ConfigMgr has many little gems tucked away, underutilized, forgotten at times. Configuration Items (CI) is one of these gems. CI’s have been around since Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 days, when they were known as Desired State…
Cybersecurity is a daily struggle for business. Companies need to be alert to the hacks and data breaches that are becoming increasingly common. Windows 10 is driven on security. Since its release various solutions have been developed to help reduce…
I love it when a tech speaker lays out an overwhelming topic so clearly that it starts to feel approachable. That’s how I felt during a recent IT Pro Today webinar with Orin Thomas on security configuration management for…
If you work in IT today, you are walking on a razor’s edge trying to get security right. The Adaptiva 2018 Endpoint Security Survey can help you avoid missteps. We polled over 300 IT professionals about Windows security in…
This podcast with MVP Steven Hosking is a beginner’s guide to Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) for ConfigMgr, covering IBCM vs. CMG, architecture and trade-offs, https & certificates, telemetry, Tim Tams (Australian biscuits!), Lego roller coasters, and more! Watch…
Reaching Your Clients As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, IT pros are finding it harder to manage endpoints. This is especially true if you work at a large company using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). You may have a…
Like so many technical people, I’m shifting a good bit of my focus to security. Reading about cybersecurity is one thing, but talking to the world’s leading experts is another! Last week I had my first exposure to…
Let’s hope malware never appears on computers you manage. However, it may still find a way. Symantec recently reported 71% of malware attacks start via spear phishing. Users should know better by now, but that’s out of your…
For this podcast, Ami Casto and I had the pleasure of speaking with Microsoft MVP Robert Marshall. Fresh off his MMS 2018 session “Architecting ConfigMgr,” Robert offers guidance on architecting ConfigMgr based on the latest technologies and options. Watch Listen…