Flipping the switch, part 5: A closer look on the client apps workload (Co-management with ConfigMgr and Intune)

November 12, 2019December 21, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

The client apps workload (also known as mobile apps for co-managed devices) was introduced in System Center Configuration Manager 1806 and was done so as a pre-release feature. The documentation on the workload is today still somewhat lacking, so I figured I’d give you some more insights based on my own findings.

The main idea here is, that apps deployed from Microsoft Intune are available through the Company Portal, and apps deployed from SCCM are available through the Software Center. This is quoted directly from the documentation, but what does this really mean? What types of apps are we able to deploy from Microsoft Intune and what’s the expected behavior? This is something I will try to address in this post. Curious? Read on 🙂

Apps installed from Microsoft Intune to a Co-managed device. Sorry about the obscure language. The company portal on my computer insists on being in Danish 🙁

Convert and deploy .MSIX applications using SCCM 1810 (System Center Configuration Manager)

December 20, 2018December 19, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

The ability to deploy .MSIX files has been available since System Center Configuration Manager 1806. Starting with 1810, we now also have the option to convert existing .MSI applications into .MSIX. Exciting! MSIX is told to be the future of software packaging, so getting a better understanding of how it works, and how it works with SCCM 1810 in particular, is not a bad idea.

So let’s walk through the entire process of converting an existing application, how to digitally sign the application and in the end, how to deploy the application. Curious? Read on 🙂

My first .MSIX application in the Software Center

Repairing broken applications using Software Center and SCCM 1810 (System Center Configuration Manager)

December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

This is a quick and short post on one of the new and welcomed additions to application management in System Center Configuration Manager 1810 (SCCM). Starting with 1810, we now have the ability to let the end users quickly repair installed applications through the Software Center.

This will come handy in self-service scenarios or when support-personal are trying to solve application specific issues. A common and well known troubleshooting scenario, is to try and repair a broken application. Curious? Read on 🙂

The repair function at display in the Software Center

Updating Configuration Manager Current Branch to version 1810 (Example from a production environment)

March 31, 2019November 28, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Good news everyone! System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1810 was released today, and similar to previous releases, I’m going to walk you through the process on how I updated my production environment.

Not much has changed, but I know someone will fancy to have an A-Z guide as inspiration, and as of such, I here give you the exact steps I went through to update SCCM to the very latest and greatest version.

The 1810 update ready for installation in the console

Azure AD Application Proxy, Single Sign-On and Conditional Access

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

As the topic suggests, the following post will be about the Azure AD Application Proxy feature – a feature within Azure Active Directory. I haven’t blogged specifically about this feature before, but I do think it deserves a mention here as well.

I will go into details on how to provide secure remote access to an internal IIS website, and give an example on how to add single sign-on to that experience while protecting everything with Conditional Access.

This post will be followed up with a continuation, where everything will be put to use on a mobile device with a Microsoft Intune managed Edge browser. Curious? Read on and stay tuned 🙂

The end result where an internal IIS is reachable from www

How to automatically join Windows AutoPilot devices to On-Premises AD (Hybrid Azure AD Join)

November 10, 2018November 7, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Good news everyone! The feature was introduced at Ignite earlier this year and now it’s finally here. Windows AutoPilot now allows you to join your Windows 10 v1809 devices to your on-premises Active Directory (Hybrid Azure AD Join). All the magic lies in a new Intune connector for Active Directory. Sounds exciting, right? This will be everything you need to know, on how to get started with this new amazing feature.

The new Intune Connector for Active Directory (Preview)

Remove built-in apps for Windows 10 using SCCM and Microsoft Store for Business

November 6, 2018November 5, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Removing the built-in apps in Windows 10 is often a hot topic and in same regard, it’s often discussed if and how they are removed. There are several excellent Powershell scripts for the same purpose made by the community, and they possibly satisfy most needs already.

But maybe you don’t fancy maintaining a Powershell script and maybe you don’t want to deal with specific apps coming back after an in-place upgrade. Or perhaps you just want an alternative. Then this might be of interest. This is solely based on using Microsoft Store for Business integrated with SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager), to uninstall some of the unwanted built-in apps in Windows 10 (and keep them uninstalled shall they ever return)

Some of the apps I tend to remove and keep removed using this method 🙂

Awarded Microsoft Enterprise Mobility MVP 2019-2020

January 2, 2019November 4, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

WOW! Three days ago (November 1, 2018) I was completely and utterly taken by surprise. And one of the good ones indeed. I received one of the most anticipated e-mails to date, the e-mail stating that I was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Enterprise Mobility for 2019-2020.

Deploy the SCCM Client using Microsoft Intune and the Cloud Management Gateway (CMG without PKI certificates)

November 1, 2018October 25, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Last week I blogged about how to get properly started with Windows AutoPilot. This week I’m continuing on the topic, and going into details on how you can deploy the SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) client as a part of the Windows AutoPilot enrollment and thus achieve Co-management with SCCM and Microsoft Intune.

I have previously blogged a lot about Co-management. Focus here has been enrolling devices already managed by SCCM into Intune MDM.

This post is the opposite. This time we are deploying a device through Windows AutoPilot, enrolling it into Microsoft Intune and then deploying the SCCM client through the Cloud Management Gateway. Sounds interesting? Read on 🙂

Find all my Co-management posts here: https://www.imab.dk/category/co-mgmt/
- My post about setting up the Cloud Management Gateway without PKI certificates is especially of interest if pursuing Co-management

Installing Update Rollup (KB4462978) for SCCM 1806 (System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1806)

October 25, 2018 by Martin Bengtsson

Introduction

Short and sweet: A new Update Rollup is available for download and installation for System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch 1806. More about the rollup itself and it’s fixes here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4462978/system-center-configuration-manager-version-1806-update-rollup

This is a quick walk trough of the installation for those who’s interested 🙂