Block Apple Facetime Built-in App with Microsoft Intune
A new bug was discovered with Apple’s Facetime app that gives the caller the ability to listen to the other device and even watch the video without approving the call. This vulnerability is not giving...
View ArticleDEPLOY WINDOWS SERVER 2019 USING SCCM TASK SEQUENCE
In this post, we will deploy the recently released Windows 2019 with SCCM 1810. We will describe how to create a SCCM Windows 2019 deployment task sequence and deploy it to your servers. If you are...
View ArticleTop 5 No-Brainers Security Features in Microsoft Intune
By 2019, when you plan to deploy modern device management solutions in your company, the security must be a priority. The cloud is accessible from anywhere on the planet and mobility allows users to...
View ArticleMonitor and identify SCCM Maintenance Windows
During a recent SCCM Assessment, I encountered a customer having hundreds of Maintenance Windows. I had to identify which collection and which devices were assigned those SCCM Maintenance Windows....
View ArticleDeploy Win32 application with Intune
Last September, Microsoft announced that Intune was finally able to distribute Win32 applications. This was a major show stopper to go full MDM for Windows 10 devices for many company and would keep...
View ArticleGetting Started with Microsoft Autopilot | Step-by-Step Guide
Since the announcement of Windows Autopilot there has been a lot of interest and questions about how it actually works, will it blend easily in our environment, etc. While at the beginning there was...
View ArticleSCCM 1902 Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide
Microsoft has released the first SCCM version for 2019. Microsoft still uses the same standard naming versions. You can begin upgrading your SCCM Current Branch environment to the latest 1902 release....
View ArticleEnable SCCM Distribution Point Maintenance Mode
SCCM Distribution point maintenance mode is a new feature available in SCCM 1902. Following Microsoft documentation, you can enable maintenance mode when you’re installing software updates, or making...
View ArticleHow to customize Windows 10 using Intune and Autopilot
With the latest updates Microsoft released to Intune and Autopilot, it is becoming more realistic to leave the task sequence behind in favor of using Autopilot with Intune to deliver the computer...
View ArticleHow to join Autopilot devices to Hybrid AD
In our previous post, we covered how to set up computers using Windows Autopilot. While the main scenario is to join computers to Azure AD, leaving the on-prem domain aside is for sure not realist in...
View ArticleUse Powershell to generate certificates for your lab
Certificates are becoming more and more important and are used almost everywhere and many solutions need a certificate to even start up. In production, you should have a healthy PKI solution up and...
View ArticleMigrate Office 365 Architecture from 32-bits to 64-bits using SCCM
In the past, if you had a computer with Office 365 32-bit version and wanted to migrate to the Office 365 64-bit version, you needed to uninstall the existing 32-bit version before installing the...
View ArticleHow to deploy Office 365 with Intune
As part of a move away from standard OS deployment with SCCM toward Windows Autopilot with Intune, one of the usual key component is managing the installation of Office 365. Intune provides a built-in...
View ArticleIdentify SCCM CMG Clients using console, collection and report
In a recent project, I was asked to install an SCCM Cloud Management Gateway The CMG provides a simple way to manage SCCM clients on the internet. Once the installation was made and working, I was...
View ArticleHow to configure Windows Analytics with Log Analytics
Windows Analytics is the suite name following the original release of Upgrade readiness. The suite adds Device Health and Update Compliance under the same roof. Depending on the environment each...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure Azure AD Connect
If you have an existing on-premises Active Directory infrastructure and plan to use SCCM Co-Management, you will need Azure AD Connect. This post will cover installing Azure AD Connect and configuring...
View ArticleHow to enable Co-Management in SCCM 1902
It’s been over a year since our initial post about enabling Co-Management. Several improvements have been made so it’s worth revisiting the Co-Management SCCM 1902 topic. Co-Management SCCM 1902...
View ArticleSCCM 1906 Step-by-Step Upgrade Guide
Microsoft has released a second SCCM version for 2019. Microsoft still uses the same standard naming versions. You can begin upgrading your SCCM Current Branch environment to the latest SCCM 1906...
View ArticleInstall applications to a device in real-time using SCCM 1906
Starting with SCCM 1906 you can install applications to a device in real-time. This feature can help reduce the need for separate collections for every application which is a common scenario in many...
View ArticleHow to use SCCM Task Sequence Debugger
Since SCCM 1906, SCCM Administrator has a new tool to debug a task sequence deployed to a computer. This feature is kind of special for me since I was part of the team that worked on an Hackaton...
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