“Better Together” is the intended strategy for Microsoft Endpoint Manager Configuration Manager and Microsoft Azure for managing Windows 10 systems.
Cloud Management Gateway Choices
One way that a CMG is more complicated though is in the multiple possible requirements choices that you can use to fulfill the prerequisites. If you’re not paying attention to the details in the official documentation, it’s pretty easy to confuse the requirements, mistakenly conflate them, or miss an important condition.
Missing Update Folder Within an Update Package
I did some quick cleanup of the update packages in my lab the other day before running the Automatic Deployment Rules. Unfortunately, this appears to have deleted a source folder […]
Boundary and Boundary Group Import and Export
Five simple PowerShell one-liners to export and import boundaries and boundary groups from and to a Configuration Manager site.
Building a Windows 7 Image (Revisited)
This is a follow-up to a previous post: Building a Windows 7 Image. Why you may ask? Well, mainly for testing. If you are moving off of Windows 7 to […]
Four Types of Wake-on-Lan
There are four types of Wake on Lan (WoL) currently in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr/SCCM). Each operates differently and must be accounted for at the network level for them to work.
Command Synchronicity
Although Synchronicity is one one of the best songs ever from one of the best bands ever, this post isn’t about Gordon Sumner, Stewart Copeland or Andy Summers. This post […]
What Automatic Deployment Rules Actually Do
A common point of confusion for folks just starting with System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr or SCCM) is exactly what Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs) do.
Software Updates and Automatic Deployment Rules in ConfigMgr
Configuring Automatic Update Rules (ADRs) in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr or SCCM) comes up often in the forums and at customers as there is no one, clear-cut way to configure them. […]
Software Update Point Facts
As part of a (longish) Reddit forum thread, I posted the below facts about the Software Update Point (SUP) role in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). This is not a […]