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What features would you like to see?
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Save-CMSoftwareUpdate Applet - Add a Retry parameter
I would like to see a parameter added to the Save-CMSoftwareUpdate applet, that allows us to specify how many times the applet should retry downloading patches that fail to download.
Currently if a patch fails to download, the applet moves onto the next patch without retrying, which induces administrator activity post-execution, or complex scripting to determine patches that are not downloaded and retrying them again.
1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
We have added RetryCount/RetryDelaySec parameters to 1710.
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Documentation about the CCMLOGLEVEL parameter seems to be incorrect
The documentation about the CCMLOGLEVEL parameter seems to be incorrect. Where is value 3 documented?
In the SDK there is only the following:
0 Verbose logging
1 Normal logging
2 No logging1 vote -
Commandlet for installing the Certificate Registration Point
There are commandlets for installing many site roles but this site role is missing.
1 votecompleted ·AdminMark Silvey - ConfigMgr Product Team (Engineering Manager, ConfigMgr, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Completed in the 1604 release.
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SCCM Domain Functional Level prereq check
Both SCCM v1610 and the new v1611 include a domain functional level check that is referring to a minimum level of Windows Server 2003. Is this a change to the prereqs, an error in the documentation which states 2008 as the minimum level, or just an error in the new versions? This is quite a hot topic as the DFL has prevented many customers from moving to SCCM CB.
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Update the Technet Article
I am reading the Technet article about conditional access in Configuration manager and the prerequistes for the on-premp exchange.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn919655.aspx
It states the following. “Make sure that you are using the latest version of the on-premises Exchange connector.”
My question is – how do I assure I am using the latest version of the connector, when it’s a build in feature of Configuration Manager?
1 voteHi Henrik,
Although not in the article you linked to, we do provide the information you’re looking for here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt628518.aspx.
Let us know if you have any other questions. We appreciate your feedback – please keep it coming!
Thanks,
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What happened to the SCCM Blog
Is everything ok with JC Hornbeck? There hasn't been a blog posting in over a month at "Server & Tools Blogs > Server & Management Blogs > System Center: Configuration Manager"
Those were incredibly useful and I checked them daily.
1 voteJC’s role has changed and the blog is no longer being updated.
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Add pre-cache support for Required deployments
Excited to see pre-cache support as some of my customers now have more laptops than desktops, and this will be crucial for the success of WaaS task sequences (it is not realistic to decouple application, driver, and maintenance steps from feature updates yet). However, why is it not supported for Required deployments? That is absolutely the scenario we wish to leverage it for - set a deadline and ensure that the content is there in the client cache before execution,.
1 votecompleted ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Marking Completed
This was answered on SMSTalk – the ability to precache content for required deployments has been around since v3 at least.
Select Download all content locally before starting task sequence in the deployment wizard. Also, there’s a status message sent from client once content download has completed -
Integrate full inventory triggers into Support Center (HINV/SINV)
Invoking triggers in the Support Center tool will queue a delta inventory, which does not address the conditions where BADMIFs consume the scans for DeltaMismatch, Outdated etc. where the resync does not occur. This requires the additional FULL INVENTORY CYCLE to create the next major scan version:
[wmi]"ROOT\ccm\invagt:InventoryActionStatus.InventoryActionID='{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}'" | remove-wmiobject
([wmiclass]'ROOT\ccm:SMS_Client').TriggerSchedule('{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}')1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
The upcoming release of Support Center will support full inventory resync as one of the options.
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Add /ResetBase to New-CMOperatingSystemImageUpdateSchedule
Now that optimization of the WIM and removal of superseded updates is available as an option for offline servicing in the console, it would be great if this option could be added as a switch to the New-CMOperatingSystemImageUpdateSchedule cmdlet. I use this cmdlet to automate scheduling of updates in an ADG against all my WIMs so it would be great if I could shrink them down at the same time without needing to do this in the console.
1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Support for this scenario should be in 1902. If you are experiencing any further problems or limitations with this scenario, please send us a frown with more details. Thank you!
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Add simple way to exclude an OU from discovery when discovering entire domain.
Discovery set to entire domain. Add a way to exclude a few OU's from discovery.
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New-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule missing switch (EnableFailureAlert)
SCCM admins would like to have a switch added to New-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule cmdlet to allow them to generate an alert when the ADR rule fails.
See screenshot below1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
We have added a new parameter GenerateFailureAlert to New/Set-CMSoftwareUpdateAutoDeploymentRule. This should be available in the 1701 technical preview.
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Add time-out option to Powershell step in TS
Please add a time-out option to the "Run PowerShell Script" task sequence step.
1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
This work has been done in 1902.
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Ability to upgrade Server Operating systems using Upgrade Task Sequence
Just as we are all familiar with Workstation OS upgrades and using upgrade task sequences to move from a lower version to a higher version workstation OS I would like to ask that this be allowed for Server OS'es. Never mind the methodology you subscribe to when thinking of "upgrading" a server OS, having it as a 'possible' tool in the admin chest would be awesome.
I recently discovered a bug on guest OS Linux RHEL 7 running on Server 2012 R2 Data-center Hyper V where the RTC clock injects very/different time wrong at boot. There is a fix "on…
1 votecompleted ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Hi Patrick,
Apologies for the delay in updating this item. We do support upgrade for Server, our documentation didn’t call that out directly and I made sure that was updated. See – Ability to upgrade Server Operating systems using Upgrade Task Sequence
That was updated last September and I forgot to loop back on your User Voice timeAlso, passed this information re: Server support to our CSS to make sure everyone’s on the same page
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Implement a "Suspend Task Sequence" Step in OSD like the LTISuspend.wsf script in MDT
During a build and capture task sequence, it can be necessary to suspend the build so that one can run some application installs, make customization's, etc. These customization's can require reboots, which kill the task sequence. Please implement a solution similar to the LTISuspend.wsf script in MDT, where you can run the step and it creates a shortcut on the desktop to resume the task sequence.
1 votecompleted ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Updating status to completed – see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.
This ask is addressed with the new task sequence debugger now available in our 1906 release.
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1906
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OS Upgreade TS: Add percentage complete next to the install bar.
OS Upgreade TS: Add percentage complete next to the install bar. It would be easier to keep tabs on the installations.
1 votecompleted ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Updating status to completed – see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.
Our 1906 release is now available and has the updated progress UI for OS Upgrade.
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1906
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Inject files/commands in boot image properties page.
I do some customisations (remote control, scripts for support, bginfo) to our boot.wim files by copying files while it's mounted and doing an Update distribution points. It would be nice to be able to inject files to certain folders (like Windows\system32) in the property page of the boot image in a separate tab. Also include command to execute these custom scripts in winpeshl.ini just before TsBootShell.exe
1 votecompleted ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Marking completed for 1802
X:\sms\pkg\sms00001 is the path the files/content from the ‘Prestart source directory’ is added too.
The doc link – docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/osd/get-start..
has this entry
When you boot to WinPE from a customized boot image that includes tools that you added, you can open a command prompt from WinPE and type the file name of the tool to run it. The location of these tools are automatically added to the path variable. The command prompt can only be added if the Enable command support (testing only) setting is selected on the Customization tab in the boot image properties. -
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AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
This is fixed for 1802.
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Add more discovery details to the Get-CMDevice commandlet
When looking at the properties of a device, many attributes are included. For example, MAC address is an attribute that appears in those properties. When using the Get-CMDevice PowerShell commandlet though, these extended properties are not displayed.
1 votecompleted ·AdminAdam Meltzer (ConfigMgr Product Team) (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Get-CMDevice returns instances of SMS_CollectionMember. Changing the output of this cmdlet is very likely to be a breaking change, and collection/device cmdlets like this are our most heavily used. Therefore there’s too much risk in changing the behavior here.
Fortunately, all is not lost. Several releases back we introduced a new cmdlet, Get-CMResource which will return the raw resource objects from WMI. “Get-CMResource -ResourceType System” will return SMS_R_System objects and this should give you what you want. Get-CMResource output can still be pipelined into other collection cmdlets.
For more information, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sccm/configurationmanager/vlatest/get-cmresource
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Push Email profiles to andriod andsets from hybrid Intune managed devices.
Currently you can only push email profiles to andriod handsets that are knox 4.0 + capable, when in a hybrid SCCM/InTune. Having the ability to push email profiles to other andriod handsets like the new "Andriod for Work" would be great.
1 voteWe added Android for Work support in Configuration Manager 1702 current branch, so you should be able to do this for Android devices that support work profiles. However, you will need to re-enroll your Android devices as Android for Work if you choose to do this.
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Force Web Apps to open in the Managed Browser with hybrid SCCM/Intune
Currently in Intune Standalone it is possible to create an external link and enable the option "Require a managed browser to open this link (Android and iOS only)". For the hybrid SCCM/Intune it is not possible yet. This feature would be nice to add to hybrid SCCM/Intune
1 voteHi, Frans.
You actually can force web apps to open in the Intune Managed Browser. There’s no checkbox in the SCCM console, but changing the protocol of the web app’s URL from “http” to “http-intunemam” or from “https” to “https-intunemam” prevents it from being opened in a non-managed browser.
This has been documented here, right near the bottom: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt629356.aspx
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