Preparing for HTTPS Only
First published on TECHNET on Jul 13, 2016 As you can imagine being a Microsoft ConfigMgr PFE, I see a lot of ConfigMgr environments. I usually get asked the question by either the ConfigMgr team or the Security team “How difficult is it to go to HTTPS?” Maybe because I been doing this for what seems like forever BUT, it's all about the workflow and plan. The workflow I use is low risk and pretty solid. So let's just jump right in.Lift & Shift - ConfigMgr 2012 to ConfigMgr 1702 Current Branch - Part 1 (The Upgrade)
First published on TECHNET on Aug 16, 2017 So, all too often lately I have been getting the call to assist upgrading ConfigMgr 2012 to the new Current Branch (ConfigMgr 1702/6). As excited as I am to get the call, it's also daunting to listen to the way engineers plan on doing the upgrade. So here I thought I would put together some information on HOW to best get this done the quickest way with as little downtime as possible.Lift and Shift - ConfigMgr 2012 to ConfigMgr 1702 Current Branch - Part 2 (The Backup & Restore)
First published on TECHNET on Aug 16, 2017 The Backup and Restore Now that we have gotten Configuration Manager 2012 R2 to a point where we can restore the backup to supported version of a higher Operating System and the same SQL version (2014) we can go through the next phase.
