Category Archives: SCCM

System Center Configuration Manager

Configuration Manager 2409 is globally available, what’s in it for you ?

Introduction Shortly after Technical Preview 2411 was released I predicted that Configuration Manager 2409 would be released within a couple of days, and it was more or less, well… 4 days later. This production release was late and people were … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2411 is out, upgrade now before your lab times out

Introduction Microsoft have announced Technical Preview 2411 via a tweet from Bala and a blog post. This release is interesting as it precedes the yet to be released Configuration Manager 2409 production release, and many of the features in this … Continue reading

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Console fails to load after Configuration Manager 2403 upgrade

Introduction I upgraded my ConfigMgr 2309 lab to 2403 to try out the new release but things didn’t quite go to plan. After the upgrade the console upgraded as normal but when launching it I got an error. There were … Continue reading

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Technical Preview TP2401 is out, and has lots of new features but failed to install due to an error with prerequisites

Introduction ConfigMgr is still being developed despite it’s apparent near death experience on Twitter recently. I tested upgrading to TP2401 but it failed the prerequisite check immediately. The failure didn’t add up so I had to contact Microsoft Product Group … Continue reading

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ARM64 support for OSD added to Configuration Manager

Introduction The Configuration Manager team at Microsoft have been busy and have released a new Technical Preview release, this time version 2311. This release has several new features but the one I find most interesting is the addition of ARM64 … Continue reading

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Problems imaging a Surface Go 4 using Configuration Manager

Introduction I got my hands on a test unit, a Microsoft Surface Go 4, and wanted to see if we could image it via SCCM as we currently are doing for Surface Go 3 models. However, the problems became apparent … Continue reading

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New video: Upgrading to ConfigMgr 2309

Introduction Configuration Manager 2309 was just released to the early update ring, you can read about that here. In this video I show you how I upgraded my PKI enabled (HTTPS) ConfigMgr 2303 site to 2309, take a brief look … Continue reading

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New video: Fixing expired Root CA CDP and Crypt_E_REVOCATION_OFFLINE problems

Introduction Configuration Manager 2309 has just been released, and I wanted to update one of my ConfigMgr labs to this version. Before doing that I could see that the PKI environment was not healthy, there were expired certificates and worse … Continue reading

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A quick look at Configuration Manager 2307 Technical Preview

Introduction The Configuration Manager technical preview release cadence produces less releases this year compared to previous years, but at least a new one is now released and it includes a lot of useful changes. The last technical preview release was … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2305 is out – should you upgrade ? YES

Introduction Configuration Manager Technical Previews are not released every month as they used to be,  the last Technical Preview release was TP2303. The focus clearly is now on Cloud and AI related stuff like CoPilot. However we now finally have … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2302 is out

Introduction Microsoft is busy pushing out more technical preview releases for Configuration Manager, the second release this year is version 2302. Although previously mentioned in an earlier release, the name has changed from Microsoft Endpoint Manager to Microsoft Configuration Manager … Continue reading

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Quick tip: Free up space on your ConfigMgr server

Introduction While waiting for the next Technical Preview release of ConfigMgr version 2301, I noticed my lab server operating system drive C:\ was running out of space. Only 12.0 GB free ! In the past I’ve seen ConfigMgr upgrades abort … Continue reading

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New video: Resolving expired certificates in a PKI (HTTPS) based SCCM OSD Lab

Introduction I use PKI based labs to test various scenarios from Microsoft. I’ve multiple SCCM (Configuration Manager) labs that are running in HTTPS only mode (PKI) using a two tier PKI infratstructure (Offline Root CA, Issuing CA). Using multiple labs … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2209 is out, adds improvements to search in the console and dark mode theme

Introduction Microsoft recently released another technical preview release for Configuration Manager (MEMCM) namely Technical Preview 2209. I upgraded my lab to see what was new, and during the upgrade I noticed a warning in the Update Pack Installation Status, so … Continue reading

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Technical Preview 2208 is out, adds RBAC for tenant attached devices

Introduction Microsoft have released Technical Preview for ConfigMgr 2208, and with it a new RBAC feature for tenant attached devices. ConfigMgr 2208 now supports Intune role-based access control (RBAC) in addition to Configuration Manager RBAC for tenant attached devices. You … Continue reading

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