Introduction Yesterday saw the release of SCCM 1902 and it seems to include a lot of useful features we have been waiting for. I'm mentioning most of the highlights here but you can go to the what's new page for a full list. 1902 will be generally available in about…
Table of Contents Introduction My PC recently got stuck at startup after the installation of Windows Update. I tried multiple ways to restart it, but I always got stuck at the same point. I had to find my Windows 10 Recovery Key to continue. Since my PC is standalone, I…
Microsoft just added a preview feature to Intune that we have been waiting for! You can now find your Intune BitLocker Recovery keys from the device information blade in Intune. This makes it much easier for administrators while helping users with their locked devices. An example of this could be…
Introduction Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a technology from Microsoft that allows you secure the passwords for local administrators and store them in Active Directory, in a similar way to BitLocker recovery keys.This technology allows you to randomize a password for each computer you enable it on and to enforce complexity…
All businesses want to protect their data to make sure it is safe from unauthorized users. A big part of this is to encrypt the disks of their devices using BitLocker. This can easily be done during OS installation for all new computers but it might be troublesome to enable…
Background I was looking at how to create SCCM collection based on configuration baseline as a validation step before running upgrades on Windows 10 devices. During this process I wanted to automate collection memberships based on the results of the validation. It turns out that you can quite easily create SCCM…
Background I was recently asked what the prerequsites was for deploying application to users as Available. It turns out the customer was interested in moving from Application Catalog to the new Software Center which in turn made them ask some questions. Previously in the Silverlight based Software Center users were…