VLSC is gone - welcome admin.cloud.microsoft, how-to access keys, ISOs today
Hi everyone, if anyone is looking for volume licensing downloads, keys etc. there's a significant change. While most Windows devices out there are licensed through OEM nowaways there are exceptions for upgrade licenses such as Windows Enterprise or other SKUs that may be part of Volume Licensing. Here's a brief blogpost on this important change.
Cataloging Modern PC Management Ready PCs, Peripherals, and Software
I have started a shared spreadsheet for the community to share their experiences with "Autopilot Ready" PCs, Peripherals and Software. My hope is this will help admins find the rare gems and push OEMs to get with the times. Please contribute your own findings to the spreadsheet and discuss suggestions here. https://1drv.ms/x/s!AgG_boPR-xfWjN9i2Z_y_8ErM6t--AUpdate Compliance is retiring
Update Compliance is retiring on March 31st, 2023. You must have enrolled to Windows Update for Business (WUfB) reports by February 14th to continue receiving reports. For more information about this transition, see http://aka.ms/wufbreportsGA and please enroll at http://aka.ms/wufbreports
quick assist deployment thru Powershell-GPO
Since that Microsoft is turned with quick assist to the Windows Store we cannot use Quick assist anymore. I cannot install / deploy it thru Powershell whatever i try thru GPO, manual, scheduled task etc, it will not work. The only way that the install succeeds is when go to the Store and download and install it when i am an admin. But i want to deploy Quick Assist thru Powershell... What i tried: #sets switches param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][Switch]$Install, [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][Switch]$Uninstall, [Parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)] $args ) #Log output results function LogOutput($Message) { $LogFile = "C:\temp\Quick-Assist.log" "$(get-date -Format 'MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm') $($Message)" | Out-file -FilePath $LogFile -Append -Force } #Start of Script If ($Install){ Try { LogOutput "***This script is used to install the new Quick Assist app that is from the Microsoft Store. It will also remove the old version***" $InstallAppX = Get-AppxPackage -allusers MicrosoftCorporationII.QuickAssist If ($InstallAppX.status -eq 'OK'){ LogOutput "[Info] Windows Store version of Quick Assist is already installed" #lets uninstall the old version. LogOutput "[Info] lets uninstall the old version" Remove-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'App.Support.QuickAssist~~~~0.0.1.0' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue' LogOutput "[Info] Old version of Quick Assist has been uninstalled" } If ($InstallAppX.status -ne 'OK'){ LogOutput "[Info] Installing the Windows Store version of Quick Assist..." Add-AppxPackage -Path "c:\quickassist\MicrosoftCorporationII.QuickAssist.AppxBundle" #Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -SkipLicense -PackagePath '.\MicrosoftCorporationII.QuickAssist.AppxBundle' LogOutput "[Info] Attempting to remove the old version of Quick Assist..." Remove-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'App.Support.QuickAssist~~~~0.0.1.0' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue' } LogOutput "[Success] The Windows store version of Quick assist has successfully installed and the old version has been removed." } catch [exception] { LogOutput "[Error] An error occurred installing Quick Assist: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } We are using windows 10 21h1-2 Problem with this script is also that it says it removes the old version and installed the new version successfully, and when i look with get-package.... it also states that quick assist package is installed, but it is not in the startmenu anymore.... How can i deploy quick assist best for many computers without Intunes or sccm?
Why is My MAC-Address Resolved Backwards My IP-Address
When I go into my monitoring software, new and strange MAC addresses keep popping up. These MAC addresses also have an associated IP address and when I then convert my MAC address to decimal I get the IP address written backwards. Example: MAC--> 49-CA-B7-0A-00-00 IP --> 10.183.202.73 The DHCP recognizes this address also as BAD_ADDRESS and my question is now, can it be because of the DHCP, DNS or the monitoring software OpUtils? And if you have a solution, can you explain me how I can work around this so that it no longer occurs?Stop auto install Microsoft Store apps
Hi, Does anybody know a manner to stop downloading/ installing all the apps from the Microsoft Store as soon as an user logs in to the store (Xbox, Skype, CodeWriter etc)? I`m doing some testing with Azure AD join and Intune MDM, but when a device is joined and MDM managed, the user is automatically logged on to the store, which results in installing more than 30 apps, from which most apps never be used. Would be nice to prevent those apps from installing. Thanks Peter
