With Windows 11 Insider release 22059 the new Start Menu options were introduced which I love! I almost never anything in the recommended section on the Start Menu and now we get three alternatives to how much estate that part can take up on the Start Menu.The same as today, more or less space. I…
MEMCM 2203 released with great features
MEMCM 2203 has been released with some great features that I need to write about. Must be one of the releases that includes most the top request features like Escrow BitLocker Recovery Key to MEMCM in a Task Sequence, Dark Mode! and Icons for Task Sequences and packages. Escrow BitLocker Recovery Key to MEMCM in…
MEMCM SQL Query Poor Performance
A few days ago, we experienced performance issues when querying a ConfigMgr DB view. A very simple query: “SELECT Name, MachineID, IsActive, AADDeviceID FROM v_CombinedDeviceResources WHERE CoManaged = ‘1’” could take up to a minute to complete. Since we already knew that “v_CombinedDeviceResources” is the source from where the Device view in the ConfigMgr console…
Intune Configuration Profile for Google Chrome based on STIG
Google Chrome is a very popular browser but as other browsers it needs to be managed as well. One great reference for how to secure and configure Google Chrome is the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) which can be found here:Google Chrome Current Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide (stigviewer.com) I have created a Custom policy…
MEMCM Cloud Management Gateway migration options
Now that Cloud Management Gateway (Classic Service classic) is deprecated and will be removed in the future releases of Configuration Manager after 1 March 2022 we can now longer deploy a CMG using the cloud service (classic). This is most likely due the fact that Classic VMs is being removed in Azure as the link…
Great stuff in MEMCM Tech Preview 2201
It was a while ago since I wrote a post on what’s new in MEMCM Tech Previews but I could not help myself this time, some great stuff in this one! It it amazing that the Product Group ships at least 12 Technical previews each year with new features both small and large. In this…
Remote help for Intune/MEM
I wrote a post on 4Sysops.com on the new Remote Help feature in Intune/MEM. A great and long awaited feature as we today need to buy a separate product or use Quick Assist which is built in and free but has many limitations (and should be removed from all corporate managed devices). In Configuration Manager…
IPUInstaller update with Windows 11 and MUI Support
IPUInstaller is a community tool from my Co-Worker Johan Schrewelius that gives us another option to do Windows Upgrades with control and less user-down time. A new version has been released that includes Windows 11 support which is great!I have blogged about IPUInstaller before https://ccmexec.com/2021/02/windows-servicing-in-the-work-from-anywhere-era-using-ipuinstaller/ and here is a short video how it could look…