What is an ADR Getting Started with ADR Creating and Defining an ADR What are Deployment Packages?In this blog we will review Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs) and how they can be used to simplify and automate your patching processes in Microsoft Configuration...
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How to use PowerShell to install Windows updates & ensure long-term compliance
In this post I will walk you through how to install Windows updates and report on patch compliance using Windows PowerShell. We will be using: kbupdate - a community Windows PowerShell module written by Chrissie LeMaire (SQL & PS MVP, GitHub Star, creator of...
What System Administrators Need to Know About May’s KB5025885 Patches
Microsoft’s May security updates partially address a Secure Boot bypass flaw named BlackLotus (CVE-2023-24932), made possible by a much older Secure Boot vulnerability called Baton Drop (CVE-2022-21894). I say partially because the security updates alone will not...
Mastering ConfigMgr Client Actions
In this blog post, we’ll take a deep dive into the various SCCM client actions, including when to use them, what they do, and which log files you need to pay attention to. Whether you’re a seasoned SCCM administrator or just getting started, this guide will provide you with the essential knowledge you need to manage your SCCM clients effectively.
Microsoft Office Critical Update – CVE-2023-23397
Issue Summary On March 14th, 2023, Microsoft released an update for Outlook with a criticality of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10. This score indicates that the vulnerability is critical and has the potential to be exploited remotely. This means that the vulnerability can...
How to Use Dynamic Azure AD Groups and Filters to Improve Targeting
Creating Dynamic Groups in Azure AD is a helpful way to automatically add and remove members to a group. However, when using those groups for assignments, there can be performance and latency issues depending on the size of your environment. Also, let’s say we wanted...
How to update Offline Configuration Manager Environments – Faster
If you've ever had a Patch My PC demo call or watched a Patch My PC video you've probably seen the Patch My PC demo environment. What you might not know about that demo environment is that there are EIGHTEEN of them, all in Offline Servicing Mode. If you are lucky,...
Writing a Better Network Tester
There are few things more frustrating in IT than troubleshooting weird network problems. Especially when those weird network problems, impact browsing to normal everyday websites where our other tools live. It's a pain point we can all identify with. Inevitably, when...
MEM Patching Optimizer (Project-Clippy)
MEM Patching Optimizer is a free tool from Patch My PC that helps analyze your WSUS & ConfigMgr environment for known issues and provides recommended best practices.
Win32app Retry Interval – Demystified
Testing installation failure of win32apps, the IntuneManagementExtension.log file and it’s retry schedule on the same device but based on configuration.