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Set custom Teams backgrounds with Powershell

Posted on 07/02/202115/05/2021 by Remy Kuster

I got a request at work that it would be nice if users already have got some of the companies custom teams background that they can select as their background in a meeting. They wouldn’t have to upload the images themselves but they would already be in teams to select. It also should be easy to add new custom backgrounds if needed. So I made a powershell script with a colleague of mine that would do this. In this post I will show you how this script works and you can use it yourself.

Setting up Co-management MECM (SCCM) Part 1

Posted on 03/01/202115/05/2021 by Remy Kuster

A lot of company’s are still managing there devices on premise with domain joined devices and with MECM (SCCM). But with the pandemic most employees are working at home on there personal device or on a domain joined mobile device. Managing the domain joined devices that are being used at home is quite challenging. Off course you can deploy your applications and windows update with MECM and an active vpn connection.
But still how often do employees connect with the vpn application? If they don’t the device will become unsecure because of missing windows updates and missing application updates. You want these kind of devices to be updated and managed even without an active vpn connection. To be able to do this we can setup co-management in MECM. In this post I will show you how to setup co-management in MECM 2006.

Issues after Google Chrome enterprise upgrade

Posted on 11/11/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

I recently updated Google Chrome Enterprise version 84.0.4147.125 x64 to version 86.0.4240.111 x64. After the upgrade some users had issues. Users that had set Chrome as their default browser before the upgrade could not open URL’s anymore. Some shortcuts that we created to open a specific URL with Chrome by default even if the default browsers wasn’t Chrome didn’t work anymore. In this post I will explain what happened and how you can fix the issues if your would run into them.

Uninstall Adobe Flash with KB4577586

Posted on 29/10/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

Microsoft has released a Windows update (KB4577568) that removes Adobe’s Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020. However, it isn’t rolling out via Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) yet, and the update needs to be downloaded and installed from the Microsoft Update Catalog. It will become available to WSUS in early 2021. In this post I will show how you can Import this update in WSUS and deploy it with MECM (Software Update Point).

Create structure in your MECM (SCCM) console !UPDATED!

Posted on 25/10/202020/09/2021 by Remy Kuster

The MECM console is the place where you do all of your operational tasks. Deploying windows OS and updates, creating and deploying applications, creating user and device collections, task sequences, running scripts, monitoring and much more.
In order to keep a good overview it is important to create structure within your MECM (SCCM) console, so everyone knows where to find what.
This post will describe a way to structure the MECM console.

Right Click Tools for MECM (SCCM)

Posted on 12/10/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

You can do a lot of tasks with MECM, but the one thing that MECM doesn’t have are some good device management remote actions. MECM has got client notification that allows you to perform client actions on a collection or on a single device, but still the amount of actions and feedback of these actions are not really that great. I have been using an other great MECM 3rd party tool called RECAST Right Click Tools (RCT) and it is available as a free version or a payed Enterprise version. Off course the Enterprise version has got more actions/tools available but still the free version really makes the life of a system administrator or it support employee much easier.

Start menu not working: Critical Error

Posted on 28/09/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

After installing the Cumulative Update KB4570333 released the 8th of September (W10 1809) we got some calls from users that the start menu didn’t work anymore. There also was a Critical Error shown when clicking the start menu button. In this post I will show you how to fix this error.

Touchpad not working in WinPE with HP EliteBook G7 series

Posted on 22/09/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

Today I found out with one of my colleagues that the touchpad of the HP EliteBook G7 series didn’t work in WinPE. We were making preparations for an OSD installation. In this short post I will let you know what the solution was to fix this issue.

Show specific scripts to MECM (SCCM) console users

Posted on 21/09/202006/04/2021 by Remy Kuster

A few days ago one of my colleagues asked me if we couldn’t let the IT helpdesk colleagues run scripts from the console by themselves. Great idea of course because a script can fix an issue and help a user really quick and the user will be helped a lot faster if the helpdesk employees can run the script(s) by themselves instead of having to call a colleague of a different IT team first who can run the scripts. But the console can have a lot of scripts, perhaps you don’t want the helpdesk to be able to run all the created scripts but only a selection of them. So in this post I will show you how to allow a specific script or scripts to be run by the helpdesk employees.

Install Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager

Posted on 07/09/202015/05/2021 by Remy Kuster

Because of the world wide epidemic of COVID-19 a lot of employees are working at home. The last few months the usage of online/cloud meeting platforms has exponentially grown and because of this a lot of companies had to implement MS teams much faster then planned. In order to use teams you can use the online teams or install the Teams app, you don’t need admin rights in order to install it on a computer.
So an employee could go and use a browser to use the teams online or install the Teams app on his or hers companies computer, but it would be even better when the employees won’t have to install it at all, and could just use the desktop Teams app when using the companies computers. In this case the best thing to do is to deploy the Teams desktop client. So in this post I will show how to Install Microsoft Teams with Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.