Category Archives: Windows 10

The Path to Modernizing Windows Management

Introduction MDM or PC agent? What’s the right approach to deploy and manage Windows 10? It is better to use Intune or System Center Configuration Manager ? Choosing the right path Written by Windows and Intune/ConfigMgr engineering teams, this article … Continue reading

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How can I add new Windows 10 admx files to the Group Policy Central Store and then deploy them ?

Introduction Windows 10 is an operating system that is evolving at a very fast pace and will most likely be released as a new version (part of the Current Branch) every 6 months or so.  At the time of writing … Continue reading

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Coming soon: Support for new Windows 10 features, Apple VPP for Business, and more

Introduction Microsoft has been hard at work developing and improving features in Microsoft Intune, read below for details.   Support for new Windows 10 features You can now set an additional rule in the Compliance Policy for conditional access to … Continue reading

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Why am I missing a Trusted Platform Module in hyper-V Gen 2 machines running on Windows 10 v1511 or later ?

Introduction This is a quick post as I saw this problem this morning on a computer running Windows 10 TH2 release [Version 1511 or build 10.0.10586]. When checking for the new Virtual TPM feature it wasn’t present on my Hyper-V … Continue reading

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Why does Windows end up on X: when deploying Windows 10 x64 1511 (build 10586) with System Center Configuration Manager ?

Introduction If you’ve downloaded the newly released version of Windows 10 x64 1511 (build 10586) or later builds of Windows 10, then you’ll probably want to install it using MDT 2013 Update 1 or Configuration Manager (Current Branch). Problem The … Continue reading

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System Center Configuration Manager: Support for Windows 10 and Microsoft Intune

Windows 10 brings with it powerful new options for deployment and servicing. In System Center, we are committed to providing enterprise customers with best-in-class management for Windows 10 with System Center Configuration Manager, specifically by helping you successfully deploy, manage, … Continue reading

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How can I deploy a customized Windows 10 start menu using System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager ?

Introduction In previous posts I showed you how you can upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager and how to Deploy Windows 10 x64 Enterprise. In this post I’ll explain how you can customize the Windows 10 start … Continue reading

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How can I deploy Windows 10 Enterprise x64 with MDT 2013 Update 1 integrated with System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager ?

In a previous post I showed you how you can upgrade System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager to System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager with MDT 2013 Update 1 integrated. If you haven’t upgrade ConfigMgr yet then I urge … Continue reading

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How can I upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 SP1 with MDT 2013 Update 1 integrated?

Introduction In the last few months, there’s been a plethora of releases from Microsoft, and I wanted to put together a guide that not only covers upgrading a primary from System Center 2012 R2 CU4 to System Center 2012 R2 … Continue reading

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Looking for Windows 10 content ? look no further

Introduction Windows 10 has launched and now is a good a time as any to get acquainted with it. If you want to learn about deploying it in your enterprise then check the links below. Here’s some great (free) Windows … Continue reading

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How can I setup KMS (key management server) for activating Windows 10 ?

Introduction here’s some brief note’s for setting up KMS for activating Windows 10.  Step 1. Setup Server 2012 R2 First things first, you need to setup up a new 2012 R2 KMS server, because it won’t work with Windows 2008 … Continue reading

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Windows 10 Enterprise is available to download now !

This is a short post to provide links for downloading the ISOS from MSDN. Microsoft have released Windows 10 officially today to the general public, and if you opted for the Windows Insider program you are probably already running that … Continue reading

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Build 10240 now available for Windows Insiders in Fast and Slow rings

Yet another build of Windows 10, this time 10240 is available, and it’s a TH build meaning threshold or ‘very near to RTM’ After the update is complete you get a new OOBE requiring you to accept the updated license … Continue reading

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How can I connect to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console using Windows 10 ?

Introduction This is a short post to clarify how you can connect to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console using Windows 10 (as of build 10122). Problem You want to login to the Microsoft Intune Admin Console, so you click on … Continue reading

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Why can’t I sysprep Windows 10 build 10122 ?

Introduction I had this problem this morning so thought i’d post the fix, to cut a long story short when trying to Sysprep a Windows 10 build 10122 image, the sysprep process failed every time during the generalize section as … Continue reading

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