Managing Patch Tuesday with Configuration Manager in a remote work world
This article is designed to help you successfully deliver patches to your managed PCs that are no longer on-premises and connecting via VPN using home broadband networks. We will take you through a decision tree of options available to your organization when it comes to managing your upcoming patch deployments as we approach the April 2020 security update.Managing remote machines with cloud management gateway in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
The increase in the global workforce working from home is unsurprisingly putting an added focus from organizations on remote functionality and management. Naturally we have seen an increase in the number of queries, questions and tweets around the tools and features Microsoft Endpoint Manager can offer in the way of remote management of the workforce. One of the most common topics I have had to field enquiries is around the use of cloud management gateway (CMG), usually in conjunction with keeping traffic off the VPN.Modern management and security principles driving our Microsoft Endpoint Manager vision
In this document I want to set forth Microsoft’s vision for how IT organizations will deliver, manage and secure this Modern Workplace going forward across all devices – with an emphasis on the definition and path to modern management of Windows PCs as organizations generally have well-managed PCs solution in place (usually built on ConfigMgr).Update 2006 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available
Update 2006 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager current branch is now available. For this release we have focused on improving the management of remote work with new features available over Cloud Management Gateway and improvements for VPN connected clients.Update 1906 for Configuration Manager current branch is now available
The 1906 update includes integration with Desktop Analytics which is a cloud-based service that provides insight and intelligence to make more informed decisions about the update readiness of your Windows clients. It combines data from your organization with data aggregated from millions of devices connected to Microsoft cloud services.Microsoft Intune announces device-only subscription for shared resources
Microsoft Intune is pleased to announce a new device-only subscription service that helps organizations manage devices that are not affiliated with specific users, such as digital signage, public kiosks, and phone room devices. The Intune device SKU is licensed per device per month.Update 1810 for Configuration Manager current branch is now available
Update 1810 for Configuration Manager current branch is now available. In this release we have focused on simplification of your Configuration Manager infrastructure and added functionality to make it easier to stay up to date with Windows and Office. We continue to light up new cloud powered value with improvements to co-management and new options to apply Conditional Access to ConfigMgr managed PCs.Sneak peek: Public preview of Win32 application deployment using Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune will now support deployment of most of your existing Windows applications to MDM-managed Windows clients. Building upon the existing support for line-of-business (LOB) apps and Microsoft Store for Business apps, administrators will use Intune to add, install, and uninstall applications for Windows 10 users in a variety of formats such as MSI, Setup.exe, or MSP. Intune will evaluate requirement rules before the start of app download/ install and notify end users of the status or reboot requirements using the Windows 10 Action Center. The public preview for Windows app deployment is expected to be available in the next release of Intune.
