ConfigMgr 1702 Rollup Update Deployment Gotchas

Microsoft released a Rollup Update for Configuration Manager v1702 this week to address multiple issues.  One specific issue that affected many deployments was related to operating system deployment:

Starting with System Center Configuration Manager, version 1702, unknown computers that are started from media or PXE may not find task sequences targeted to them. This issue may occur if the Previous button on the “Select a task sequence to run” page is selected on the unknown computer.

There are already great examples of how to install this update, but there are a couple of key gotchas I ran into during deployment.

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Microsoft Teams: Changes for controlling access

On March 14, 2017 Microsoft officially launched Teams for Office 365.  While all users who were licensed with a qualifying Office 365 license automatically received the Teams tile in the app launcher, Microsoft provided a global way to control access.  The default setting was OFF.  Additionally, a note was included that the control was only temporary.

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Granting Permissions to Create Power Management Report Subscriptions in SCCM

With the role based administration controls (RBAC) in SCCM 2012 and above, a common way to grant access to reporting is using the built-in security role Read-Only Analyst.  This role grants access to view Configuration Manager objects, but also to run reports.  However, it does not grant permission to create subscriptions to these reports.  Subscription permissions are tied to other built-in roles.  For example, adding the Operating System Deployment Manager security role to a user would add the ability to create subscriptions to reports about OSD.  The only built-in role that grants permission to schedule Power Management reports, though is the Operations Administrator role.  Using custom permissions, we can grant the ability to create a subscription for all reports including Power Management.  These custom permissions will still honor any Security Scopes and Collections that are assigned to the Administrative User. Continue reading

Tech And One #2

One, two, three, and to the four.  Snoop Doggy Dogg and Bill Gates are at the door.  What is the connection between Snoop and Bill Gates?  How can witchcraft help with technology?  Take a look at you my most interesting (or useful) findings from the technology world And One piece of maybe not so tech news. Continue reading

Tech And One #1 – 2016, Jan 8

The 1st week of 2016 has come and gone so the time seemed right to start the recurring “Tech And One” post.  In each post, you will find my most interesting (or useful) findings from the technology world and one piece of maybe not so tech news.  Without further ado, here is this week’s Tech And One!

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