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“The site database has a backlog of SQL change tracking data”

By Ben Whitmore / July 28, 2019 August 3, 2019 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Microsoft, Scripts

One of the more common prerequisite warnings I see when updating SCCM in my lab is:- [Completed with warning]:The site database has a backlog of SQL change tracking data. For more information, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2027576 SCCM Update Pack Installation Status We can see the same warning in ConfigMgrPreReq.log What does this warning mean? Starting in SCCM …

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SCCM Site Server In-Place Upgrade from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019

By Ben Whitmore / July 7, 2019 July 7, 2019 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Microsoft

I am rationalizing and updating my lab on a grey, Saturday afternoon and decided to blog the update process for getting my Server 2012 R2 Primary Site Server up to Server 2019. SQL Server is not installed on the same VM in my lab. You should make other considerations if SQL is installed on your …

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Co-management Intune MDM enrollment failure 0x80180026

By Ben Whitmore / July 5, 2019 July 5, 2019 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Intune, Microsoft, Windows 10

I will be posting a new blog series for co-management in the coming months. This post will highlight the undesirable effect some Group Policies will have on a successful co-management Intune enrollment. Co-management will allow you to automatically enroll your SCCM clients into Intune, if they are in scope. Recently I was asked to look …

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Installing the OneDrive Sync Client in “Per-Machine” mode during your Task Sequence for a lightening fast “first logon” experience

By Ben Whitmore / June 24, 2019 December 8, 2019 / Microsoft, Office 365, OneDrive, Scripts, Windows 10

Background One of the things I have been trying to improve is the users “first logon” experience in Windows 10. Waiting for the OneDrive sync client to “do its thing” reminded me of that one kid in the class that could be awesome if they tried harder. After the user profile is created (another post …

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Deploy Windows 10 Desktop Shortcuts and Icons with SCCM Configuration Baselines

By Ben Whitmore / May 12, 2019 May 29, 2019 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Microsoft, Windows 10

It started with a Tweet… I promised on Twitter that I would write this post if I had 20 peoples interest… Background We had a requirement to deploy Desktop Shortcuts, to the Windows 10 Public Desktop, for a new application. The shortcut was deployed using Group Policy Preferences (GPP). Below is a link to a …

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Get Users from Azure AD with a large number of Registered Devices

By Ben Whitmore / April 16, 2019 April 16, 2019 / Azure, Identity, Microsoft, Scripts

The Challenge One of the challenges when managing an Azure AD Hybrid Join implementation is monitoring the number of devices registered to each Azure AD user. The default “limit” in Azure AD is 20 devices for each user. This number can quickly be reached in a shared computer environment, especially for your power user accounts …

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Windows 10 – Hybrid Azure Active Directory Join for Federated Domains

By Ben Whitmore / April 14, 2019 December 19, 2019 / Azure, ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Identity, Microsoft

What is ADFS? Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) provides a secure mechanism to authenticate users, accessing applications (often in the cloud), using Active Directory credentials when Windows Integrated Authentication (WIA) is not possible. Not so long ago ADFS was considered the go-to option when needing to authenticate Domain users accessing Office 365 services. With the …

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Windows 10 – Servicing Stack Cadence

By Ben Whitmore / April 5, 2019 February 24, 2020 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Microsoft

What are Servicing Stack Updates? Servicing Stack Updates (SSU’s) are Critical, Security Updates. They are shipped separately to the monthly Latest Cumulative Updates (LCU’s) because they modify the component that installs Windows updates. Microsoft strongly recommend that you install the latest SSU before the LCU. More information on SSU’s can be found at:- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/servicing-stack-updates#why-should-servicing-stack-updates-be-installed-and-kept-up-to-date Microsoft …

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Configure Managed Google Play for Intune

By Ben Whitmore / March 23, 2019 March 23, 2019 / Intune, Microsoft

Before you can start using Android Enterprise Work Profiles, or enroll your Android Devices into Intune, you have to link Managed Googled Play. Google Managed Play allows you to select, purchase, and manage apps for your organization. You can create lists of approved apps and manage updates. This quick post will guide you through creating …

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Deploy RSAT for Windows 10 1809 using SCCM

By Ben Whitmore / March 22, 2019 August 28, 2019 / ConfigMgr / MEMCM / SCCM, Microsoft, Scripts

Starting Windows 10 1809 Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) is now included as a set of “Features on Demand”. In the following post we will show you how to deploy individual features with SCCM. The RSAT tools are added using the “Add-WindowsCapability” cmdlet https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/add-windowscapability?view=win10-psBecause we are deploying each feature with an appliction, we are going …

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