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For many customers, a successful path to getting and staying current with Windows 10 monthly updates starts with a good content distribution strategy using Configuration Manager. The size of the monthly quality updates can be a cause of concern for large organizations. There are a few technologies available that are intended to help reduce bandwidthContinue reading “Optimize Windows 10 Update Delivery with Configuration Manager”

Questions are often along the lines of How should I properly run this in a Configuration Manager environment, or How often should I be running this maintenance. It’s not uncommon for conscientious Configuration Manager administrators to be unaware that WSUS maintenance should be run at all. Most of us just set up WSUS servers because it’s aContinue reading “The complete guide to WSUS and Configuration Manager SUP maintenance”

Configuration Manager (SCCM) | Split Tunneling The demand for split tunnelling optimisation has always been there, but in today’s world when remote users and employees make up a high percentage of users, why have optimised the corporate network, helping to prevent unnecessary bandwidth throttling, poor connectivity, frustrated users and decreased productivity. With the right changesContinue reading “Optimise Network Traffic for Remote Users with Spilt Tunnelling”

Configuration Manager (SCCM) | Video Tutorials This guy has you covered (Justin Chalfant), and is fast becoming one of my favorite go-to sites. Not only does he have everything to do with the setup and configuration of Configuration Manager (SCCM), but he also has a plethora of excellent video tutorials, broken down into bite-sized modules, covering all aspects of SCCM automation. With the bonus of the video tutorials backed by TechNet and Microsoft Docs documentationContinue reading “Configuration Manager (SCCM) Video Tutorials”

Configuration Manager (SCCM) | Home Lab Want to start building your own Configuration Manager (SCCM) home lab and honing your skills, but don’t know-how Then check out the automated process by Johan Arwidmark https://deploymentresearch.com/hydration-kit-for-windows-server-2019-sql-server-2017-and-configmgr-current-branch/ In his own words This kit builds a complete ConfigMgr Current Branch infrastructure running on Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2017. This kit is tested on both Hyper-V and VMwareContinue reading “Configuration Manager (SCCM) Home Lab”

Configuration Manager (SCCM) | Windows as a Service | Feature Upgrades The most comprehensive article you will find outside of Microsoft for a full detailed end to end Workflow of delivering Windows 10 Feature release across an Enterprise In his own words by Mike Terrill Windows 10 brings several new challenges to the Enterprise –Continue reading “Windows as a Service with Feature Upgrades”

Configuration Manager (SCCM) | In-place Upgrade | Splash Screen Want a professional, modern, clean splash screen, rather than the Task Sequence Progress Bar, with the additional benefits of restricting the user from interacting with the upgrade process? Then a must-read at https://garytown.com/windows-splash-screen-for-the-task-sequence-progress by Gary Town This original concept and author comes from Trevor Jones https://smsagent.blog/2018/08/21/create-a-custom-splash-screen-for-a-windows-10-in-place-upgrade/Continue reading “Custum In-place Upgrade Splash Screen”