Category Archives: SCCM

System Center Configuration Manager

How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2018 by ncbrady

This multi-part guide will show you how to install the latest  baseline version of Configuration Manager from Microsoft. The latest available baseline version is  System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 as of March 29th 2018. You can use … Continue reading →

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How can I install System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2017 – Part 1

Posted on March 30, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction This multi-part guide will show you how to install the latest  baseline version of Configuration Manager from Microsoft. The latest available baseline version is  System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) version 1802 as of March 29th 2018. You can … Continue reading →

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Update 1803 for Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch – Available Now!

Posted on March 29, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Update 1803 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. Technical Preview Branch releases give you an opportunity to try out new Configuration Manager features in a test environment before they are made generally … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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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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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1711 now available !

Posted on November 19, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Microsoft (together with a bunch of Microsoft MVP’s in Seattle) have released the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager namely System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1711. There are two main versions (of Configuration Manager) available: … Continue reading →

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System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1710 now available !

Posted on November 2, 2017 by ncbrady

Introduction Another month has passed by and  finally we get to play with the latest Technical Preview release of System Center Configuration Manager from Microsoft. I would have blogged about it earlier but my lab took a nose dive and … Continue reading →

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