Configuration Manager technical preview version 2301

January 31, 2023

Microsoft Configuration Manager product branding.

Starting with Configuration Manager version 2301 technical preview Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is now Microsoft Configuration Manager.

Microsoft Configuration Manager is an integrated solution for managing all your devices. Microsoft brings together Configuration Manager and Intune, without a complex migration, and with simplified licensing. Continue to leverage your existing Configuration Manager investments, while taking advantage of the power of the Microsoft cloud at your own pace.

Improvements to Cloud Sync (Collections to Azure Active Directory Group Synchronization) feature.

Starting this technical preview 2301 release user/device-based sync status (success, failure, in-progress, failure reason if any) will be available in the dashboard for the chosen collection. Earlier with Configuration Manager version 2211, the scalability of this feature has been improved with better throttling and error handling. Additionally, dedicated dashboards for user collections and device collections are added in Monitoring workspace to show Cloud Sync status. The dashboard displays the Cloud Sync status per collection with the mapped Azure AD group, total member count, synced member count, status (success, failed, in progress) and last sync details.

For more information, see Synchronize collections to Azure Active Directory Group.

Update to the default value of supersedence age in months for software updates.

With Unified Update Platform (UUP) nearing general availability release, the feature update and non-feature update supersedense should be greater than 3. For new software update role installations, we're updating this to 6, existing customer can review and update to 6 when the feature is released during general availability.

Update to the default value of supersedence age in months for software updates.

General known issues

Update to the default value of supersedence age in months for software updates.

Removing SUP role in Admin Console does not reset the supersedence age property in WMI. As a result, while reconfiguring the role, the previously configured value is shown in the configuration window. This property needs to be reset to default value on role removal.

Removing Microsoft Store for Business and Education new config capability.

As part of Microsoft Store for Business deprecation, we are making these changes to the customer experience with using this feature:

-Removing a user's ability to create new Microsoft Store for Business in Configuration Manager.

-Display a warning message box when user triggers a sync from Microsoft Store for Business.

-Display a warning in the Create Application Wizard when user attempts to create a new app from Store license information.

Other Updates

Update to Offset for recurring monthly maintenance window schedule.

Based upon your feedback, you can now offset monthly maintenance window schedules to better align deployments with the release of monthly security updates. For example, using a maximum offset of seven days after the second Tuesday of the month, sets the maintenance window for next Monday.

For more details and to view the full list of new features in this update, check out our Features in Configuration Manager technical preview version 2301 documentation.

Update 2210 for Technical Preview Branch is available in the Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Technical Preview console. For new installations, the 2210 baseline version of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Technical Preview Branch is available on the link: MECM2210TP-Baseline or from Eval center

Technical Preview Branch releases give you an opportunity to try out new Configuration Manager features in a test environment before they are made generally available.

We would love to hear your thoughts about the latest Technical Preview! Send us feedback directly from the console.

Thanks,

The Configuration Manager team

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