This is, in effect, the holy grail and the final link in the chain for me to move all things EUD related away from ConfigMgr, and into Intune. However, so far I’m not overly impressed with how AutoPilot works compared to how ConfigMgr’s OS Deployment, and indeed even MDT, works The ConfigMgr way With a… Read More »
Microsoft have now released the 2403 upgrade for ConfigMgr into Early Access With this update there are a number of changes and improvements which can all be found here Two things to note before you install it though HTTPS or Enhanced HTTP should be enabled for client communication from this version of Configuration Manager Firstly,… Read More »
The migration of End-User devices away from ConfigMgr and into Intune has begun The rebuilding of apps was fairly painless after I found the Win32 Content Prep Tool over on GitHub. This handy tool makes it easy to convert anything from an EXE or MSI or even a PowerShell or Command Shell script into a… Read More »
I’ve been putting off the use of Intune for managing Windows clients for far too long, and I think it’s time to start taking a more serious approach to moving away from ConfigMgr and into Intune What’s been putting me off is, partly, a lack of the understanding of how it works but also just… Read More »
Still the same content but with a new web link, so update your links! New URL: https://www.gattancha.co.uk The old URL will still redirect here for a while, but will eventually be removed once I know everything is working as it should on the new URL.
Had an interesting one in my backup report this week, and it seems to have started after the recent round of updates. I noticed that one of my DCs had failed to backup the AD System State – something it had been doing happily for months. The error in the event log was as follows:… Read More »
If you are still running Server 2012 on any of your ConfigMgr site servers, now might be the time to start upgrading them or you’ll run into soe trouble when you try to upgrade ConfigMgr itself to 2403 ConfigMgr admins should start to see the warnings in their consoles informing them of the new requirements … Read More »
As with Windows 10, Windows 11 comes with a host of apps bundled into it by default, and you may not want all of those apps to be installed As with Windows 10, these apps can be removed with PowerShell – but don’t use the same script from Windows 10 as this has unforeseen consequences… Read More »
With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft changed how you customise the Start Menu in a way that it is the same for all users when they first log in. With Windows 10, this was a case of simply exporting the start menu to an XML file, which could then be re-imported with ConfigMgr during… Read More »
Just spent the whole day trying to re-install DPM 1801 (Server 2016 / SQL 2016 SP2 CU5) after major issues, only for it to fail with the dreaded “4387” error.. Already had SSMS v16.5.3 installed so wasn’t that. spent several hours of retries, including a reinstall of SSMS 16.5 with no luck. Eventually got it… Read More »