About William Bracken

Partner – Model Technology Solutions William is an experienced and results-driven IT geek who is passionate about the “automation of things,” with an extensive background in systems management, advanced OS deployment automation, and overall infrastructure automation. He has more than 19 years of experience in IT, and has designed and implemented management solutions that have dramatically reduced support costs and ultimately brought consistent and well managed operating environments to organizations across the US.

What is the Windows 10 Enterprise Insider Preview?
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What is the Windows 10 Enterprise Insider Preview?

By William Bracken|2018-11-14T08:27:53-06:00November 14th, 2018|Windows 10|

When it comes to new software, some people are cautious, and some like to get in the sandbox and play, so to speak. For that second group of people, Microsoft [...]

We Have Win 7 and 10… Do I Need to Upgrade to Windows 10?
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We Have Win 7 and 10… Do I Need to Upgrade to Windows 10?

By William Bracken|2018-11-08T11:18:10-06:00October 17th, 2018|Windows 10|

This is something I hear (or see) often when working with clients. They have a bunch of machines running Windows 7, but they need to invest in some new hardware…all [...]

Set IE as default for Windows 10 Intune (SCCM/Hybrid) clients
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Set IE as default for Windows 10 Intune (SCCM/Hybrid) clients

By William Bracken|2018-03-08T08:28:45-06:00November 14th, 2017|Microsoft Intune, SCCM, Windows 10|

One of the first questions we are generally asked with Windows 10 is "How do I make Internet Explorer my default browser instead of Edge?" Now we could have [...]

CM Tech Preview 1708 – Make Scripts Work for You!
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CM Tech Preview 1708 – Make Scripts Work for You!

By William Bracken|2018-10-09T10:24:34-06:00September 8th, 2017|PowerShell, SCCM|

Greetings everyone, If you haven't heard by now, the newest branch of SCCM 1706 brought the concept of managing PowerShell scripts within the Administrators console that can be executed against [...]

The Value of Managed Services
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The Value of Managed Services

By William Bracken|2018-01-25T14:43:52-06:00August 8th, 2017|Microsoft Intune, PowerShell, SCCM, Windows 10|

Today we are going to tell you a little story and see if it rings true for your organization. This is a story of a fictitious company named Contoso. Although [...]

SCCM Current Branch 1702 Hotfix – Stuck Download
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SCCM Current Branch 1702 Hotfix – Stuck Download

By William Bracken|2017-07-14T14:45:28-06:00July 3rd, 2017|SCCM|

Are you experiencing an issue with the "Configuration Manager 1702 Hotfix Rollup (KB4019926)" getting stuck after upgrading SCCM to 1702? We have a fix.

Use PowerShell to find unmanaged computers

By William Bracken|2017-01-26T15:52:42-06:00January 26th, 2017|PowerShell, SCCM|

Greetings fellow IT geeks. Today's post is centered around PowerShell and a recent request we had from a client. The Issue So like many companies out there, there can be many [...]

App-V in Windows 10 1607!

By William Bracken|2016-12-14T15:06:30-06:00December 14th, 2016|SCCM, Windows 10|

Greetings everyone. As promised, Microsoft incorporated the Application Virtualization (App-v) client into the Windows 10 1607 Operating System! This is exciting news (well at least for me). I absolutely love [...]

Next Gen OneDrive deployment during SCCM OSD
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Next Gen OneDrive deployment during SCCM OSD

By William Bracken|2017-07-15T07:33:24-06:00November 4th, 2016|SCCM, Windows 10, Windows 8.1|

Hello! Today I would like to talk about deploying the next generation OneDrive client for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 during an SCCM OS Deployment Task Sequence. What [...]

Case of the stalled Windows 7 Updates with MDT Build & Capture

By William Bracken|2016-09-30T13:35:54-06:00September 30th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Today I would like to talk about a frustrating issue for those of us who still have a need to create a build & capture process for Windows 7. This [...]