This webcast provides a detailed, deep-dive into the new SCCM 1906 feature – “Application Groups”. This video reviews the key features, benefits, requirements, known issues, log files, troubleshooting and provides a full DEMO using an SCCM lab environment to walk through what to expect when you deploy SCCM Application Groups in a production or LAB environment.
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Recently, I wanted to perform the SCCM in-console update to 1906 and since my LAB Hyper-V guest VM disk space was low I expanded the capacity of the virtual disk. I recall that I upgraded the Windows Server OS to 2016 last year and didn’t notice the extra “Recovery Partition” partition near my C drive partition. Ultimately, I was unable to delete this extra partition no matter what I tried. In this blog post “Resolution – Diskpart Delete Partition Override Hyper-V Virtual Disk Error“, I document the steps needed to successfully delete an unwanted Windows partition to allow the “extend volume” option on Hyper-V guest VM to properly work after you have expanded the virtual disk to increase the disk capacity. To put it simply – I had to use an Ubuntu LiveCD since the diskpart “Delete Partition Override” option did not work.
[Read more…] about Resolution – Diskpart Delete Partition Override Hyper-V Virtual Disk ErrorWebcast: How-to Video: Dell CFI Smoke Testing Windows 10 SCCM Task Sequence
In this webcast, I discuss the step-by-step instructions required to perform a Dell Factory Imaging “smoke” test using a Dell laptop/desktop to validate your SCCM (ConfigMgr) Windows 10 task sequence using offline standalone media. This process helps validate the Dell SCCM boot in the factory process and can be used as part of your Dell bulk ordering process.
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Windows 10 built-in apps are typically removed in many corporate environments and can be difficult to remove as part of an SCCM or MDT OS deployment task sequence. This blog post “Removing Windows 10 Built-in Apps Offline WinPE Quick Guide” will provide the step-by-step instructions on how to successfully remove the Windows 10 Built-in apps during the WinPE phase (OFFLINE) of an SCCM or MDT deployment task sequence. The good news is Microsoft has a working PowerShell script created by Michael Niehaus that was published a few years ago but still works beautifully. In addition, the Microsoft provided script properly logs the removal results to the standard C:\Windows\CCM\Logs folder Post-OS deployment.
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Quick Start Guide Windows 10 WaaS Servicing Updates via OSDBuilder
In the Windows 10 servicing approach (WaaS) keeping the deployment media/image up to date with the latest updates can be a challenge and confusing at times. In this blog post – “Quick Start Guide Windows 10 WaaS Servicing Updates Using OSDBuilder” I will outline the quick steps required to update the Windows 10 or Server 2019/2016 ISO media that is used during SCCM or MDT OS deployment. Using OSDBuilder developed and maintained by David Segura (OSDBuilder.com) is currently the best PowerShell module to perform offline servicing that ensures the Windows 10 ISO media (or Image) is up-to-date including enabling .NET 3.5, installing the updated OneDriveSetup and more. Moving away from building custom images (WIMs) in modern Windows 10 management is the best approach when possible. Once the ISO media is updated using this approach you only have to run a few commands each month Microsoft releases updates and re-import the current updated WIM or ISO source files for In-Place Windows 10 upgrades.
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With the release of Windows 10 1809 and the current spring 1903 version, Microsoft changed the way the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) gets installed. With Windows 10 1809+ the Feature On Demand option must be used vs manually downloading the RSAT MSU installer from previous versions of Windows 10. There are PowerShell scripts you can find to install RSAT for 1903 and 1809 while the PC is ONLINE but that requires the task sequence have access to the internet during MDT or SCCM OS Deployment. However, in this post (Quick Start Guide RSAT W10 1903 Offline FOD – SCCM-MDT OSD), I will outline how to do this in an OFFLINE approach without the need for an internet connection when the OSD task sequence runs for Windows 10 1903. Sure a proxy service account can be used by an SCCM task sequence step but this approach removes that need.
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