Deploy RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) for Windows 10 v1809 using SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) and Powershell

April 23, 2019October 5, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Attention: This script has been updated and superseded: https://www.imab.dk/deploy-rsat-remote-server-administration-tools-for-windows-10-v1903-using-sccm-system-center-configuration-manager-and-powershell/

Continuing on the Windows 10 1809 journey from wednesday! As something completely new, RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is now included as a set of “Features on Demand” in Windows 10 itself and is no longer something you download and install separately.

You can obviously install the tools manually in Windows (this is done from the settings menu and from there select to Manage Optional Features), but as always, we don’t like to do stuff manually. Therefore I created a complete Powershell script which can be used in SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) in an unattended and automated deployment.

How can I update the Windows 10 ADK (Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit) to version 1809

October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Good news everyone! Windows 10 1809 was released today and among other awesome things, that also brings us an updated version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK).

As we all know, the Windows ADK is a requirement for doing OSD (Operating System Deployment) using SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager), so let’s walk through a step-by-step guide on how to install this latest and greatest version.

Sneak peek at the version of the boot images post upgrading to the new ADK

Auto MDM Enrollment fails with error code 0x8018002a (Troubleshooting MDM enrollment errors. Co-management with ConfigMgr and Intune)

November 12, 2019September 22, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Not going to do a great introduction on this one, but I think it deserves a mention anyway (I couldn’t find the situation or error explained elsewhere). More specifically, this is about an error I encountered myself in a Co-management scenario, where the computer fails the auto enrollment into Intune MDM. Let’s dig in 🙂

Back to basics: Troubleshoot SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) Client Push installation errors

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

This is a topic I see quite often as well. Both on the TechNet forums as well as in the facebook groups I follow. So hereby a continuation of my back to basics series, giving you some insights on the Client Push installation process and how to troubleshoot some of the most common issues.

Sneek peak at the SCCM console when about to initiate a client push installation

Automatically create collections for Third-Party Software Updates in SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) using Powershell

September 6, 2018September 5, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

My previous post was about Patch My PC and Third-Party Software Updates in SCCM 1806. This one is a quick continuation, where I’m going to share a complete Powershell script to create collections for (at the time of writing) 23 different third-party products. Products that’s all available through Patch My PCs update catalog.

Currently Patch My PC has 272 different products in their catalog. I initially needed collections for the first 23. This is work in progress. I will add more products to it as an ongoing process. (Bare with me, there’s a lot of work involved into installing the applications, creating the queries and testing them)

Also, I have no idea if this is something that’s already been created out there, but that’s no excuse not to do another one. 🙂

How to patch Third-Party applications using SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) 1806 and Patch My PC

September 6, 2018September 5, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Patching 3rd party applications can be a trivial and time consuming task, especially if doing everything yourself in terms of downloading the application, customizing for the enterprise, creating applications/packages in SCCM and.. the list can probably go on.

Does above sound familiar? Patch My PC made this task super easy and combined with the latest additions to SCCM 1806, the complexity in setting this up has been reduced to almost zero. Curious? Continue reading and be amazed 🙂

Sneek peak at the SCCM console when using Patch My PC catalog natively

Back to basics: How can I move computers to a new OU in Active Directory during an in-place upgrade using SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)

August 29, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Continuing the back to basics blog series, and this time addressing how you can move the computer object in AD (Active Directory) from one OU (Organization Unit) to another during an in-place upgrade of Windows. A good guess is, that this will be relevant for a lot people working with WaaS (Windows as a Service), where putting the computers into a new and fresh OU, with some new and fresh Group Policies might be needed.

This is all done using a web service and powershell. Curious? Continue reading 🙂

Enable UE-V (User Experience Virtualization) during OSD with SCCM and use OneDrive as storage path

August 13, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

UE-V is not something new, but when combined with OneDrive Known Folder Move, Enterprise State Roaming in Azure and OneDrive as the storage path for UE-V, you will find yourself with a very solid solution ensuring roaming of end users data and settings.

I have previously shown you how you can enable OneDrive KFM with SCCM. This time, I’m going to show you how you can enable UE-V during OSD with Configuration Manager, and how you make sure those settings are stored in OneDrive. I hope you can see the pattern here: No on-premise file share for UE-V settings – everything stored in the users OneDrive.

A peek at the UE-V configuration when OneDrive is set as storage path

Introduction

More Configuration Manager 1806 and more awesomeness. 1806 gives us additional improvements to the Cloud Management Gateway and removes the need for PKI in your environment. With these improvements, it has never been easier to setup the CMG. In this post I will walk you through the exact steps I went through in order to successfully deploy the CMG in a HTTP only environment.

A ready Cloud Management Gateway displayed in the console

Flipping the switch, part 4: Moving Device Configuration workload to Intune MDM (Co-management with SCCM 1806)

August 3, 2018August 2, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Again, continuing the Co-management and flipping the switch journey, and moving the brand new Device Configuration workload to Intune MDM. This is the latest addition to the co-management world introduced in Configuration Manager 1806 (released 2 days ago at time of writing) and it’s absolutely amazing.

This means we finally (almost) can ditch group policies altogether and do our device configurations with Intune MDM. I will give you how to and an excellent example in this post. Read on. 🙂

The highlighted configurations now also work on co-managed computers