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System Center Configuration Manager

How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 3

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading

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How can I configure PKI in a lab on Windows Server 2016 – Part 2

In part 1 of this series, you configured your LAB for a 2 tier PKI hierarchy running on Windows Server 2016. You used PowerShell to create some virtual machines, and then installed Windows Server 2016,  Windows 10 Enterprise version 1803 … Continue reading

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

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 !

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

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1805 released

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

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

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 !

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 !

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

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

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

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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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 1

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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Update 1803 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!

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)

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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