Next month, on January 14, 2020, Microsoft ends the “extended support” for Windows 7 and they will stop releasing security updates. At least if you don’t pay extra for it… Microsoft has an “Extended Security Updates” (ESU) program that can keep you Windows 7 clients secure for another 3 years.Many enterprise customers have access to these updates as part of their Microsoft E5 licenses or volume licensing (VL). They just need to enable it.This blog post will explain how setup the Extended Security Updates for Windows 7, if using volume licensing (VL) to manage on-premises deployments of Windows 7.In order…
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Next week I’ll be speaking at the Techorama conference. Techorama is a yearly international technology conference which takes place at Kinepolis Antwerp. This conference is a healthy mix between developers, IT Professionals, Data Professionals and SharePoint professionals. The key concept of the conference: Deep Knowledge, so expect less slides, and more demos!The speaker list is pretty awesome, and it’s perfect mix with lots of international top speakers, Microsoft MVP’s and Community Experts! Check out the full speaker list: https://techorama.be/speakers/I have the great pleasure myself to be delivering two sessions this year. My good friend and fellow MVP, Ronny de Jong…
If you are deploying a Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) in System Center Configuration Manager, and you are using a newly created Azure Subscription, you might see the following error when deploying the CMG:Resource Manager – Failed to list keys for storage <name of cmg> with status code: NotFoundIf you then navigate to the Activity log on the Resource Group for the subscription, you can see that the Microsoft.ClassicCompute resource provider is missing.This is a recent change (to my knowledge) that will affect all new Azure Subscriptions as the Azure Team has decided that the Microsoft.ClassicCompute will be disabled on all…
Just came back from an amazing week at Microsoft Campus in Redmond with 25 fellow SCCM & Intune MVP’s from all over the world. A special thanks to everyone from the Product Group that took time out of their busy calendar to spend time with us and listen to our feedback.Looking forward to come back again in March for the Global MVP Summit 2019./Ronni
Yesterday I started a new Windows 10 1803 project with a customer. They want to start deploying Windows 10 1803 to new machines and also start upgrade existing Windows 10 clients to 1803. To upgrade existing clients, I’ve created a Task Sequence template that I’ve been using at many different customers in previous projects (including 1803). But yesterday I got the following error displayed in a Command Prompt during the deployment: winpeshl.ini file is present, but no commands were successfully launched. This could be caused by incorrect formatting or an invalid executable name. Please consult the documentation for more information.…
IntroductionThe Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) feature was first introduced in version 1610 as a pre-release feature. Last week Microsoft released 1802, and this feature is no longer a pre-release feature. We also now have the option to create the CMG using Azure Resource Manager (ARM).In this blogpost I will share some learnings that I got from migrating the first customer from an existing (Classic) CMG deployment to the new modern (ARM) deployment.Pre-Migration TasksThere is really not that much that needs to be prepared, but you should spend the 15-20 minutes it takes to read the following documentation before you start:Plan…
IntroductionWith the release of Configuration Manager 1710, Microsoft now supports co-management, so Windows 10 clients can be managed by both SCCM and Intune at the same time. There are a few pre-requirements that need to be completed if you want to use co-management, and the most important one is that you need have your MDM authority in Intune set to Intune.The following are general prerequisites for you to enable co-management: Configuration Manager version 1710 or later Azure AD EMS or Intune license for all users Azure AD automatic enrollment enabled Intune subscription (MDM authority in Intune set to Intune)See all…
IntroductionWith the 1702 release of Configuration Manager, Microsoft released (pre-release) the Data Warehouse service point that can be used to report on long-term historical data. And with the 1706 release, this feature is no longer a pre-release feature.Setting up the Data Warehouse feature is pretty much straight forward, but depending on your environment you might see some challenges.Prerequisites and Installation guide can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/servers/manage/data-warehouseThe Remote SQL challengesLast week I was asked to setup a new Data Warehouse server for one of my customers. The Data Warehouse Database should be hosted on a new dedicated SQL Server 2016.Setup:SERVER1 (Primary…
Sometimes when troubleshooting the Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) feature in System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) you need to access the IIS log files from the Virtual Machine that runs the cloud service. From the Azure Portal navigate to Cloud Services (classic) and select the Cloud Management Gateway service. Select Remote Desktop, and Enable Remote Desktop to the Service (Virtual Machine), and click Save. This will normally take 3-5 minutes to activate. When Remote Desktop Services has been activated, you can connect to the Virtual Machine by selecting Roles and Instances, and selecting the ProxyService (ProxyService_IN_0). Click Connect, to download the…
IntroductionImportant: This feature is only available in the technical preview for now.Most SCCM customers are trying to limit the number of servers they need for the SCCM environment. And for many good reasons. Having a server, on each remote office to support clients can be very expensive for some customers.Most of the workloads can be provided by other desktop clients by making them distribution points or enabling services like BranchCache or Peer Cache. But one important function that required a full server Operating Systems is the option to provide PXE boot.So, If you have been doing OS deployment using SCCM…