In case you missed it, Microsoft has released a really nice lab rollup that is pre-configured with tons of functionality. The unsexily titled “Windows 10 Deployment and Management Lab Kit” is actually really cool, and will save you tons of time. Want to test deploying Windows 10 with SCCM? Included. Want to test a BitLocker […]
You know what saves a lot of time when imaging computers? Having SCCM automatically put that computer in the right AD OU for you. This system requires you to name your computers with a three letter prefix that is associated to the proper OU. No need for MDT or anything. Set It Up First open the properties […]
UPDATE: There is an easier way to accomplish this, which I’ve detailed in a new post, found here: http://thebillablelife.com/windows-10-assigned-access-web-browser-app/ Windows 8.1 introduced “Assigned Access,” which allows an administrator to restrict a user to a single Windows Store application. This seemed to get the most use from people making simple kiosk computers that were assigned access to […]
I’m beginning to test Windows 10 Enterprise at work. My main goal was to test functionality of our LoB apps, but I pretty immediately became distracted with the option to perform an Azure AD Join instead of a traditional domain join. After the initial installation, you’ll be given these options: Of course I had an […]
Yesterday I updated my Dell Venue 8 Pro with a clean install of the official Windows 10 release. Shortly after, I got emails and about a billion system popups notifying me that I’ve reached my device limit, like so: What? I have three Windows 10 devices. My Lumia 1520 and home computer have been running […]
Part 4 – Click to Run installs hate traditional installs. Today I was cruising through some SharePoint configuration, and when I went to install SharePoint Designer 2013 from the o365 portal, I got this message: The “Go online for additional help” link goes here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Fix-Office-365-or-Office-2013-install-errors-54554bb8-aa94-43c7-a685-408dd9868c0b?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US So I have the base Office 2013 suite installed via […]
This is sort of an addendum to Part 1. In my case, my users have Academic E1 licensing for o365 (note that elsewhere in the o365 portal, the same exact license is called Education E1). This means that the vast majority of our users, being on E1, aren’t licensed for a local installation of Office. For […]
Part 2 – Be careful when you mix Office 2013 GPOs with Office 365 ProPlus Since I’m testing installation of Office 2013 and/or Office 365 ProPlus, I decided to test all the options for managing them. I tracked down the Office 2013 Group Policy Templates, and started configuring them to streamline my deployments. I set […]
I’m using SCCM 2012 R2 to deploy Skype for Business (I’m just gonna type SfB from now on, because brevity) as an available install for my users that want to try it (they don’t currently have Lync or anything similar). I’ve run into a few hurdles so far. Part 1 – Post-Install Licensing Oddities After […]