In a previous post, I outline the steps for deploying Hybrid cloud print. Here are some noteworthy issues and errors you may encounter when deploying/ testing this solution through either of the supported pre-authentication methods, and some ways to remediate them. Publishing permissions. This error indicates that you do not have permissions print server management permissions or permissions to modify the Mopria database file. Address this by following steps #2 and #8 of the referenced post above. Read and Sign-in Authorization for Native client or web apps This error indicates that required permissions are missing on Native client or Web apps it further indicates that you’ve not delegated permissions to the app for required APIs, as outlined in steps #10 … Read More
Hybrid Cloud Print with Passthrough Authentication – Detailed steps
In a previous post, I gave an overview of the Windows Server Hybrid Cloud Print solution. This is a solution that enables organizations to support print functionality for MDM-managed BYOD and Azure AD joined devices. Organizations will find this solution useful if they plan to: Leverage existing global printing investments to support BYOD and non-domain joined devices deploy Azure AD joined devices into existing AD and global print environment support MDM managed BYOD support printing while away from the corpnet The solution supports single sign-on user authentication and allows your to leverage your existing authorization processes. I briefly covered this in the previous post. In this article, I will go over the steps for configuring Hybrid Cloud Print using … Read More
Overview of Hybrid Cloud Print Solution
Hybrid Cloud Print is a relatively new feature that is built on the Windows Print Server role in Windows Server 2016. It enables users to discover and securely print to on-premises printers from their Azure AD joined, and MDM managed devices, and from wherever they have an internet access. The solution is built on a Windows print service and discovery service endpoints, both of which are running on IIS services supporting the internet Printing protocol and Mopria Alliance industry printer discovery standard, respectively. For the server-side configuration, you will need to : install the Print Server Windows Server feature Install Hybrid cloud Print through for instance, the PowerShell modules Configure IIS endpoints to support SSL Install and configure SQLite package … Read More
Migrate Clients to a ConfigMgr HTTPS Site
Happy Holidays friends! I’ve been rather busy with several riveting initiatives of recent, and thought I’d share one of them. In this case, some ideas on migrating clients to a ConfigMgr destination hierarchy that is configured for HTTPS which means that all client to server communication happens over HTTPS. This article will expressly cover ideas on said migration. This article will not cover the steps for configuring HTTPs communication in ConfigMgr. Refer to the links below for some guidance on HTTPS configuration for ConfigMgr. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgrdogs/2015/01/21/configmgr-2012-r2-certificate-requirements-and-https-configuration/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/network/pki-certificate-requirements I strongly recommend that you acquaint yourself with the concepts and material covered in both articles and elesewhere steps before continuing with this article. Additionally, I recommend reading the fairly detailed conceptual guidelines on … Read More
Configure OMS Connection to ConfigMgr — Step by Step
The 1606 release of System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) comes with a whole slew of new features, including a pre-release Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) Connector feature. Learn about ConfigMgr 1606 here. The OMS connector will enable you to sync data such as your collections from ConfigMgr to OMS. Once the collection information is synced to OMS you can then subject any OMS agent-managed endpoint to some action, such as patching, by virtue of its membership in a collection. When you combine this capability with existing system update and other update information that exists in OMS, the practical and other applications are rather evident. Note that because this is a pre-release feature it is meant for early pre-production testing, and … Read More
ESD Decryption Update KB3159706 Breaks WSUS on Server 2012 R2
Microsoft recently released an update KB3159706 that enables WSUS for Windows Server 2012/R2 to natively decrypt certain feature updates which are staged in encrypted packages. This is great, especially because this update supposedly fixes an issue with a previous update KB3148812. This update has however been found to break WSUS in Server 2012 R2. I was able to replicate this behavior in my lab environment. My lab environment features a simple WSUS installation integrate with ConfigMgr Software Update Point (SUP). As seen below, after the update is installed the WSUS service crashes and fails to restart, and this adversely affects the SUP role in ConfigMgr. I also determined that uninstalling the update addressed the issue, but a … Read More
Adding DaRT 10 from MDOP 2015 to ConfigMgr 2012 R2
This is the third article in a series of articles in which I write about my experiences managing Windows 10 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2. In the first article, I reviewed steps for installing Windows 10 ADK and creating new boot images in ConfigMgr. In the second article, I reviewed the steps for upgrading MDT 2013 integrated with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 to MDT 2013 Update 2. In this article, I will show you how to add DaRT 10, which is available in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2015 to ConfigMgr 2012 R2. The same steps will apply to ConfigMgr current branch. There are many benefits to integrating MDT with ConfigMgr. One of many such benefits is using the Diagnostics and … Read More
Upgrade MDT 2013 Zero Touch to MDT 2013 Update 2
This is the second article in a series of articles in which I write about my experiences managing Windows 10 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2. In the first article, I reviewed steps for installing Windows 10 ADK and creating new boot images in ConfigMgr. In this article, I’ll review the steps for upgrading MDT 2013 integrated with ConfigMgr to MDT 2013 Update 2. Note that while MDT 2013 Update 1 is required for managing Windows 10, MDT 2013 update 2 is NOT required. Also Update 2 includes no major features over update 1, but I’m interested in user experience enhancements for Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequences. Download and Install MDT 2013 Update 2 You can get this from the … Read More
Managing Windows 10 Deployments with ConfigMgr 2012 R2. Windows 10 ADK and MDT 2013 Update 2
In a previous post, I lamented the many frustrations that the Windows 10 ADK was causing me and many others, but also promised to post some updates if and when I got it to work for my specific use cases. I actually got this working some time ago, but I’m only now able to blog about this. So without further fuss, in this series of articles, I’ll review the steps I’ve taken to successfully manage Windows 10 in ConfigMgr 2012 R2. These steps also apply to later ConfigMgr releases. This series will cover steps for: Switching to Windows 10 ADK (1511 version). Download here. Updating Boot Images to Win PE version 10 Upgrading MDT 2013 Zero Touch to MDT 2013 … Read More
Windows 10 ADK Errors and Issues
Have you been banging your head against the poor fence, trying to determine why your WinPE v10.0.10586 boot images are crushing your will to take on Windows 10 OS deployments, trying to understand the Windows 10 ADK errors and issues, and looking for guidance on when we’ll actually get OS Deployments for Windows 10 working properly? Well you are in good company. There are known issues with the existing versions of the ADK, and in this article, I seek to explore these issues, and explore some options on how to proceed. Based on this article from Microsoft, which explains this issue in great detail, the recommendation is to stick to the RTM release of the Windows 10 ADK, in spite … Read More
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