1. Newness and Coolness in Configuration MANAGER
Dune Desormeaux
Program Manager II
Microsoft
Avi Prasad
Program Manager
Microsoft

2. Dune Desormeaux Avi Prasad @DuneConfigured @TheAviPrasad
Program Manager, Configuration Manager product team
Program Manager II on the SCCM Team
9 months with Microsoft and SCCM product team
2 years on the team
Poutine, guacamole
Known to wear only black shirts

3. What’s new in current branch 1702

4. Microsoft Service Enablement
Windows 10 and Office
Software Updates
Microsoft Service Enablement
Simplification and Performance
The Customer Voice

5. 1702 | Windows 10 and Office

6. Windows creators update support
SCCM supports the N-1 version of Windows, and releases an update every 4 months. For RS2 this translates to:
-1702 fully supports RS2, including new management features
-SCCM 1610 will have AppCompat support for the Windows RS2 Creators Update
-SCCM 1610 and 1702 will be providing full support for the Windows RS1 Anniversary Update (1607)
Avi

7. Device Guard
Simplify deployment of Device Guard policies to clients with its native integration in Device Guard policies will lock down clients with Code Integrity so that only trusted Binaries can be executed
Avi

8. Device Guard Demo

9. Office 365 installer
Configure Office 365 installation settings, download files for Office Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), and deploy the files and as an application in Configuration Manger from the Office 365 Client Management dashboard.
Avi

10. Office 365 Installer Demo

11. 1702 | Software Updates

12. Windows Fragmentation
With Windows 7 and 8, servicing choices added complexity and cost, increased fragmentation, and reduced quality
What we are testing
What customers are running Y YY
Windows 7 Test Lab PC:
Fully Patched
Typical Windows 7 PC: Selectively Patched

13. Windows as a service update types
Quality Updates
Feature Updates
A single cumulative update each month
Security fixes, reliability fixes, bug fixes, etc.
Supersedes the previous month’s update
No new features
Targeting twice per year with new capabilities
Very reliable, with built-in rollback capabilities
Simple deployment using in-place upgrade, driven by existing tools
Try them out with Insider Preview

14. Express Updates Illustrated
Month n
Month n+1
Month n+2
Month n+3
Month n+4
KB1001
KB1002
KB1003
KB1004
KB1005
WSUS Server
Older deltas
New deltas
Older deltas
New deltas
Older deltas
New deltas
Older deltas
New deltas
Older deltas
New deltas
New deltas
New deltas
New deltas
New deltas
New deltas
Client PC
~100MB
~100MB
~100MB
~100MB
~100MB

15. Express updates
The size of cumulative updates keeps increasing over time. A big concern for customers.
Express updates allows clients to download only the delta between the current month’s updates and the previous month’s updates on the client.
Using express installation files provides for smaller downloads and faster installation times on clients
The size of the Express update is multiple times larger than the cumulative updates. Lighter on clients, heavier on the Distribution point

16. 1702 | Microsoft Service Enablement

17. Azure Active Directory
As a first step towards enabling Azure Active Directory, AAD will now receive its own top-level node in Configuration Manager. In 1702, IT Pros can now use AAD to configure user policies for Cloud Management Gateway.

18. Windows Store for Business
Online licensed apps can be deployed to ConfigMgr managed devices, to complete the Windows Store for Business app support

19. Windows store for business Support Matrix
Full Client
Hybrid
Free offline licensed app
1606
User/device collections
For both required and available install via Software Center
Required install in 1606
Available install in 1610 via new Company Portal
Free online licensed app
1702
Paid offline licensed app No
Paid online licensed app
1610

20. 1702 | Simplification & Performance
Dune

21. Pre-Cache Task Sequence Content
9/21/2018 8:57 PM
Pre-Cache Task Sequence Content
Clients download content prior to running task sequences
Streamlined user experience, reduced dependency on real-time network connection
1702: support for in-place upgrade task sequences
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22. Boundary Group Improvements
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Boundary Group Improvements
1610: More control over fallback behavior
Control how long the client should try and connect to DPs in its boundary group, in a controlled set of fallback boundary groups, and finally in any other boundary group
1702: Software Update Points also supported
Post 1702: Management Points
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23. Investments in console Experience
9/21/2018 8:57 PM
Investments in console Experience
1702:
Search the current node OR all subfolders
Persist which folder search option is selected
New column for object path
Dune
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24. Search all sub-folders demo

25. 1702 | Customer Voice

26. Handling Running .exe During Application Deployment
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Handling Running .exe During Application Deployment
A user-friendly experience to close applications that block a deployment
Widely requested
Admins can specify files they know will block installation of an app
Support for both user-initiated and required deployments
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27. Feature One Demo

28. Additional highly voted features
9/21/2018 8:57 PM
Additional highly voted features
Task Sequence enhancements
Support for a "Previous" option in task sequences
Select multiple apps in Install App step Configurable timeout for Auto Apply Driver task sequence step
Customize Software Center Warnings
Determine whether an OSD task sequence is considered “high-risk” and customize the warning that the user sees at installation time
Software updates on cloud-based DPs
Use a cloud-based distribution point to host a software update package
UEFI in Hardware Inventory
In 1702: Learn which systems are configured for secure UEFI through hardware inventory
Post 1702: Built in reports
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29. A brief look at user voice
Last Year
Today
Open Ideas
502
1600
Planned 5 16
Started or Completed 4
161

30. Perhaps the most important takeaway from today…
ConfigurationManager.UserVoice.com
WE LOVE USER VOICE!!!

31. Technical Previews Post 1702
Dune

32. Nested Task Sequences!! 1704 Technical Preview
9/21/2018 8:57 PM
Nested Task Sequences!!
1704 Technical Preview
New TS step to let you run another Task Sequence
Only one level of “nesting” supported, but more than one “Run Task Sequence” step is supported per parent TS
Great for modularizing, consolidating
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33. Nested Task Sequence Demo

34. Software Center Deep-links
Demo

35. Parting Words
Configuration Manager is the single best tool in the market to manage your enterprise
Keep upgrading as fast as possible
Give us feedback – we listen.

36. Related MMS Sessions from the Microsoft product group
How We Ship Current Branch
ConfigMgr High Availability (Part 1 1pm)
Managing Windows 10 with Configuration Manager 8am)
The Changing of the Guard 10am)
Cloud Management Gateway Deepdive 1pm)
Hackathoooon!