Category Archives: System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

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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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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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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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 →

Posted in 2103, AzureAD, BitLocker, BitLocker Management over CMG, httptrigger, sendgrid | Leave a comment

Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 7 co-managing Azure AD devices

Posted on May 25, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 7 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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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 6 Enabling conditional access

Posted on April 12, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 6 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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Prepare for HTTP-only client communication depreciation in ConfigMgr

Posted on March 12, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft recently announced that HTTP only communication will be dropped from ConfigMgr in October 2022 here. The advice is to enable a more secure communication method for the site either by enabling HTTPS or Enhanced HTTP. Learn about HTTPS … Continue reading →

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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 5 Enabling compliance policies workload

Posted on March 12, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 5 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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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 4 Enabling co-management

Posted on February 20, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 4 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 co-management. This series … Continue reading →

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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 3 Creating a Cloud Management Gateway

Posted on January 30, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 3 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 creating a Cloud Management … Continue reading →

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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 2

Posted on January 25, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction This is part 2 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 preparing your environment for … Continue reading →

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Cloud attach – Endpoint Managers silver lining – part 1

Posted on December 23, 2020 by ncbrady

Microsoft released Windows Intune back in March 2011, this was their launch pad to get users into the cloud. This later evolved into Microsoft Intune and is now known as Microsoft Endpoint Manager. This cloud journey encompassed several new technologies … Continue reading →

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Video: deploy an OS via CMG using bootable media

Posted on December 10, 2020 by ncbrady

Introduction I wrote a fairly long blog post explaining how to achieve OSD via CMG using bootable media here. That should outline all the steps needed to get you going. If however you want to see a closer look at … Continue reading →

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Deploy an OS over CMG using bootable media

Posted on December 10, 2020 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released update 2010 on December 1st and one of the many new features was the ability to deploy an OS over CMG using bootable media. I tested out this ability when it first arrived in aTechnical Preview release … Continue reading →

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