Author Archives: ncbrady

Forcing a time sync during Windows Autopilot OOBE to combat time related issues

Posted on October 21, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I recently encountered an issue when after Windows Autopilot enrollment was completed, the end user was unable to browse on-premises network resources such as file shares when logged on with using the Windows Hello for Business login method. The … Continue reading →

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Dem in 20, Will printer Audits continue to exist ?

Posted on October 20, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E, you can find each episode that I’ve blogged about (including this one) below: Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy … Continue reading →

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Technical Preview 2109 is out, update your console manually

Posted on October 4, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released another new Technical Preview release a few days ago with lots of cool features, but I got side-tracked as I struggled to get the console updated using the normal in-built methods. I saw various console upgrade errors … Continue reading →

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Retrieve BitLocker recovery keys from Tenant attached devices in the MEM console

Posted on September 28, 2021 by ncbrady

Microsoft recently added a new preview ability to the production version of ConfigMgr 2107. Aaron tweeted about it here. Below are the prerequisites. Prerequisites Configuration Manager site version 2107 or later Apply a Configuration Manager BitLocker management policy to the … Continue reading →

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Fixing: “Total identified Windows installations: 0”

Posted on September 26, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I bought a second hand replacement laptop for a mis-behaving Surface Pro 4 (jittery screen) and to save my time (the computer wasn’t mine) I decided to image it. Anyway, long story short, after I restored 82GB of data … Continue reading →

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Technical Preview 2108 is out !

Posted on August 31, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have just released Technical Preview 2108, and it has some new features which I’ll take a look at here. The first feature is the ability to export the following to CSV Device Collections User Collections Devices Users Simply … Continue reading →

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That Change Management Success Rate Struggle

Posted on August 17, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E, you can find each episode that I’ve blogged about (including this one) below: Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy … Continue reading →

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Hotfix available for ConfigMgr version 2103 to solve policy storm issues caused by Invoke-MbamClientDeployment.ps1

Posted on July 28, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I tweeted and blogged about policy storm problems caused by using the following MBAM script Invoke-MbamClientDeployment.ps1 during OSD with Configuration Manager version 2103 when the BitLocker Management feature is enabled, you can read about that here. My original tweet … Continue reading →

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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 8 Enabling Tenant Attach

Posted on July 19, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 8 in a series of guides about cloud attach in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, with the aim of getting you up and running with all things cloud attach. This part will focus on enabling the compliance policies … Continue reading →

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Dealing with annoying admin requests using 1E Tachyon

Posted on July 2, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E, you can find each episode that I’ve blogged about (including this one) below: Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy … Continue reading →

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using BitLocker Management in ConfigMgr and do OSD, read this !

Posted on July 1, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I like many others have blogged about enabling BitLocker during a task sequence in the past, however recently it’s come to my attention that the Invoke-MBAMClientDeployment.ps1 scripts which were provided for MBAM setups are not supported for use with … Continue reading →

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Retire My PC – a self-service app to secure company data on old computers

Posted on June 28, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction By now we should all be familiar with Windows Autopilot and how it is used to provision new computers, as explained below in Microsoft’s diagram. For every new computer delivered via the Windows Autopilot process there’s usually an old … Continue reading →

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Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2106 is out, and it’s huge !!

Posted on June 24, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction On the same day that Microsoft announced Windows 11, comes Technical Preview 2106 and it’s full of new features, I mean really full ! The list of what’s new is humongous. A few of my favorite changes in this … Continue reading →

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A quick look at the “Retire MY PC” app

Posted on June 23, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I tweeted about this recently and it gained a LOT of attention, so I thought I better do a video showing what this actually does. When your users get a new Windows Autopilot PC, their old computer will usually … Continue reading →

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Dealing with apps that crash using the Tachyon Experience module.

Posted on June 15, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction I’m currently blogging about a series of DEM in 20 webinars from 1E, you can find each episode that I’ve blogged about (including this one) below: Episode 1. How to find and fix Slow Endpoints Episode 2. That crashy … Continue reading →

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