Yesterday the Configuration Manager 1608 technical preview was released and just love the fact that we get a better end user experience in Software Center, I just had to write this. One of the new features in Software Center is that we can both see if there are new items and which item is new….
Disable Welcome to Microsoft Edge page and default browser prompt in Windows 10 1607
Another post of mine on how to make Windows 10 1607 handle the way I like in an Enterprise is now live on the 4Sysops website. Many enterprises would like to control and remove such notifications because they can confuse users and trigger unnecessary help desk calls. At the time of this writing, no Edge setting…
Managing the Taskbar in Windows 10 using the new feature in 1607
I had to write a post on the new options we have in Windows 10 1607 and managing the items in the Taskbar, it is now live at 4Syops.com where I am one of the authors. It covers how to deploy a custom taskbar during OS deployment, Group Policy, Powershell script and some lessons I…
Removing/blocking the Connect app in Windows 10 1607
I have written posts both about how to uninstall builtin apps in Windows 10 using Powershell and how to block them with Applocker before so this is just a note that you will need to use Applocker once more. Now that Windows 10 1607 is here we have a new app called “Connect” which we…
Using Windows 10 build numbers as Global Condition in ConfigMgr
When deploying Windows 10 1607 the anniversary update for the first time I realized I need to be able to filter applications and also Task Sequence steps based on builds in the future. Why? Well I am lazy so I just copied my existing Windows 10 deployment Task Sequence and it failed when deploying applications…
Disabling Windows Defender what’s new in Windows 10 1607
Windows defender has become even better in the Windows 10 1607 release which is great! But it has also added a first-run dialog for each user that launches the Windows Defender UI. This is kind of annoying as it doesn’t check i the settings are already configured and a normal user doesn’t have permissions to…
What is new in ConfigMgr 1607 Technical Preview
I just had to write this post as one of my User-voice items for Configuration Manager and favorite new feature is included in this release, the Company Logo is now displayed in end-user dialogs and Software Center. What is new in Configuration Manager 1607 Technical Preview, you can read the full list here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2016/07/29/update-1607-for-configuration-manager-technical-preview-available-now/ but…
Switch from Bios to UEFI seamless using Configuration Manager TS in 6 simple steps
This solution has been created and tested by a colleague of mine Johan Schrewelius, he has done most of the work so I cannot give him enough credit for this. We have been using it for a while now and it works great, it is 100% unsupported 😉 as we change values on a read-only…