Category Archives: System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview

Technical Preview 2201 – A closer look at content distribution status

Posted on February 1, 2022 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have released another Technical Preview of Configuration Manager, this time it’s version 2201. Here is the official blurb. One of the cool new features is the ability to see the status of your content as it’s being distributed … Continue reading →

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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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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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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Use Windows Updates notifications instead of ConfigMgr client notifications in tp2105.2

Posted on June 10, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft recently released TP2105.2 and I’ve been testing a new feature for the last week or so. That new feature is the ability to use built in Windows notifications instead of the usual ConfigMgr client agent notifications when Windows … Continue reading →

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How to change the CMG (VMSS) size after it is deployed

Posted on May 18, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Technical Preview 2105 last week and with it came some CMG changes, one of which is the ability to decide the size of the CMG VM while creating the CMG. I covered that process in this blog … Continue reading →

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Creating a VMSS CMG and setting VM size with Technical Preview 2105

Posted on May 17, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Technical Preview 2105 last week and it had a bunch of updates, one of which is related to being able to select the size of your CMG virtual machine in Azure as long as it’s configured to … Continue reading →

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Technical preview 2104 get BitLocker recovery keys for a tenant-attached device

Posted on April 25, 2021 by ncbrady

Microsoft have released Technical Preview 2104 and with it comes a new BitLocker Management feature. You can now get BitLocker recovery keys for a tenant-attached device from the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center. For example, a help desk technician who doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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Improvements to BitLocker support via cloud management gateway

Posted on February 23, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft released Technical Preview 2102 and it’s got a bunch of new updates as usual, including some updates for BitLocker Management via the cloud management gateway. To get some ideas about how BitLocker Management via a CMG works please … Continue reading →

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Fixing One or more Azure AD app secrets used by Cloud Services will expire soon

Posted on February 12, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction My Technical Preview lab (TP2101) had a message in the ConfigMgr console informing me that: “One or more Azure AD app secrets used by Cloud Services will expire soon. Renew to avoid service disruption.” After some quick research I … Continue reading →

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Required application deployments visible in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center

Posted on February 12, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft recently released Technical Preview 2101, it’s the first technical preview this year and it’s packed with new features. One of those new features is related to Tenant Attach and we’ll take a look at that feature here. If … Continue reading →

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Technical Preview 2101 – Feature update in a task sequence

Posted on January 30, 2021 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft just released Technical Preview 2101, it’s the first technical preview this year and it’s packed with new features. Let’s take a look at one of those new features and it is the ability to update Windows using feature … Continue reading →

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Manage BitLocker policies and escrow recovery keys over a cloud management gateway (CMG)

Posted on October 31, 2020 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft are continuously responding to feedback from UserVoice and one such new implementation in Technical Preview 2010.2 is the ability to manage BitLocker policies and escrow recovery keys over a cloud management gateway (CMG). For more details see here … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager – part 2

Posted on October 4, 2020 by ncbrady

Introduction These are my notes from a session @ Microsoft Ignite 2020, the session was hosted by Steve Dispensa (Director of Program Management at Microsoft Endpoint Manager) and Ramya Chitrakar (Director of Engineering at Microsoft Endpoint Manager). For the last … Continue reading →

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New features in Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2010