hybrid) can … Continue reading →

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Now Available: Intune Mobile Application Management and Conditional Access for Outlook

Posted on June 18, 2015 by ncbrady

Microsoft has announced that Intune MAM and CA for Outlook is now available with Intune. In partnership with the Outlook team you can now manage the Outlook apps for iOS and Android using Microsoft Intune mobile application management (MAM) and … Continue reading →

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Now Available – System Center 2016 Technical Preview 2

Posted on June 12, 2015 by ncbrady

Today Microsoft released TP2 of System Center Configuration Manager 2016, below is the blog post via http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2015/05/06/now-available-system-center-2016-technical-preview-2.aspx Today we released the second Technical Preview of System Center 2016. System Center 2016 will continue to speed time to value with new … Continue reading →

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If you have a good idea about Microsoft Intune or Microsoft Configuration Manager, tell Microsoft about it and get it voted up !

Posted on June 11, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft Connect has been around for years now and allows users to raise issues about problems found in Microsoft products, or to request a Design Change Request (DCR) to get something implemented in the next version Problem The problem … Continue reading →

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How can I connect to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console using Windows 10 ?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction This is a short post to clarify how you can connect to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console using Windows 10 (as of build 10122). Problem You want to login to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console, so you click on … Continue reading →

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Why can’t I sysprep Windows 10 build 10122 ?

Posted on May 25, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction I had this problem this morning so thought i’d post the fix, to cut a long story short when trying to Sysprep a Windows 10 build 10122 image, the sysprep process failed every time during the generalize section as … Continue reading →

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Confused about the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 releases ?

Posted on May 16, 2015 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released some new downloads for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager recently, however like others, you are probably confused about the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 releases. I’ll try and … Continue reading →

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