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Configuration Manager Current Branch 2010. In this release we continue to build on the tenant attach and work from anywhere themes from earlier releases, making cloud attach and management from the cloud easier and applicable for all. Cloud attach is using any combination of the “Big 3”: cloud management gateway (CMG), tenant attach and co-management. Administrators now have more control over use of the cloud, enhancements to tenant attach and additional functionality when managing clients over cloud management gateway.  Additionally, we have introduced CMG support for Azure Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscriptions. Microsoft Endpoint Manager tenant attach Troubleshooting portal lists a user’s devices based on usage - The troubleshooting portal in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center allows you to search for a user and view their associated devices. Starting in this release, tenant attached devices that are assigned user device affinity automatically based on usage will now be returned when searching for a user. Enhancements to applications in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center We've made improvements to applications for tenant attached devices. Administrators can now do the following actions for applications in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center: Uninstall an applicationRepair installation of an applicationRe-evaluate the application installation statusReinstall an application has replaced Retry installation Cloud-attached management Cloud manage Read the full article

Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager version 2006 KB4575786. After installing the following update rollup, the Configuration Manager console terminates unexpectedly.KB 4578605 Update Rollup for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager version 2006 This occurs if the user is not a member of the Full Administrator security role and switches between different nodes of the console. For example, a user that is a member of the Remote Tools Operator security role, and selects the Devices node in the console will encounter this issue.Event ID 1026 is recorded in the Application Event log with details resembling the following. Application: Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.exeFramework Version: v4.0.30319Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.Exception Info: System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2,].get_Item(System.__Canon)... Read the full article

Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2011. Categorize Community hub content Community hub content is grouped into a Microsoft, curated, or unreviewed category to allow admins to choose the types of content their environment displays. Admins can choose from the different categories of content that are provided in the Community hub to match their risk profile and their willingness to share and use content from those outside Microsoft and outside their own company. Community hub content has three categories for content sources: Microsoft curated: Content provided by MicrosoftCommunity curated: Content provided by the community that gets reviewed by MicrosoftCommunity unreviewed: General content from the community that doesn't get reviewed by Microsoft Admins can choose the types of content their environment displays from the following options: Display Microsoft content: Selecting this option means that only content created by Microsoft will be shown in the Community hub. This content has had some basic testing and scanning validation to confirm no malware and inappropriate text.Display Microsoft and curated community content: Show curated content from both Microsoft and community partners with basic level of review. Selecting this option means that only content that has been curated will be shown. The curation process includes basic review to confirm that the content doesn’t have malware and inappropriate text, but hasn’t necessarily been tested. Read the full article

UR for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager version 2006 KB4578605. Issues that are fixed During client policy download, the execmgr.log repeats the following log entry multiple times every minute. Device is not MDM enrolled yet. All workloads are managed by SCCM This results in potentially valuable troubleshooting information being overwritten. Client computers that are performing a PXE boot to install a new operating system are unable to find the boot WIM file. This occurs when the WIM file is stored in a content library split across multiple drives. Errors resembling the following are recorded in the SMSPXE.log file. CContentDefinition::GetFileProperties failed; 0x80070003CContentDefinition::TotalFileSizes failed; 0x80070003   Computers are unexpectedly removed from orchestration groups. This occurs if the site has the option Use this boundary group for site assignment enabled, but the target computers are not in that boundary group. Clients are unable to communicate over a custom port for a management point when other communications changes are made to the site. For example, enabling HTTPS communication for a site causes previously defined custom HTTP ports to stop working. State messages from clients may not be properly recorded if the client computer restarts within 10 seconds of state message generation. This results in inconsistent or unexpected state message values, affecting the accuracy of task sequence and software deployment reporting. Read the full article

Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2010.2. Tenant attach: Troubleshooting portal lists a user’s devices based on usage The troubleshooting portal in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center allows you to search for a user and view their associated devices. Starting in this release, tenant attached devices that are assigned user device affinity automatically based on usage will now be returned when searching for a user. Prerequisites An environment that's tenant attached with uploaded devicesInstall the latest version of the Configuration Manager client.Target clients with User and Device Affinity client settings to automatically create the affinities. Tenant attach: Create and deploy firewall policies You can now configure and deploy settings for Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security to tenant attached Windows 10 devices. Prerequisites An environment that's tenant attached with uploaded devicesWindows 10 or later clients Enhancements to applications in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center We've made improvements to applications for tenant attached devices. Read the full article

Download Java MSI. Java logo 512x512 for Microsoft EndPoint Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM/MEMCM) deployments: Java 8.0.2710.9 IANA Data 2020a JDK 8u271 contains IANA time zone data version 2020a. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software. Security Baselines The security baselines for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) at the time of the release of JDK 8u271 are specified in the following table: JRE Family VersionJRE Security Baseline (Full Version String)81.8.0_271-b0971.7.0_281-b06 Keeping the JDK up to Date Oracle recommends that the JDK is updated with each Critical Patch Update (CPU). In order to determine if a release is the latest, the following Security Baseline page can be used to determine which is the latest version for each release family. Critical patch updates, which contain security vulnerability fixes, are announced one year in advance on Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins. It is not recommended that this JDK (version 8u271) be used after the next critical patch update scheduled for January 19, 2021. Java SE Subscription customers managing JRE updates/installs for large number of desktops should consider using Java Advanced Management Console (AMC). For systems unable to reach the Oracle Servers, a secondary mechanism expires this JRE (version 8u271) on February 20, 2021. Read the full article

Download Notepad++ MSI. Notepad++ logo 512x512 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM) deployments: Notepad++ 7.9 MSI x64 No desktop shortcut;English localization;No AutoUpdater;No PluginsAdmin;Upgradable. Notepad++ v7.9.1 Enhancements & bug-fixes: Fix NUL file-corruption bug after Windows shutdown brutally (Fix #6133).Fix inaccurate URL detection by replacing a new URL parser (Fix #3912, #3353, #4643, #5029, #6155, #7791, #8634)Fix RegEx look behind operations and A and and b and z (Fix #713, #1870, #2216, #2360, #9004, #4855).Split functionList.xml into multifile in “functionList” Folder (Implement #4896).Make tray icon work again in administrator mode (Fix #8528).Fix dialogs & floating dockable panels don’t minimize to system tray issue (Fix #9044, #8928).Add alternative icon set for tab bar (Implement #8068).Add ability to remove any duplicate lines in a document, keeping the first occurrence (Fix #8965).Fix incorrect icon for monitoring status in Document list panel and in Document switcher (Fix #8783).Add copy marked text & styled text to clipboard commands to menu (Implement #8943, #6095).Fix find-all-open-docs not finding all matches in ANSI files (Fix #8901).Display long lines better in Find-result panel by increasing its max length to 2048 (Fix #7723).Fix double clicking on find result line not working (Fix #9009, #8525).Fix Find-result rclick-Copy incomplete data bug (Fix #8801).Add case insensitive lines sorting (Implement #4479). Read the full article

Download Notepad++ MSI. Notepad++ logo 512x512 for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM) deployments: Notepad++ 7.9 MSI x64 No desktop shortcut;English localization;No AutoUpdater;No PluginsAdmin;Upgradable. Notepad++ v7.9 Enhancements & bug-fixes: Add the ability to open the target file of a Shortcut (*.lnk).Enhance side panels behaviour: close a single panel instead of the entire stack.Fix Monitoring & document auto-update not scrolling to the end of the file with Word wrap enabled issue.Fix mouse cursor flicker while hovering URLs.Add back hovered blue underlined URLs.Enhance C++, Perl, Python parsers and add VHDL in Function List.Improve some ambiguous commands naming in Shortcut Mapper.Add an option to prevent right click from canceling selection.Add ability to sort lines randomly.Fix “Close All BUT this” looses current document data issue.Allow user to start making a stream selection and then change to column block (by pressing ALT key).Add word wrap option to find results context menu.Add keyboard navigation ability to Column Editor.Add keyboard shortcut ability to Projects, Folder as Workspace and Function List for switching among these panels.Enable project panels toggle from menu.Enhance Folder as Workspace to restore latest selected item of last session on Notepad++ startup.Fix inaccurate line margin update with word wrap enabled.Fix Find previous/next commands not scroll vertically to show match result issue (with word wrap disabled). Read the full article