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On Twitter I asked the following to David James (Director of Engineering, ConfigMgr, Microsoft) and Johan Arwidmark (CTO @ TrueSec): https://twitter.com/DevSecNinja/status/1024927840138145793 For example, I have 3 device collections in SCCM that I call: “Windows 10 Feature Updates - Test” “Windows 10 Feature Updates - Pre-Production” “Windows 10 Feature Updates - Production” With ADRs, that’s quite simple. Just add the deployment to the Software Update Group in SCCM and you’re done. But I was wondering if that is supported in the Servicing Plan scenario too, as with a Servicing Plan you define the amount of days it will take after a build release, before SCCM will deploy the feature update to the collection. ...

Because of the recent domain change of my blog, I decided to completely start over again with my lab in Azure. I’ve been working with Desired State Configuration Configs in Azure for quite a few years, but never used them for my own lab environment. It felt a bit overkill to do that, but now I wanted to start over and do everything right. This step-by-step installation guide explains how to create a DSC Configuration in Azure Automation and how to apply this on your domain controller in Azure. ...

Home Assistant recently announced a brand new image of Hass.IO running on HassOS. I instantly ordered a new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ to replace my older Raspberry Pi Model B, which was running Raspbian and Home Assistant. The guide below helps you with installing your new Hass.IO instance! Prerequisites Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ 32 GB **Micro-**SD card (I ordered a SanDisk Micro-SDHC 32GB Extreme U3 100MB/s) Ethernet cable (if not using WiFi) Micro USB power supply (2.1 A - very important! I’m using an iPad charger) A Windows 10 machine (This guide might work on a MacBook Pro or a Linux distro too) Installation Guide - Step-by-Step Download the 64-bit version of Hass.IO from Hass.IO. (File was named hassos_rpi3-64-1.7.img.gz) Download and install Etcher. I’ve used the Win32DiskImager tool before, but just installed Etcher to ensure that I’m following the right process. Open Etcher, open the image file you just downloaded and select the SD card. Hit the Flash button! Wait until it’s completed. It took me a couple of minutes. Optional - If you want to setup WiFi or set a static IP: On a USB stick, create the network/my-network file and follow the howto from HassOS. Safely remove the SD card (and optional USB stick) from the computer. Insert the SD card (and optional USB stick) into the Raspberry Pi and turn it on. Make sure you connect the LAN cable if you don’t use WiFi! On first boot, it downloads the latest version of Home Assistant which takes about 20 minutes. This gives you enough time to remove Etcher from your PC if you don’t need it anymore. You can now check your router/DHCP server to find the IP address of the Raspberry Pi. You can also reach the Raspberry Pi at http://hassio.local:8123. In the next blog post, we will take about configuring Home Assistant in Hass.io with the new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. Cheers!

Today I’m happy to tell you that my blog is now on the Cloudenius.com domain! Switching again? Less than a year ago, I changed the domain name of the blog from jvrtech.net to jvr.cloud. Unfortunately the domain name (jvr.cloud) has never been greatly accepted by Google. Searching for jvr cloud shows the JVR Cloud iOS app which hasn’t been updated for a while: Searching for jvr.cloud gave the following search results, which are better but still not good: ...

**With Windows 10 1607, Microsoft introduced Dual Scan functionality, which allows the computer to connect with Microsoft Updates besides using WSUS or SCCM. Steve Henry from Microsoft: “It is for the enterprise that wants WU to be its primary update source while Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) provides all other content.” I’ve seen various blog posts not covering all the steps I had to take to ensure Windows only looks to SCCM/WSUS. ...

**This error message is related to Device Guard Code Integrity in Windows 10 and shows up in the Event Viewer under the Code Integrity folder. As of writing this article, the error message is not described in online documentation of Microsoft.** In the current scenario, the built-in Windows 10 apps like the Calculator, Alarms & Clock or the Photos app will instantly crash after opening it. This error message tells that the sysfer.dll is not trusted by Microsoft and therefore cannot interfere with the Alarms & Clock app. ...

**With the Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft introduced Windows AutoPilot. Windows AutoPilot is a service which allows users to enroll their device with the Intune/Azure AD tenant of the organization during the Out-of-the-Box (OOBE) experience of Windows 10. By using Windows AutoPilot, organizations can dramatically decrease the time needed to configure a new device. During Microsoft Tech Summit 2018 in Amsterdam, Michael Niehaus announced some exciting new features which I will discuss in this blog post too.** ...

Recently my Xbox Achievements stopped popping up for Forza Motorsport 7 as described before in this post. Achievements for other games where working fine but after a while also Battlefield 1 achievements where not popping up anymore. After quitte some troubleshooting, I found out that the Pi-Hole Ad-Block DNS service installed on my Raspberry Pi was blocking the achievements traffic to the Xbox Servers. The strange thing is that Microsoft is using the same server addresses for telemetry data! ...

Happy New Year all! A new workplace is a great way to start the new year. As some of you may know, I’ve moved to a new apartment in 2016. My new apartment has a quite large living room but no extra room for a workplace. I work full time at Avanade and I like to work from home every now and then. I’m also aiming on finishing my Bachelor studies in Q1 2019, so all this requires a good workplace. ...

**As an Xbox 360 fanatic, I switched to PC gaming in 2011. After moving to a new house in 2016, there was no room for Triple Screen PC Gaming. I wanted a new and stable platform with 4K capabilities. The PS4 Pro released with 4K support and I wanted to see what they had to offer. During that time, rumors were telling me that the Xbox Scorpio wasn’t going to release soon. ...