Ideas
What features would you like to see?
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Make ConfigMgr work with Autopilot and Enrollment Status Page (ESP)
When deploying a device using Autopilot, the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) is used to prevent access to the desktop until the device provisioning tasks are complete. But ConfigMgr doesn't integrate with the ESP, so there's no way to wait for packages, apps, or task sequences - the user doesn't know when the process is done. Add that integration.
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Task Sequence Version Control
Please create a function to enable task sequence versioning. This feature would be very helpful for reverting back to a previous task sequence as well as accountability for the last user that modified the task sequence.
We write a lot of WMI queries as well as set various task sequence variables. These settings change over time and it would be a great feature to look back on a previous version to view the changes as well as the last user modification.
We currently make copies of our task sequences for this archival purpose. This process works for us now, but…
134 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Revision History for task sequences
Could you add Revision History for task sequences? It would save you the effort of exporting and importing task sequences or keeping copies for References. This would be a nice to have feature in the Configuration Manager Console - although I'm sure we all have a scheduled job for exporting SCCM configuration automatically anyway.
105 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
OSUninstall - Make ConfigMgr Aware of going back to previous builds
Please Make CM aware if an OSUninstall (Reverting to previous Build) has happened, so it can heal itself into a functional state. Currently if you perform an OSUninstall from say 1809 to 1709, after you've upgraded originally to 1809 using a CM Task Sequence, the CM Client is non-functional.
Client is in Provisioning Mode, Services are disabled, and once you fix that, it thinks it's int he middle of the Task Sequence and shows the Upgrade TS "Installing", so then you need to clear that out.Please make OSUninstall & CM Play Nice together, so we can offer users the…
68 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Updating status to planned.
Thanks for the feedback, I filed the exact same issue in our database a while back. We’ve addressed recovery from being stuck in ProvisioningMode in our 1902 release. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1902#bkmk_client
Next step is to clean up the task sequence.
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Be able to recover deleted task sequences.
Be able to recover deleted task sequences. In case of accidental deletion.
37 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
The ability to compare and merge Task Sequences and version after the merge
I would like the ability to load up a couple of Task Sequences, and have the ability to merge any changes between the two TS's.
This would assist when importing TS over from a TEST or DEV env or working on test TS in the same environment. Ideally have the option to approve /deny each of the merges before submitting.
Once merged, version the change to a later increment so neither of the two TS's are saved over?
25 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Add the ability to compare two task sequences
Compare the contents of two task sequences and report on the differences. Ignore minor items unique to each Task Sequence like dates and ID codes .
24 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Changelog Task Sequence
It would be nice to have a changelog tab (administrative notes) in the properties of a task sequence.
In this tab everyone can log the settings of the changes he/she made in a task sequence.
24 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Make SMSTSDisableStatusRetry disable all status retry messages
SMSTSDisableStatusRetry is great but in my testing there still seems to be times in which status messages are retried multiple times. The big one is whenever you run a "run powershell script" step in bypass mode. Please make this variable supress all status message retries and speed up our disconnected task sequences!
17 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thanks for your feedback.
Updating status to planned. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each status value.
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Add task sequence auditing
The inability to know exactly what changes were made (and by whom) in a task sequence is a significant pain point. Something close what AGPM provides for group policies would be ideal, but even basic auditing capabilities as a starting point would help tremendously.
16 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Interactive step during OSD (or any other TS)
To be able to add an interactive step when running a TS would be useful in many cases. You might not always want to run an OSD as User Driven, but still in one step you want user input.
Not only for production, but for test purposes this would be really good.Today, I'm running a very customized solution to make this happen.
I created this one in order for this to happen, it should be easier.
https://plus.google.com/105132092500423486001/posts/9aCA7LUVpuv13 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thanks for the feedback and suggestion, updating status to planned.
Explanation of each status value can be found here – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion
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add "not like" in the task sequence condition, variable
Add "not like" in the task sequence condition, variable. If we have like, wouldn't it be reasonable to have not like as well? I have some scenarios that are easily resolved with a "not like" condition for a task sequence variable, but more complex with just "like"
13 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Updating status to planned – see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.
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Integrate Task Sequence Versioning with GIT
For large enterprises such as the one I work in govt Education, it would be very beneficial for integrating version control via GIT. Every time you check in a new version is saved to GIT.
Then you can review changes (could be xml or some other format) in GIT, and potentially revert to an older version if the changes are not approved.
10 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
Integrate git into the Task Sequence for script execution
Can we please have native git integration in an OSD task sequence for script execution? This would provide version and branch control when running scripts during an OSD task sequence
e.g.
- Connect to a repo in GitHub
- Download scripts as a zip file
- Extract scripts and then execute
It would be good to select a specific branch as well (e.g. develop) so you can test script changes prior to merging to master
7 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub. -
'Check Readiness' step should not fail if there is a fixed disk of adequate size with no partitions
The 'Check Readiness' TS Step will fail if it cannot find a fixed disk with a partition that meets the requirements defined in the step.
Because it is looking for a partition, if there is a new disk or a disk which has been cleaned, but no partitions created, it will fail even if that disk has the required space available and would be successfully partitioned/formatted by the TS.
Maybe the step should consider fixed disks with no partitions when evaluating space required.
5 votesplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Agreed and thanks for the feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.
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It would be great to export just task sequence xml file so it can be added into git repo in multi admin enviorment
It would be great just to get drop in task sequence to export task sequence xml file to it can be uploaded to external repository as way to keep track of changes in any change management system
1 voteplanned ·AdminBob Mac Neill (Software Engineer, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) responded
Thank you for your feedback.
Updating status to planned, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/understand/find-help#send-a-suggestion for an explanation of each value.Our 2006 release is now in the opt-in phase (fast ring)
Blog: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/configuration-manager-blog/update-2006-for-microsoft-endpoint-configuration-manager-current/ba-p/1569562
Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-2006
Support Information: https://aka.ms/cmcssreleaseinfoThis releases adds the Community Hub https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/servers/manage/community-hub which addresses some of the User Voice asks you have added for task sequence version control, auditing, revision history etc.
The Hub is nascent and we will continue to iterate, improving and adding new features.
As part of this process we would appreciate your comments and feedback on the Hub.
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