Microsoft is very busy developing the next version of System Center Configuration Manager, today Microsoft released technical preview of VNEXT. Like the other technical previews Microsoft allows you to test the next version in a lab environment. This version allows you to test the following new features; Deployment of required applications to Windows 10 devices managed […]
READ MOREYesterday I was honored to speak at BriForum about managing Mac OS X devices with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 natively and with the Parallels Mac Management for SCCM plugin. During this session I showed what we need to enable and configure Mac OS X support in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 and what options are currently […]
READ MORECurrently more and more applications in the Apple and Google Play stores become manageable via Microsoft Intune. For instance, when you have the Microsoft Office mobile apps available in Microsoft Intune for a while you may want to use the Mobile Application Management policies to control what the users are able to do with the […]
READ MOREToday I placed a section on my blog where I will be keeping track on all (free) Store Apps that are supporting the Mobile Application Management Policies in Microsoft Intune and Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1. Have a look here, and please let me know if you know other apps that are not yet listed! […]
READ MOREA couple of months ago I wrote a series of blogs about the Mobile Application Management Policies in Microsoft Intune. With the release of Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1 lot’s of new features arrived in Configuration Manager. Both Microsoft Intune and Configuration Manager 2012 have the same Mobile Device Management features now. More on the […]
READ MOREBusy times while Ignite is going forward. Yesterday the Configuration Manager team released Cumulative Update 5 for Configuration Manager 2012 R2. This bundle of updates/fixes will fix issues in the following areas; Reporting Software Distribution and application management Site servers and site systems Client Operating system deployment Endpoint Protection The new version of Configuration Manager […]
READ MORETogether with some customers of mine we are testing and implementing Microsoft Intune connected with Configuration Manager 2012 R2 (hybrid scenario). Regardless of the fact the Configuration Manager 2012 R2 is managed by the Configuration Manager admins they want to be able to give certain employees (admins) of their company only permissions to manage only […]
READ MOREThe Easter weekend ended very great after getting two sessions at IT/Dev Connections approved. IT/Dev Connections will be held like last year in the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas, the place where more than 1.500 IT Pros will be learning all about SQL, Exchange, Windows, System Center, Azure, Intune, EMS and more 🙂 The place to be […]
READ MOREWhile writing my last blog I realized myself that in Microsoft Intune, where the Mobile Device Management Authority has been set to Configuration Manager, objects of devices and users were also appearing in Microsoft Intune. Correct me if I am wrong, but earlier this was not the case. Let’s see why those objects are now also […]
READ MOREYesterday announced and today a new Intune Extension for Configuration Manager 2012 R2 was available. The extension enables us to set up conditional access for customers using Exchange Online, you are able to restrict Exchange ActiveSync for users that have their devices enrolled. Let’s see how this works together with Exchange Online.
READ MORELast week I had a couple of content related issues at a customer after a Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 to Configuration Manager 2012 R2 upgrade. What happened is that one day all the content was nicely distributed to the distribution points and after enabling Content Validation on the Distribution Points almost half of the packages […]
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