SCCM and other IT stuff

Download an appx application locally to be used in SCCM CB I got some inspiration to this blogpost from: http://woshub.com/how-to-download-appx-installation-file-for-any-windows-store-app/ Here is an easy way to download an appx from Microsoft store. This can be used to add an appx application in SCCM CB and the distribute it to devices. Why all this hazzle, when you can get the app from the store? Quite simple: our company policy don't allow app update over the Internet Requirement: The application must be installed, to be able to copy the download link. Next: Search for the application and chose share. (Sorry for the danish. Lommeregner = Calculator) In the share dialog box, select copy link Browse to this URL:  https://store.rg-adguard.net/  and paste the URL into the textbox Find lines with the version number you would like to download and place them all in the same folder. Also download the files for x86 & x64 or an easier w...

Server Groups aka Device Availability Groups - and MS finally gave it its new name:  Orchestration Groups 28 september 2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/get-started/2019/technical-preview-1909 The feature was introduced way back in technical preview 1602 and and is still only available as a pre-release. At MMS 2019 the product group introduced the new name and look for server groups and it seem to be Device Availability Group. the feature has been recoded and will now have its own node in the console. (sorry for the pic quality, it was screen captured during the session at MMS) It was not 100 % clear what kind of deployments the feature will support, so I asked @Djammmer on twitter if they will support updates, applications and packages. It is a good start, but it will be required with support for all deployment types, otherwise it will be quite difficult to get the full benefit for device availability groups