I was determined not to do any customization of the Start button location, but I couldn’t keep my hands off. There are some useful registry keys that we can use to set the default location of the Start Button and hide Task View, Chat icon for example during OSD or AutoPilot for that matter using…
Remove the chat icon in Windows 11 Start menu using GPO/Intune
When Windows 10 was released I and many others did a lot of customizing of Start Menu, Taskbar branding and so on. Windows 11 changes that as we can no longer change or modify the Start Menu, or well we control the default Pinned apps using Intune/MDM but it is simply not worth it. I…
Upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 with Setupconfig.ini and Intune
Me and Fellow MVP Ronni Pedersen have been presenting on Windows Servicing on a number of events the last couple of months! One of the things we cover is how to use Setupconfig.ini together with Intune when doing Windows Servicing. After testing it out when doing an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 using…
Windows 11 customizations a first look
Customization of Windows 10 is something that we have done since Windows 10 was released. Reason? Get rid of apps that are not enterprise ready and should not be on an Corporate device, set default apps for our preferred applications maybe apply company branding and more. Windows 11 changes nothing of this, as many of…
Important! – MEMCM enabling BitLocker during OSD post 2103
I have always liked Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring(MABM) as it provides us with additional functionality compared to saving the BitLocker recovery key in Active Directory. MBAM brings us for example:– Protection against accidental deletion of AD computer object (Separate DB)– Key rotation– Self-Service– Role based access to Recovery Keys– Compliance reporting – Escrowing TPM…
New version of HPIA automation in a TS – MASHPIA
New version of Mashpia ? (Yes the solution has a name now!) Biggest improvements in the new version is we are moving away from webservice to using the built-in adminservice from ConfigMgr! This solution is provided to the Community by Daniel Gråhns and Nicklas Eriksson, Twitter(Sigge_gooner), thank you for sharing it! Great work! As the…
Convert CMG to VM Scale Set – MEMCM TP 2106
Configuration Manager 2106 Technical preview is filled with great new features! I will write more about them but I had to start out with testing to convert CMG to Virtual Machine Scale set which is a new feature. Before we start, I made sure that I had enabled the providers in the Subscription needed in…
Amazing gems in MEMCM 2104 Technical Preview
A highlight of every month is when a new Configuration Manager Technical Preview is out! Always extremely fun to see and test out new features that is coming, some can be directly from a Uservoice suggestions. There are some amazing gems in MEMCM 2104 Technical Preview release! Cloud attach improvements, console improvements and last but…