I've written the following three PowerShell functions to build a mapping of Office 365 ProPlus version numbers (e.g. 16.0.10205.2009) to more reportable build numbers (e.g. 1806). I've created the following three functions to start: Get-Office365BuildToVersionMap Get-OfficeBuildListToCase …

Those enterprises who jumped on the Windows 10 bandwagon early and didn't like the idea of the Windows Store being installed by default may have taken it upon themselves to force the removal of the Windows Store before reading some of the best practices for either disabling it, or setting up a Windows Store for …

If you're trying to automate the deployment of the SCCM Console through Configuration Manager, you may find that running it quietly throws something like this in AppEnforce.log: Process 9976 terminated with exitcode: 6 For some reason, Microsoft has decided not to define a default installation path when running the …

How it is possible in mid-2018, with 2.6 million results in google when searching, that we don't have a policy where we can prevent shutting down a system but allow rebooting? There are dozens of workarounds, some of which I'll go over below, but no actual ability to set this policy. My Problem: First, there are two …

When it comes to data in SCCM, there is no shortage of what you can get access to, but where exactly do you find it? Below I'll outline three methods I've used in the past. First, the TechNet documentation. I'm going to be honest, I haven't actually looked here in quite some time. It's available, but since I've been …

I was having a discussion last week about how if you want to add a new product to an existing Office 365 ProPlus installation (such as adding Microsoft Access after already laying down Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), you need to supply an XML with the apps you want to exclude (no longer including Access) but you don't …

Last week I Fred Bainbridge and Ryan Ephgrave's MMSMOA session where they showed us that we shouldn't be using the pipeline anymore. Before beginning the session, I was as confused as you might be about why. The guys did a great job explaining it and I'm going to show you why in the same manner they showed me. Let's …

You caught me. There is no Day 5 to the Midwest Management Summit - but as I'm getting ready to depart the Mall of America this Friday morning, I'm going to share a quick list of things that I'd like to share about the overall conference over the week. So in no particular order . . . The venue is a fantastic choice. …