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Learn to Fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation

Let’s learn how to fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation Configuration Manager ConfigMgr. How many of us complain about SCCM Intune documentation?

The documentation is not updated, relevant, etc. Here is the real opportunity to help yourself and update the SCCM and Intune documentation.

But don’t worry about the quality of the SCCM Intune documentation, as there are several steps to validate before your edits/changes are published. Hack a doc is the theme of this post 😉

Check out the Video “Learn How to Help Fixing SCCM Intune Documentation Issues“. This post will give you all the details on learning to fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation.

Learn to Fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation

We had a great MVPHackaDoc session with Aaron during the MVP Summit 2018. All the credits to Aaron taught me how to update SCCM/Intune documentation. I don’t recommend going around and editing or updating all the documentation. But start small before you leap.

Start Small

Learn to Fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation – Video 1

What has Changed?

The Microsoft documentation service (https://docs.microsoft.com) is hosted on the GitHub platform, which improves the user experience while reading the documentation.

Even SCCM and Intune documents have been migrated to a new platform. The following is my list of key features of the new docs on the Microsoft platform.

  • Readability
  • Estimated Reading Time
  • Content and Site Navigation
  • Shortened Article Length
  • Responsive Design
  • Community Contributions
  • Social Sharing
  • Friendly URLs

How to Start Updating SCCM Intune Documentation?

I hope you read a lot of Microsoft documentation every day. You found the wrong article and want to inform the Microsoft Doc team about this incorrect information.

  • If you don’t have one, create one. It took me one and two minutes to do so.
  • You can select the GitHub Free plan during the signup process and tailor your experience to include a short introduction about yourself.
  • Open the article you identified and click the EDIT button, as I showed in the video tutorial. You should open the article from the same browser you are already logged in to from your GitHub account.
  • Once you click on the EDIT button on that article, it will redirect to the GitHub editor.
  • You will perform all the updates in the GitHub editor.

Identify the Article and Start Contributing

How to Contribute to SCCM Intune Documentation

As Aaron mentioned in his “MVP Hack a Doc” session, start small. Standard GitHub accounts may not have access to edit live document code. And you will get the following error when you try to edit or update an article.

  • You’re editing a file in a project you don’t have write access to.
  • Submitting a change to this file will write it to a new branch in your fork.
  • AnoopCNair/SCCMdocs so that you can send a pull request.

As I have shown in the “Hack A Doc“ video, A perfect example of raising an issue from Jason. He raised a problem and a documentation BUG was filed to fix this issue. 

I also tried creating a pull request, but I think that requires more access to edit the master file. A normal GitHub account may not have access to proceed with a pull request.

Another interesting thing I learned was how to select the best title, title suffix, description, and ms. Custom, ms. Date, and Ms. Prod for technical articles. As Aaron suggested, we can start doing the following things:-

Start Doing the Following Things
Clarifications
Examples
SDK, PowerShell
Guidance tips
Translations
See something, fix something
Learn to Fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation – Table 1

I have tried raising an issue with documentation, which is the best and easiest part I learned during the MVPHackaDoc session. I have more details about the problems raised in Hack A Doc’s video tutorial.

Another useful option trying to try to track the documentation issues with th GitHub account. So we can rest assured that Microsoft is aware of this bug and will fix it soon. Following is the file structure of the GitHub article (for example) SCCMdocs/sccm/core/plan-design/hierarchy/accounts.md .

Start Contributing = Raising an Issue

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Learn to Fix Microsoft SCCM Intune Documentation – Fig.1

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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam 1

Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam

Let’s discuss the Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam. Veeam offers a backup and restore solution for Microsoft Windows devices.

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows can take servers, desktops, and laptop backups. Previously, this solution was known as “Veeam Endpoint Backup“.

This post will show a Video Guide on Veeam’s Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution. The next three posts will cover Veeam’s Windows endpoint backup solution.

Under the post-Veeam Backup for the O365 v4 Community Version Upgrade Guide, you will find all the details of Veeam Backup for the O365 v4 Community Version. Veeam released the latest version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 with many enhancements.

  1. Windows 10 backup and recovery Software from Veeam
  2. Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam

Video Guide Windows Server 2016 File & Volume Recovery Solution from Veeam

Veeam has a free backup and restore solution for Microsoft Windows devices. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows can take backups of servers, desktops and laptops. Previously, this solution was known as “Veeam Endpoint Backup“.

Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Video 1

Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam

Veeam Vanguard is a community program by Veeam, and I’m honoured and privileged to be part of this exciting tech community.

Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam
Installation of Veeam Agent on Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Create Recovery Media
Taking Backup of Server 2016 as per schedule
Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Table 1
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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Fig.1

Install Veeam Agent for Windows on Server 2016

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is a data protection and disaster recovery solution for physical and virtual machines. It can protect different types of computers and devices, including desktops, laptops, and tablets. The solution can be installed on any computer that runs the following OS.

  • Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 or later
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or later
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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Fig.2

The installation of the Veeam Agent for Windows is straightforward. It will automatically take care of installing prerequisites like SQL Express, etc. After the installation, you will be able to see.

  • Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Service
  • Veeam Agent Tray
  • SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB

How to Create Recovery Media for Server 2016

Once the Veeam Agent for Windows is installed, the first step is to create a Veeam Recovery media. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows lets us create a Veeam Recovery Media, which is nothing but a recovery image of your computer.

You can boot your computer or server with recovery media, fix the OS system errors on your server 2016, or restore data from the backup. Microsoft Windows RE (Recovery Environment) automatically reboots after 72 hours of continuous use. All data that has not been saved before reboot will be lost.

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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Fig.3

You can launch the recovery media creation wizard from the Veeam Agent for the Windows home page. As the video tutorial shows, media creation is straightforward.

It took nearly 9 minutes to create a recovery media on my server 2016. The wizard will prompt you to format the USB during the media creation. At the high level, the following are the tasks.

  • Mounting Recovery Environment Image
  • Copy Veeam Recovery Environment files
  • Adding .NET framework
  • Adding system drivers
  • Copying boot files
  • Unmounting Recovery Image
  • Preparing USB disk
  • Copying data to USB disk
  • Recovery media has been created

Take Full Backup of Server 2016 using Veeam Agent for Windows

Veeam Agent for Windows offers three backup modes: “Entire computer,” “Volume-level backup,” and “File-Level backup.” Veeam Agent for Windows servers supports five backup options listed below.

  • Removable storage device
  • Local computer drive
  • Network shared folder
  • A Veeam backup server manages the backup repository
  • Cloud repository managed by a Veeam Cloud Connect service provider
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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Fig.4

“Configure backup” is the Veeam agent’s option to start configuring and scheduling the backup for the Windows server. The recommended option in the Veeam Agent for Windows is backing up your entire server. This helps with fast recovery on any level.

I selected the Entire Computer backup option for my server 2016. I used the external hard disk (local storage) to back up the server in 2016. This is my Hyper-V server in my lab. The video tutorial here provides more details. The following are the tasks that I could see.

  • Initializing
  • Preparing for backup
  • Creating VSS snapshot
  • Calculating digests
  • Getting a list of local users
  • System Reserved (disk 0) (500.0 MB) 42.0 MB read at 42 MB/s
  • (C:)(49.0 GB)42.4 GB read at 74 MB/s
  • Local Disk (E:) (188.5 GB) 37.4 GB read at 84 MB/s
  • Saving GuestMembers.xml
  • Finalizing
  • Truncating transaction logs
  • Truncating SQL server transaction logs
  • Processing finished
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Video Guide Windows Server 2016 Backup Solution from Veeam – Fig.5

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How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device 2

How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device

Don’t try to delete Windows.OLD folder from Windows 10 device via Windows Explorer. You won’t be able to remove Windows. Old folder via Windows Explorer.

I have tried to delete this folder via Windows Explorer many times but have never succeeded. In this post, we will see the method for Deleting the Windows.OLD Folder from a Windows 10 Device.

The Windows.OLD folder is where the previous installation Windows version is stored. It is created when we upgrade from one version of Windows 10 to another.

For example, when you perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 10 1703 to Windows 10 1709, the Windows.OLD folder will be created.

How to Remove Clean Delete Window.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Machine

In this post, you will get all the details on how to delete Windows.OLD folder. Free up C drive space. Don’t try to delete by right-clicking on Windows.OLD folder and delete. It won’t work very well.

How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Video 1

What is there in Windows.OLD Folder?

I will give you the answer to this question depending on your answer to the following question: Are you planning to restore the device’s previous version of Windows 10?

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How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Fig.1

Is it Safe to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device?

For example, If you have upgraded to Windows 10 1709 and want to restore the previous version of Windows 10 (1703), In this scenario, you need to have the Windows.OLD folder. Otherwise, you won’t be able to restore your device to the previous version of Windows 10.

How to Free up More Space in the C Drive of a Windows 10 Machine?

Check whether you have a folder named Windows.OLD in C drive. If so, you can remove or delete that Windows.OLD folder to get more free space on your C drive. You should get around 25 GB of free space on your Windows 10 machine’s C drive.

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How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Fig.2

How to Clean-up / Delete / Remove Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device?

Open Windows Explorer, Click “This PC,” Right-click on the C drive, and go to properties. In the properties of the C drive, click the Disk Cleanup button.

Disk Cleanup doesn’t have an option to delete the previous installation of Windows 10, so the “previous installation of Windows” option doesn’t appear in the Disk Cleanup option.

Windows.OLD folder contains the System Files of Windows 10. Hence, we need to click on the “Cleanup System Files” button to get the option to delete Windows.OLD folder. Select “Previous Windows Installation(s)” to free up 22.2 GB of space on the C drive. Click on the OK button to start deleting the Windows.OLD folder from the C drive.

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How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Fig.3

Will Windows Automatically Delete the Windows. Old Folder?

Windows won’t delete the Windows old folder. I tested this on my production machine after the Fall Creator Update of Windows 10. The content of Windows. The old folder has been removed, and the folder is zero sizes, but the Windows. The old folder is still present.

Do you want to delete the folder manually? There is no need to do that because it is not beneficial. Per my testing, this clean-up action occurred 11 days after the folder’s creation date.

Windows .old PropertiesDetails
Contains0 Files and 673 Folders
Created 19th October 2017
How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Table 1
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How to Delete Windows.OLD Folder from Windows 10 Device – Fig.4

More details about the programmatic way to remove WIndows.OLD is explained here.

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SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options 3

SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options

Let’s discuss the SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager. This post contains a collection of video tutorials that I created last year to help you better understand the backup and recovery process of the SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch (CB).

As part of the website revamp, I checked whether the posts were okay, and this series of SCCM/ConfigMgr CB backup and recovery posts came to my attention. SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options?

These videos should give you an overview of the entire backup and recovery process, with different scenarios, such as restoring with a full native SCCM ConfigMgr CB backup.

Also, backup and restore only using SQL backup, etc..CD.LATEST folder is another big change in the backup and recovery process if you compare SCCM 2012 and SCCM CB. I wish that none of us (SCCM Admins) should be in a situation where we must restore our site from backup! But be ready for the worst case.

How to Recover or Restore the SCCM CB Primary Server using SQL Database Backup

In this video, I’ll show you how to restore your SCCM CB 1606 primary server, especially if you’re using Intune Hybrid, using an SQL database backup. The key is that you don’t need a full backup of SCCM CB to get your primary server back up and running.

SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options – Video 1

Introduction – SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager

The following are the posts you can refer to for each scenario. I’m still planning to create the last couple of videos in this series, which will cover the backup and restore of the SCCM/ConfigMgr CB CAS server either from native SCCM backup or from SQL backup.

How to Plan Backup and Recovery for SCCM ConfigMgr CB

SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager? This post contains a collection of video tutorials that I created last year to help you better understand the backup and recovery process of the SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch (CB).

As part of the website revamp, I checked whether the posts were okay, and this series of SCCM/ConfigMgr CB backup and recovery posts came to my attention.

CD.LATEST?

These videos should give you an overview of the entire backup and recovery process, with different scenarios, like restoring with a full native SCCM ConfigMgr CB backup, backup and restore only using SQL backup, etc. The CD.LATEST folder is another big change in the backup and recovery process if you compare SCCM 2012 and SCCM CB.

I wish we (SCCM Admins) would never be in a situation where we must restore our site from backup, but be ready for the worst case.

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SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager – Fig.1

The following are the posts you can refer to for each scenario. I’m still planning to create the last couple of videos in this series, which will cover the backup and restore of the SCCM/ConfigMgr CB CAS server either from native SCCM backup or from SQL backup.

How to Plan Backup and Recovery for SCCM ConfigMgr CB

SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager? More details in the following link https://www.anoopcnair.com/what-are-the-options-for-sccm-cb-1606-backup-and-recovery/

How to Restore or Recover SCCM ConfigMgr CB Standalone Primary Server

This video tutorial explains restoring or recovering an SCCM/ConfigMgr CB standalone primary server. Some prerequisites are needed to ensure a smooth and successful recovery of your SCCM/ConfigMgr CB standalone primary server. It helps maintain consistency and compatibility with your existing setup.

How to Recover SCCM CB Primary Server Using SQL Database Backup 

SCCM ConfigMgr Current Branch Backup Recovery Options | Configuration Manager | Endpoint Manager? The following Link will have more details – https://www.anoopcnair.com/how-to-recover-sccm-cb-primary-server-using-sql-database-backup/

More details in the following link https://www.anoopcnair.com/what-are-the-options-for-sccm-cb-1606-backup-and-recovery/

How to Recover SCCM CB Primary Server Using SQL Database Backup 

The following Link will have more details – https://www.anoopcnair.com/how-to-recover-sccm-cb-primary-server-using-sql-database-backup/
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4aZFSPI3x1I

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How to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO

This is a quick post and video about “How to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO.” There are three methods for downloading the Windows 10 anniversary update (1607).

How to download Windows 10 ISO? Login to TechNet Evaluation Center with Hotmail/Outlook/Live ID and Download Free Windows 10 ISO – Enterprise version. This evaluation is to test Windows 10 1607 for free for 90 days.

How to download Windows 10 ISO 1607 Anniversary update from MSDN? Login to the MSDN Subscriptions Center (for Visual Studio/MSDN subscribers) from here and download the Windows 10 ISO.

In this post, you will find all the details on how to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO.

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How to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO – Fig.1

How to Download Windows 10 ISO 1607 Anniversary Update from VLSC? – How to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO

You can log in to the Volume Licensing Service Center (for Volume License customers) from here and download the Windows 10 ISO.

If you already use Windows 10 1511, you can get the updated version from Settings –> Update and Security. How do you download Windows 10 Anniversary Update 1607 for your home machines? How do you Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO?

Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO
Download Windows 10, version 1607 update from Windows Update or Windows Update for Business.
If updates are not appearing on your Windows 10 machine, use the Windows 10 Update Assistant utility.
Download Link
How to Download the Latest Version of Windows 10 ISO – Table 1

SCCM Related Posts Real World Experiences Of SCCM Admins

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.