Author Archives: ncbrady

What are Baseline versions in System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by ncbrady

Note: This blog post was last updated 2019/4/2 to include info about the latest baseline release, version 1902. Introduction Microsoft recently released System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1902. You can read the official announcement here and for a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Silverlight not installed by default in SCCM (Current Branch) version 1802

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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The Application Catalog in SCCM (Current Branch) will no longer be supported after June 2018

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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What version of the Windows ADK is supported with System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 ?

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday. You can read the official announcement here and for a detailed list of what’s new, please see the following blog post. I blogged about how you can upgrade … Continue reading →

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Linux support to be removed from System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) in early 2019

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released yesterday, and along with it pages and pages of documents detailing changes and additions. One change that might be of interest to those of you currently managing Linux servers … Continue reading →

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How can I deploy custom favorites in Microsoft Edge to Windows 10 devices using Microsoft Intune

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Managing Windows 10 computers using Microsoft Intune is getting easier and easier. To customize the experience for your Windows 10 users so that they have favorites pre-loaded in Microsoft Edge, you can configure favorites in Edge using Microsoft Intune, … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802

Posted on March 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Today (in Seattle, WA), Thursday the 22nd of March, 2018, System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 was released, you can read the official announcement here. For a detailed list of what’s new, see the following blog post. … Continue reading →

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Where can I find indexes of the windows-noob.com step-by-step guides

Posted on March 2, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction windows-noob.com has been around for many years, and during that time I’ve written hundreds of step-by-step guides with screenshots. You may not be aware, but I’ve created indexes of these guides that cover multiple versions of System Center Configuration … Continue reading →

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How can I forcefully upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 10 to the latest version of Windows 10 using SCCM CB ?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Windows 7 is going EOL (End of life) in 2020, that means you have less than two years to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10 to remain supported. Based on the graphic below, you could indeed migrate to … Continue reading →

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Update 1802 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!

Posted on February 14, 2018 by ncbrady

This month’s new preview features include: Improvements in OSD Improvements to Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequence – The default task sequence template for Windows 10 in-place upgrade now includes additional groups with recommended actions to add before and after … Continue reading →

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How can I enable the diagnostic prompt for Windows 10 upgrades in Windows 10 v1703 and later

Posted on February 12, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction On Windows 10 version 1607 and earlier during Windows 10 upgrades from one version to another, after the computer reboots to upgrade the operating system you’ll see a screen similar to the below At this point you could press … Continue reading →

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How can I send notification messages using PowerShell in Microsoft Intune

Posted on February 2, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Occasionally you want to inform users about something, such as the need to update or install software, and the easiest way to do that is with some sort of a popup notification. The ability to do that in Microsoft … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801 now available !

Posted on January 23, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1801. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available:     System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)     System … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting “Something went wrong error 801c0003” during enrollment via Windows AutoPilot and Microsoft Intune

Posted on January 16, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Yesterday I needed to deploy a new Windows 10 version 1709 Virtual Machine using Windows AutoPilot, with a user that did not have Administrative permissions on that Virtual Machine, so I created the profile in Windows AutoPilot in the … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1712 now available !

Posted on December 17, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1712. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available:     System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)     System … Continue reading →

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