Today, we are continuing our posts about SCCM 1706 new features. One of them is the ability to enable SCCM Azure Active Directory User Discovery. This discovery method enables organizations to import Azure Active Directory user information. With the growing popularity of Azure AD, this discovery method will soon be circumvented. Azure AD Requirements Before configuring the new discovery method, you’ll need to have : A valid Azure Tenant Access to your Azure admin portal SCCM 1706 Configuration The first step is to configure the Azure Services in SCCM. This step will automatically create the web app in your Azure tenant, there’s no need to create it manually, SCCM takes care of it. Open the SCCM Console, go to Administration / Cloud Services / Azure Services Right-Click Azure Services and select Configure Azure Services In the Azure Service wizard, name your Azure Service and select Cloud Management in the bottom pane In … Read More
How to install SCCM 1706 Update Rollup 1 (KB4042949)
The first Update Rollup for SCCM Current Branch (1706) is now available. This post is a complete SCCM 1706 Update Rollup 1 (KB4042949) installation guide. If you’re looking for a complete SCCM Current Branch installation guide, see our blog series which covers it all. You can’t install this upgrade if you are running SCCM 2012. You need to be running SCCM 1706 to apply this update. Installing SCCM upgrades is important for your infrastructure. It fixes a lot of issues from SCCM 1706, which some of them are important. New Update and Servicing Model If you’re not familiar with the new SCCM servicing model, read our New Update and Servicing section of the 1602 upgrade post which explain it all. You may wonder what’s the difference between a Cumulative Update (CU) and an Update Rollup (UR) : A CU is a new servicing baseline. A post-CU1 hotfix requires CU1 first, whereas a post-UR1 hotfix doesn’t … Read More
Manage Office 365 Update using SCCM 1706
Today, we are continuing our posts about SCCM 1706 improvements. One area that has been updated is how to manage Office 365 updates. In this post, we will detail the improvements on Office 365 updates with SCCM 1706 on the server side and client side. If you are looking for how to update Office 365 with SCCM prior to Current Branch 1706, please see our post here, which is still relevant to date. Prerequisites SCCM Current branch v1706 Our upgrade guide here Office client version Same prerequisites as the previous version of SCCM Current Branch as stated in our previous post here Manage Office 365 update SCCM 1706 On the server side, the biggest difference is that Office 365 client updates, no longer shows up under Software Library / Software Updates / All Software Updates To see Office 365 clients updates, go to Software Library / Office 365 Client Management / … Read More
Deploy PowerShell Scripts using SCCM 1706
Beginning with SCCM 1706, you can now run and deploy Powershell script from the SCCM console. In addition, all directly from the SCCM console you can: edit your scripts, import existing scripts, approved or deny scripts, run script on specific collections and examine the scripts results. This can be useful to run a script quickly without the burden of creating a package or an application. Unlike standard deployments, when you deploy scripts, they are run almost immediately using Client Operations. This feature is still in pre-release version and needs to be enabled manually before using it. Prerequisites for SCCM Deploy PowerShell Script Before using scripts on your clients you need : SCCM 1706 Create and Run scripts pre-release features enabled Targeted clients must have client version 1706+ Clients must be running PowerShell v3.0+ Have the necessary SCCM permissions Enable Create and Run Scripts Feature Open the SCCM Console Go to your Administration / … Read More