When deploying Windows 10 1511 the builtin Onedrive client is now “old” and then it doesn’t support the same group policies as the new Onedrive Next Gen client does. Before we start some background information on the Onedrive client in Windows 10 1511. The onedrive client is installed in this location in the users profile…
How to Use AzureDirectoryUserSync in ConfigMgr TP 1604
Back in November at the MVP Summit we all where part of a Hackathon where all MVP’s submitted ideas for new features in Configuration Manager. Myself, Kim Oppalfens and Kaido Järvemets where part of a hackathon project that was either mine or Kim’s idea to start with, that can make it easier to do a…
Installing Applications Dynamically during OS using AD group
As shown and promised at MMS 2016 in Minnesota, probably the best tech event I ever attended by the way!!, I talked about and showed how I have installed applications dynamically using Configuration Manager for the last 4 years during my session with Kent Agerlund and Ryan Ephgrave. I love to keep it simple. Update:…
Making the IE shortcut survive an in-place upgrade in Windows 10
I wrote a post on how to add an Internet Explorer shortcut to the Start Menu in Windows 10 which turned out not to be the easiest thing to do. The post can be found here: https://ccmexec.com/2015/09/customizing-the-windows-10-start-menu-and-add-ie-shortcut-during-osd/ When I started to upgrade Windows 10 1507 – 1511 I realized that the “Internet Explorer.lnk” file is…
Disabling the “Disable apps to improve performance” reminder in Windows 10
In Windows 10 by default a reminder is displayed to the end-user in the Notification area if there are three apps or more that launch automatically when you login. At least I think this is very annoying and it causes end-users to call the servicedesk and ask how they can disable the applications to improve…
Configuration Manager/ Intune and Apple VPP
I get a lot of questions if there are any difference in functionality in Intune Standalone and in Hybrid with Configuration Manager. There are a lot of differences, in this post I will show how to setup the Apple Volume Purchase Program(VPP) integration in Configuration Manager 1602 with Intune and cover the differences in functionality…
ConfigMgr CB 1602 Windows 10 Servicing feature updated
In Configuration Manager CB 1511 the Windows 10 Servicing feature was introduced which gives us a great view of the Windows 10 versions used in our environment and a tool to schedule the updates of Windows 10 versions. What is happeing when we create Service Plans is basically an ADR which deploys the Windows Upgrade…
ConfigMgr CB 1602 Server 2008 R2 in-place upgrade to 2012 R2
One of the new features in the newly released version of Configuration Manager CB 1602 is that in-place upgrade of the Server OS from 2008 R2 -> 2012 R2 is now supported. This will save a lot of time and money for many customers out there, great that it is finally supported! I upgraded my…