In this series: Intune Standalone – Part 1 – Subscribe to Intune for evaluation Intune Standalone – Part 2 – Enrol from OOBE Intune Standalone – Part 3 – Software Updates (Draft still, will publish soon) Intune Standalone – Part 4 – Managed BYOD – iOS and Android In this guide as part of the series on Intune standalone I’m going to run through setting up MAM-WE, that’s Microsoft Application Management Without Enrollment. We’ll dispense with device management and enrolment into Intune, and instead secure the company data within the applications being used by the user, preferably Microsoft Ou ..read more

In this series: Intune Standalone – Part 1 – Subscribe to Intune for evaluation Intune Standalone – Part 2 – Enrol from OOBE Intune Standalone – Part 3 – Software Updates (Draft still, will publish soon) In the first part of this guide series I outlined the following objectives I’d try to cover: Join Windows 10 Enterprise edition VM’s to Intune Standalone Manage GPO like settings Manage Software Updates Deploy Software Perform OSD using AutoPilot In Part 4 I am going to turn away from the objectives and focus on setting up Intune to handle the managed Bring your own Device (BYOD) scenario fo ..read more

With the race on to replace Windows 7 I recently had a request backed out from a customer to implement Desktop Analytics, while still requiring us to move forwards with their Windows 7 to Windows 10 IPU (In-Place Upgrade). I think most people know that 14th of January 2020, Windows 7 support ended ..read more

ConfigMgr Build 1910 released with a wholesome load of features, one in particular I’ll cover here, the addition of Output to task sequence variable in the existing task sequence Run Command Line and Run PowerShell steps. This is a really handy feature. I’ve been achieving the same result in a clunky manner for a while now. Execute something client-side during the task sequence, store the (cleaned up) output in a task sequence variable, do something with that variable further into the task sequence. Good example would be evaluating a registry key value. Not so easy pre-Build 1910. If I wanted ..read more

You’d think completely losing your ConfigMgr Content Library (no backup) would be quite a dramatic event from a bumpy road perspective, I found that it isn’t that traumatic at all, there are only two key activities, the first being some brief file system jiggery-pokery, and the second that the network is going to get a bit of a hammering, as all content will need to be resent (not redistribute) out to the DP’s to get ConfigMgr to put it back into the Content Library. If you have a backup, restore that puppy and get out of jail totally. But with no backup, well, read on. A while back I lost a H ..read more

A customer of mine is in the process of bringing the image factory back in-house, leveraging their ConfigMgr installation, hosted in Azure, to deliver Windows 10 task sequences (build and upgrade) to intranet and eventually via their CMG, internet based devices. The quality bar is relatively basic from the MSP that is responsible for purchasing, preparing and shipping their devices to their end-users, so it hasn’t taken long to spin up OSD in ConfigMgr, and match the build results, producing a better tooled, more customised build that meets their needs and goes several steps further, while the ..read more

I remember a few years back at an MVP Summit watching a PG member showing us the mock up’s they had prepared for how Management Insights would “look” in the console, while gauging our response and taking in feedback. The feature certainly has come along way from then, if’ you’ve not paid much attention to Management Insights, now would be a good time to visit the feature and see what insights it gives you for your site. From what I can recall the motivating reason for Management Insights was driven by the desire to make administrators lives easier overall, bringing to light the “house chores ..read more

Now that Current Branch 1906 (5.0.8853.1000) is out, and I have some spare time to chase through some of the features, I thought I’d whack out some mini-posts highlighting various features. One of the less impactful but interesting features due to what they are tinkering with, is Site Maintenance. This one isn’t going to woo your manager or users, or change your work routine one jot, but it is interesting nonetheless as it touches ‘old ground’. Other than additions to the site maintenance task list over the last two decades, there hasn’t been any other change made in this space visually. That ..read more