“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What Automatic Deployment Rules Actually Do
A common point of confusion for folks just starting with System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr […]
Software Updates and Automatic Deployment Rules in ConfigMgr
Configuring Automatic Update Rules (ADRs) in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr or SCCM) comes up often […]
Software Update Point Facts
As part of a (longish) Reddit forum thread, I posted the below facts about the […]