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Lockdown Diary – My Always On VPN is Schrödinger’s Cat

When is your Always On VPN not Always On? An Always On VPN client uses a machine certificate to connect to the VPN gateway and connect to the network on startup. This…

May 12, 2020
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LockDown Diary – How I used DJOIN to Build Test Machines over VPN

So here I am, stuck at home, with a mandate from management to get split-tunneling working to reduce VPN bandwidth for Microsoft Updates, with no way to test other than my primary…

May 5, 2020

Gather No More – Using Dynamic Task Sequence Variables in ConfigMgr

Update 09/14/2020 – You can download the Gather Light Task Sequence from the Community Hub now! https://communityhub.microsoft.com/item/7812 Update 02/21/2020 – I added a new section with a Gather Task Sequence. Check out…

February 20, 2020

Repairing Invalid Win32_UserProfile WMI Class on Windows 7 to 10 In-Place Upgraded Devices

I recently needed to query the Win32_UserProfile class in WMI for some reporting I was working on. This class is a default Hardware Inventory class in ConfigMgr. I noticed that we had…

January 19, 2020

ConfigMgr AdminService and WMI Methods – A match made in the cloud (1910)

This post applies to Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager 1910 Current Branch At Microsoft Ignite 2019 Brad Anderson demoed a few things in his sessions, later covered more in depth in other sessions,…

November 29, 2019

Convert ConfigMgr Error Codes to Plain Text Messages for Reporting – Part 3

I demoed this at MMS Jazz 2019 Tip and Tricks. This is Part 3 of a 3-part series.Part 1 covers how to create a PowerShell script to lookup error messages. Part 2 covers creating…

November 25, 2019

Convert ConfigMgr Error Codes to Plain Text Messages for Reporting – Part 2

I demoed this at MMS Jazz 2019 Tip and Tricks. This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Part 1 covers how to create a PowerShell script to lookup error messages.Part 3…

November 25, 2019

Convert ConfigMgr Error Codes to Plain Text Messages for Reporting – Part 1

I demoed this at MMS Jazz 2019 Tip and Tricks. This is Part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 covers creating an Azure Function. Part 3 covers how to create a…

November 25, 2019

Windows 10 Feature Updates – The Challenge of Servicing in the Enterprise

I hope I never have to build another Task Sequence again. Seriously. Wouldn’t that be nice? I know that’s not truly feasible, but can’t a guy dream? It’s not that I dislike…

October 5, 2019

Windows 10 Feature Updates – Using Custom Action Scripts

This is the next installment in my Windows 10 Feature Updates series. Custom Actions Beginning in Windows 10 1803, custom actions were introduced and represent what Suma SaganeGowda referred to as a…

August 25, 2019
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