WARNING: Removing Windows 10 Apps can make your system unstable. I had issues with my NUC after removing some default applications. Don’t do this in your master Enterprise image! Block apps with AppLocker instead. Use the following PowerShell command to check which Windows 10 Apps are installed: Get-AppxPackage | Select Name Make sure that you get all the packages that you want to delete in one view. For example: Get-AppxPackage | Where {$_.

Recently I passed the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam. I was thinking about stopping with the Azure exams but I couldn’t resist it to pass this exam as well. Today I passed the 70-534 - Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam with 857 points. I think that the 70-534 exam is a lot easier than the 70-533 exam. Most of the questions where questions where you had to select the Azure features that you could use in a specific situation.

Problem: Multicast during an SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 (1511 release) Task Sequence fails with error “Failed to get MCS key (Code 0x80004005)”. This error is found in the smsts.log log file on the (Windows 10 Enterprise x64 1511) client machine. SMSTS.log file contents CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: URL: SCCM01.CORP.DOMAIN.COM:443 CCM_POST /SMS_MCS_AltAuth/.sms_mcs?op=keyinfo ApplyOperatingSystem 15-4-2016 9:02:57 656 (0x0290) In SSL, but with no client cert ApplyOperatingSystem 15-4-2016 9:02:57 656 (0x0290) Request was successful. ApplyOperatingSystem 15-4-2016 9:02:57 656 (0x0290) pNext !

A couple of months ago I decided to migrate my blog from a self-hosted WordPress.org blog to WordPress.com. In this blog post, I’ll tell you why I did that. No maintenance required A self-hosted WordPress.org installation needs maintenance. Plugins as well as the WordPress installation needs to be updated multiple times per month. I know there is an automatic update mechanism for WordPress which works fine for a basic installation of WordPress, but there is a chance that the upgrade will break your plugins and you have to restore a back-up to temporarily fix your website.

I’ve requested this feature with many more WordPress Bloggers. Thank you WordPress!

Problem: If you see the following error in your IIS Logs (C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1), it’s possible that the CRL of your Certificate Authority isn’t reachable or valid anymore: GET /SMS_MP/.sms_aut MPLIST 443 - SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER - 403 13 2148081683 5701 18 Solution: Export a certificate from your personal certificate store, for example, an SCCM Client Certificate to your C: drive. Open a command prompt with elevated rights and type: certutil -url “C:\Certificate.cer”