Monthly Archives: August 2016

Ensuring mobile devices are up to date using Microsoft Intune

Introduction On August 25th, 2016 Lookout released research, conducted in partnership with The Citizen Lab (Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto), about a sophisticated, targeted, and persistent mobile attack on iOS that uses three zero-day vulnerabilities called “Trident.” … Continue reading

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Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a month of lunches – Book Review

Introduction Today I received a book written by fellow MVP and all round cool Australian James C. Bannan. It was the long awaited Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a month of lunches which is published by Manning. I’ve met … Continue reading

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Microsoft Intune provides day 0 support for Android Nougat

Introduction Google announced the general availability of the Android Nougat update (also known as Android N or Android 7.0). Since the day the developer preview bits first became available back in March 2016, the Intune team has been testing our … Continue reading

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System Center Configuration Manager 1608 Technical Preview now available !

Introduction Another month, another release, this time System Center Configuration Manager 1608 (Technical Preview). Microsoft are developing updates for ConfigMgr at a commendable rate. Kudos to David and the rest of the ConfigMgr team. What’s New in 1608 Application Requests … Continue reading

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EMS technical training available on Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA)

Introduction Microsoft is excited to announce the availability of deep technical training on MVA. This course is designed to cover security and mobility scenarios in depth and help organizations learn and deploy all of the EMS services. Topics like deploying … Continue reading

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Managing Windows 10 PCs with Intune

Introduction Microsoft Intune manages everything from iOS, Android, and Windows phone devices to Windows RT, Windows PCs, and even Mac OS X, but I’m going to kick off this  blog series to talk specifically about managing Windows 10 PCs. This might seem … Continue reading

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When do different versions of Windows 10 (CB versus CBB) become unsupported ?

Introduction It’s a little over a year now since Windows 10 was first released and during that time three versions have been released. Windows 10 1507 – (build 10240) Windows 10 1511 – (build 10586) Windows 10 1607 – (build … Continue reading

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Support for System Center Configuration Manager current branch versions

Introduction With the ever-evolving Current Branch releases, it’s good to have a place where you can verify what the support life cycle is for any version, and now you can. Head over to this page on Technet and you’ll see … Continue reading

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Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB is now available on MSDN

Introduction Windows 10 version 1607 was released recently and now the Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB is released to MSDN. What is Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB? Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB builds on Windows 10 Pro, version 1607 adding … Continue reading

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#AzureAD Conditional Access Policies for iOS, Android and Windows are in Preview!

Introduction Microsoft is excited to announce the Preview of device-based policies for Azure AD Conditional Access! These policies help you stay in control of your organization’s data by restricting access to enterprise managed devices. Policies can be applied on a … Continue reading

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Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016

Introduction Windows 10 version 1607 was released this week and Microsoft have released the administrative templates required to manage it (the .admx files). Download the admx templates To get the ADMX templates for Windows 10 version 1607, go to this … Continue reading

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Update your ConfigMgr 1606 SUP servers to deploy the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Introduction The Windows Team has released update KB3159706 that enables the provisioning of decryption keys in WSUS for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. This update is necessary for WSUS to be able to natively decrypt the encrypted Windows 10 … Continue reading

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RSAT for Windows 10 version 1607

Introduction Windows 10 version 1607 was released this week and already people are upgrading their Windows devices. Prior to the upgrade, you may have been connecting to Active Directory using RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools). When you upgrade from one … Continue reading

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New in Intune: Intune App SDK support for Xamarin and TeamViewer integration

The right technology partners are an important part of Intune’s vision to extend the value of our service by plugging into and working with other popular point solutions. Intune partnerships are designed to enhance our core functionality by delivering interoperability … Continue reading

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Windows 10 (anniversary update) version 1607 is now on MSDN

Introduction Microsoft released Windows 10 (anniversary update) version 1607 on VLSC yesterday, and today, it’s on MSDN. So now you have no excuse to avoid testing, deploying and managing Windows 10 (version 1607), other than waiting for the ADMX files. … Continue reading

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