Category Archives: 1806

A summary of System Center Configuration Manager releases in 2018 and the new features – Part 1 (Current Branch)

Posted on December 23, 2018 by ncbrady

The product team behind System Center Configuration Manager at Microsoft (led by David James) have done an amazing amount of work in the last year alone. They’ve released three major releases of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1802, 1806 … Continue reading →

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Deploying Windows 10 in the enterprise using traditional and modern techniques, my notes from the Ignite session

Posted on September 26, 2018 by ncbrady

Introduction Yesterday I was stuck in my hotel room with a terrible cold (flu) but I motivated myself to get out of bed and attend some sessions today, as that is what Microsoft Ignite is all about. I just attended … Continue reading →

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SCCM 1806 CB Build & Capture TS failing at Prepare OS step

Posted on September 12, 2018 by ncbrady

I came across this in the windows-noob.com FaceBook group  today, so I thought i’d share it with you. An SCCM Build & Capture TS failing at Prepare OS step Invalid command line argument ‘/shutdown:false’ have just upgraded SCCM from 1710 … Continue reading →

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Bugs fixed since the SCCM (Current Branch) version 1806 release

Posted on September 6, 2018 by ncbrady

Microsoft have published a web page listing a few downloads and links to summaries of what was fixed since the Fast Ring release to today in System Center Configuration Manager version 1806 (Current Branch). https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configurationmgr/2018/08/31/updates-for-configuration-manager-current-branch-1806-now-available/ In one of those links … Continue reading →

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WMI errors in SMSTS.LOG after Restart Computer step in an in place upgrade task sequence (SCCM 1806 CB)

Posted on September 1, 2018 by ncbrady

I noticed that my in place upgrade task sequence (Windows 10 1709) was failing after the built in Restart Computer step, just bombing out of the task sequence. Further diagnosis revealed WMI errors in the SMSTS.LOG just prior to exiting … Continue reading →

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