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Great tool to change MECM content path locations

Posted on 21/02/202421/02/2024 by Remy Kuster

Just a tip for a really useful tool. Our storage department was planning a storage migration so the content share used for applications, packages, etc in MECM (SCCM) changed. We already used a cname to point to the content share for a lot of objects but not for all of them. So I was looking for a tool to change content paths to the correct cname share in MECM.

This tool does the job! I can really recommend it!

Deploy Microsoft Project and Visio (Click-to-run)

Posted on 05/02/202405/02/2024 by Remy Kuster

I got a request at work if I could create the deployment of the latest versions (Click-to-run) of Microsoft Visio and Project and set the Monthly update channel. The deployment of the applications should be made available in the Company Portal for users that are a member of the Entra ID synced Active Directory group to which the Visio and or Project Online plan licenses are assigned to.
We still run a 32 bits MS365 Apps on devices so got a mix of 32 bits and 64 bits MS 365 apps. The deployment should automatically detect the MS 365 apps architecture and then install the correct 32 or 64 bits version of Project and / or Visio. In this post I will show you how I did this. I will also provide all the sources and scripts you need to accomplish this.

Upgrade to MECM version 2203

Posted on 11/04/202211/04/2022 by Remy Kuster

Update 2203 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) is now available. In this post I will show all the steps you have to take to upgrade your current MECM installation. To install MECM 2203 as an update, you must have MECM version 2010 or later installed. If you check for updates in your console and the update is not available this post also shows how to get it using the early update ring script. I personally would not install the new version when it still is in the early ring on your production environment but it would be suited for a lab or test environment. When the new version is available in the production ring usually there is an hotfix available already so that would be a good version to install on your MECM production.

Upgrade to MECM version 2107

Posted on 08/09/202109/09/2021 by Remy Kuster

Update 2107 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) current branch is available since 20-8-2021. In this post I will show all the steps you have to take to upgrade your current MECM installation. To install MECM 2107 as an update, you must have MECM version 2002 or later installed.

Upgrade to MECM version 2103

Posted on 15/04/202108/09/2021 by Remy Kuster

Update 2103 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM) current branch is now available. In this post I will show all the steps you have to take to upgrade your current MECM installation. To install MECM 2103 as an update, you must have MECM version 1902 or later installed. If you check for updates in your console and the update is not available this post also shows how to get it using the fast ring script.

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.

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.

Use the Run Scripts feature in MECM (SCCM) to deploy PowerShell scripts

Posted on 17/06/202003/03/2023 by Remy Kuster

Run Scripts feature in MECM (SCCM) in allows you to do the following things:

Create and edit PowerShell scripts for use with Configuration Manager.
Manage script usage through roles and security scopes.
Run scripts on collections or individual managed devices.
Get Realtime script results from client devices.
Monitor script execution and view reporting results directly after deploying your script.

PowerShell Active Directory Module on Windows 10

Posted on 16/12/201903/03/2023 by Remy Kuster

The PowerShell active directory module allows you to do the following things:

Manage and automate standard domain-related tasks
Check domain user Active Directory attributes and group memberships on the users workstation, if installed on users workstation (described in this post)

Deploy Windows 10 build as a feature update

Posted on 18/07/201915/04/2022 by Remy Kuster

With MECM (SCCM) you can deploy a new Windows 10 build in two ways. You can deploy Windows 10 build as a feature update (Servicing) or you can create a task sequence (in-place-upgrade).

In my opinion with a task sequense you can easy create pre and post actions based on variables but the time that a user can’t use the computer (downtime) can be quiet long.

Deploying the feature update with servicing is much more user friendly, because there is almost no downtime for the user. Creating pre and post actions can be done but are not easy and can’t be based on variables like task sequence steps can.