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SCCM 1906 release

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SCCM 1906 released! - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1906

If you want it right now - you can opt-in via the fast ring script - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099733

Another belting release from the SCCM team - while some releases have different focuses over time - generally releases have tended to have something which makes day-to-day admin life a bit easier for someone.... and sometimes, big things, such as passive site servers, that just structurally make the product substantially better.

Anyway - out of this release comes a couple of items that i think are particularly of note to me (other may be interested in different parts - depending on your setup):

  • Site maintenance UI is friendlier
  • Use your distribution point as an in-network cache server for Delivery Optimization
  • Support for Windows Virtual Desktop
  • OneTrace - a preview of a tool which could be dubbed the next-gen of CMTrace...
  • Improvements to co-management auto-enrollment
  • Retry the install of pre-approved applications
  • Task sequence debugger - not there yet - but great that its being thought about - can see this being exceedingly handy as this matures
  • The Disable BitLocker task sequence step has a new restart counter
  • Additional options for WSUS maintenance - these are brilliant. Hopefully this release will also fix bug id 4808740 - i haven't been able to test this as yet.
  • New Windows 10, version 1903 and later product category - this enables admins everywhere to further reduce the number of updates stored by WSUS - which leads to improvements with server and client performance
  • Role-based access for folders - finally!
  • Administration service support for security nodes - this is potentially a big change - keen to test this out in a bigger environment
  • Collections tab in devices node - gradually chipping away at right click tools functionality
  • Multiselect and delete packages - finally!