In this blog post we cover the unusual characteristics of the Intel Optane drive, and how we need to approach task sequence builds to ensure we do not hit an unforeseen issue when it comes to in-place upgrades later in...
Category - Task Sequence
Maurice Daly
Goodbye MBAM – BitLocker Management in Configuration Manager – Part 3
In this, the final part of the series, we look at how the MBAM client and settings are deployed in the 2002 release of Configuration Manager. Series Links Goodbye MBAM – BitLocker Management in Configuration...
How to rerun a Task Sequence in ConfigMgr using PowerShell
I’ve written about this topic previously and also written a small PowerShell based tool to help administrators ease the pain of rerunning a task sequence. Recently, while developing a solution for a Windows 10...
Nickolaj Andersen
Build a WinPE with wireless support
Deploying Windows with the help of a Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is known since the release of Windows XP. We always take care of adding network drivers to WinPE to support our various models in the...
Oliver Kieselbach
Customize Task Sequences in ConfigMgr Current Branch using PowerShell
For some time now the ConfigMgr PowerShell module has been extended to include more cmdlets that allows us to customize and even create or amend a task sequence in any way you want, more or less. Previously, before the...
ConfigMgr OSD Notification Service – Teams
Notification Service Back in August I created a blog post on using Pushover and powershell for OSD deployment notifications, in the comments section Shawn Esterman suggested that Microsoft Teams could be used too. This...
Terence Beggs
ConfigMgr OSD Notification Service – Pushover
Notification Service Over the past few months I have seen people create systems to monitor OSD deployments, for example Damien Van Robaeys has a really nice one for MDT (Monitor MDT Deployments) most use email...
Modern BIOS Management – Lenovo Systems
PLEASE NOTE: Some of the details and features in this post have been superseded. Please review our Modern Driver Management and Modern BIOS Management solutions for up to date information. Original Post: This is a...
Convert from BIOS to UEFI on Dell systems with ConfigMgr Current Branch – Part 1
In this second post on how to deal with the scenario of converting from BIOS to UEFI, we’ve come to Dell. This series of post consists of the following: Convert from BIOS to UEFI during Windows 10 deployments with...
Convert from BIOS to UEFI during Windows 10 deployments with ConfigMgr Current Branch – Introduction
I’ve previously written a post on this topic, demonstrating a custom method that could be used before ConfigMgr had native support for the BIOS to UEFI conversion. However, that post should now be deemed obsolete...