Microsoft have released version 1910 as an in-console update in Configuration Manager. As part of this upgrade the product receives a bit of rebranding as well as some new features.
Firstly, the branding, Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager is no more!
Welcome, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.
Microsoft have decided to add Configuration Manager under the Microsoft Endpoint Manager brand along with:
- Intune
- Desktop Analytics
- Autopilot
- Other features in the Device Management Admin Console
Expect to see this in your programs list after completing an upgrade to 1910.
So, what’s new in Configuration Manager 1910?
Here are our best picks:
- Extend and migrate on-premises site to Microsoft Azure allowing programmatically created VMs for Configuration Manager in Azure
- Desktop Analytics - A cloud service integrated into Configuration Manager
- Microsoft Connected Cache support for Intune Win32 apps
- Reclaim SEDO lock on task sequences
- High Performance Power Plan options introduced in task sequences
- Search function added in task sequences
- Copy and paste functions added in task sequences
- Improved language support in task sequences
- Deploy Edge v77+ and Updates (Chromium based)
- Set default keyboard layout in WinPE – Finally!
- In-place upgrades via CMG – Internet connected devices can upgrade while remote
- Import a single index of an OS upgrade package
- BitLocker management
- View and message (via Teams) to Configuration Manager console users
For more information on the new features, see the Microsoft official release notes:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/plan-design/changes/whats-new-in-version-1910