Software Portal Task execution as currently logged-in User

Some customers are currently evaluating to install MSIX using Symantec ITMS Software Portal. They do not want to publish a policy - they rather want to publish a task in the Software Portal. Problem: When publishing a software task in the Software Portal, you are not able to select a Job / Task, you have … Weiterlesen Software Portal Task execution as currently logged-in User →

Windows 10 Feature Update using Symantec ITMS – Lessions Learned

In this blogpost I will concentrate on how we are using Symantec ITMS 8.x to upgrade to the latest Windows 10 Feature Update using a Managed Software Delivery Policy. There are multiple methodes to run an Inplace Upgrade (IPU), for example you could also leverage Patch Management Solution to run the IPU, but in most … Weiterlesen Windows 10 Feature Update using Symantec ITMS – Lessions Learned →

Deployment Solution 8.5 RU3 Lessions learned

Since the release of ITMS 8.5 RU3 we´ve upgraded a few environments. Over all, the upgrade success rate is very high and it seems to be a stable release so far. In this Blogpost I want to show which issues we found so far and the solutions for the issues. After upgrading from 8.5 RUx … Weiterlesen Deployment Solution 8.5 RU3 Lessions learned →

Enhancement Request: Copy files back to the SMP when client is in CEM Mode

Currently there is no out-of-box function in SMA to copy / move files from a client machine to the SMP Server when client is in CEM mode. (Client connected via internet/gateway to SMP, not in intranet). Most of our customers requesting this kind of feature. From my point of view there is absolutely a need … Weiterlesen Enhancement Request: Copy files back to the SMP when client is in CEM Mode →

Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2

In the coming months I will post changes and features made into ITMS that are documented but mostly unknown or overseen. This will be a multi part series. In this series I will show what changes are made in the different RUs and how to make “real-world” usage of the newly introduced features. Starting with … Weiterlesen Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2 →

Did you KNOW? Series Part 3: What´s new in ITMS 8.5 RU3

Enhancement Request: Patch Management Software Update Task

Since the introduction of the new Software Update Task in 8.5 RU2 it is possible to install “manually selected” updates. This is very useful but… What most of our customers want, is to run the Software Update Task without manually selecting updates to install but instead have the option to install all necessary updates that … Weiterlesen Enhancement Request: Patch Management Software Update Task →

Did you KNOW? Series Part 1: Using the new End User Notification Task in 8.5 RU2

In the coming months I will post changes and features made into ITMS that are documented but mostly unknown or overseen. This will be a multi part series. In this series I will show what changes are made in the different RUs and how to make “real-world” usage of the newly introduced features. Starting with … Weiterlesen Did you KNOW? Series Part 1: Using the new End User Notification Task in 8.5 RU2 →

How to use Symantec Custom Inventory to report Microsoft Office 365 Update Channel

Open SMP Console - > Settings -> All Settings -> Discovery and Inventory -> Inventory Solution -> Manage Custom Data Classes -> New data class -> Office 365 Update Channels Create a Custom Data Class Add a Attribute with the following Parameters:Name: O365_Update_ChannelData type: String Maximum size: 100 Key: No Create a new Task Open SMP Console … Weiterlesen How to use Symantec Custom Inventory to report Microsoft Office 365 Update Channel →

Domain join problems with Windows 10 on newer Hardware Models

During the last 2 month I received increased support calls from customers which are trying to join their Windows 10 Computers (mostly new Hardware Models independent of the vendor HP, Lenovo, Dell) to the domain using an unattend.xml file. The unattended installation of the problematic computers takes very long during specialize because during this phase … Weiterlesen Domain join problems with Windows 10 on newer Hardware Models →