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System Center Configuration Manager

How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 1

Posted on June 14, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Security is everywhere, and a core component of security are certificates. Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption (1). In … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1806 released !

Posted on June 5, 2018 by ncbrady

It’s not a Friday but @Djammmer tweeted that another SCCM Technical Preview is released, and sure enough there it is in the console ! Note: This is a live post so while this text is present, I’m still adding to … Continue reading →

System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1805 released

Posted on May 15, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Technical Preview 1805 for System Center Configuration Manager at the Midwest Management Summit. Starting with TP1805, you no longer need to have PKI certs or HTTPS management points for AAD auth on CMG. Because you shouldn’t have … 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 4

Posted on May 7, 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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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 3

Posted on April 30, 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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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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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

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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

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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