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.Cloud Attach Your Future - Part I - ConfigMgr to AzureAD Groups
From the title, you may be wondering what the heck does Configuration Manager have to do with Azure Active Directory (AD) groups. Well, get ready for another lesson. As a Configuration Manager admin or an IT Manager, you may be wondering, “Why I should care about Azure AD groups? I have collections and collections are way better than Azure AD groups.” Azure AD groups become more important when you start to have conversations that include cloud context and dialogue.
Control update deployments with orchestration groups in Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1909
Update 1909 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released.New in this release is the orchestration groups feature which is an evolution of the server groups feature. You can create an orchestration group to better control the deployment of software updates to devices.Evaluate Office add-in and macro readiness in ConfigMgr Technical Preview 1904
Update 1904 for the Technical Preview Branch of System Center Configuration Manager has been released. To help you determine which devices are ready to upgrade to Office 365 ProPlus, there's a new readiness dashboard. It includes the Office 365 ProPlus upgrade readiness tile that released in Configuration Manager current branch version 1902 and new tiles to help you evaluate Office add-in and macro readiness.Office hours are now closed: April 28, 2020
Our second session of office hours for IT pros servicing Windows 10 in a remote world has now closed. Below you'll find a list of the experts and engineers that supported today's session. Windows as a service strategies, tactics, best practices: John Wilcox, Dave Backman Windows 10 deployment: Steve Thomas Cloud-based update management, Windows Update for Business: Aria Carley Windows Autopilot: Michael Niehaus Deployment modernization: James Bell Dynamic Update: Steve DiAcetis Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Joe Lurie Microsoft Endpoint Manager (public sector): Danny Guillory Configuration Manager: Dune Desormeaux Product feedback: Kevin Mineweaser FastTrack: Sean McLaren Windows release health dashboard: Chris Morrissey Save the date for future events Our next office hours event will take place on Wednesday, May 6th, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. –Add it to your calendar. For an up-to-date list of future events, see the Windows IT Pro Blog.Save the date: servicing office hours, April 22, April 28, May 6
On Wednesday we are kicking off a series of open "office hours" to help you get answers to any questions you may have around managing updates for the remote devices in your organization. We'll have members of the Windows and Microsoft Endpoint Manager product and engineering teams on hand, as well as the ever helpful FastTrack team. See the Windows IT Pro Blog for full details and meet us here, in the Windows 10 servicing space, next Wednesday, April 22nd, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time for the first session. Save the date: Wednesday, April 22nd, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Pacific Time – ADD TO CALENDAR Tuesday, April 28th, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Pacific Time – ADD TO CALENDAR Round 3: Wednesday, May 6th, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Pacific Time – ADD TO CALENDARDeploy pre-release Windows 10 feature updates via Configuration Manager starting today
You can now access pre-release Windows10 builds and validate your devices and configurations in advance of upcoming feature updates. Visit the Windows IT Pro blog for all the details; https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-IT-Pro-Blog/Publishing-pre-release-Windows-10-feature-updates-to-WSUS/ba-p/845054.
