Getting started with Microsoft Connected Cache

This new year starts with an introduction to Microsoft Connected Cache and is sort of a follow-up on this post of about 4 years ago. That time it was about the addition of Connected Cache for Win32 apps in Configuration Manager. Now, 4 years later, Connected Cache is available as a standalone product and can be used to serve content for Windows feature and quality updates, Microsoft 365 Apps and updates, Intune apps, Store apps, and Windows Defender definition updates. Basically, Connected Cache is a software-only caching solution for delivering Microsoft content within the environment. It can be managed via the Azure portal and it can be deployed to Windows and Linux hosts. No matter if those hosts are physical or virtual. Connected Cache basically …

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Microsoft Connected Cache in ConfigMgr with Win32 apps of Intune

This week is all about an awesome new feature that was introduced with the latest version of Configuration Manager, version 1910. That feature is that Microsoft Connected Cache now supports Win32 apps that are deployed via Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Connected Cache can be enabled on a Configuration Manager distribution point and serve content to Configuration Manager managed devices. That includes co-managed devices and now also Win32 apps, which enables a Configuration Manager distribution points to serve as a content location for Win32 apps deployed via Microsoft Intune. In this post I’ll start with a short introduction about Microsoft Connected Cache, followed with the required configuration of a Configuration Manager distribution point and the required configuration of the Configuration Manager clients. I’ll end this post by …

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