Last month Microsoft released the iOS 9 Intune extension for ConfigMgr. At a customer with Hybrid scenario (ConfigMgr with Intune) the following happens when opening the ConfigMgr console. A prompt is displayed that a new extension is available, with the choice to install it right away, or open the console in read-only mode. When select -install- an error message is displayed, and you can start all over again. Let's have a look at this.
The first message displayed is "Extensions for Microsoft Intune have been enabled or disabled for this site. To update this console with the changes, click Yes. To continue without updating the console, click No. The console will be restarted in read-only mode."
When select Install the following message is displayed: "The feature task requires that you close the Configuration Manager console. Close all open Configuration Manager consoles and retry the operation".
Trick is no ConfigMgr consoles are open, nothing seems to happen and reopening the console would bring me back to the start again!
Solution for this is to start an elevated (admin) command prompt and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin. Run AdminUI.ExtensionInstaller.exe /Q from there. After that the console can be opened fine, and no popup is displayed anymore.
Maybe useful for future updates too :-)
When using ConfigMgr (2012) best thing is to offload the server and install the Management Console on endpoints or Management server. By default however the console is displayed in the language choosen in Regional Settings. This is not recommended because when looking on TechNet it's hard to find the right object in ConfigMgr Console.
In my case I want the console displayed in English instead of Dutch language. Two solutions are possible to change the default language:
1) Change the default language in Regional Settings. That way all language will be changed in Windows however.
2) Change the language pack folder in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\<Language>
In my case I renamed the [nl] folder to [_nl] and the [nl_NL] folder to [_nl-NL]. Just close the ConfigMgr Management Console and start it again. The language will be changed to English now!
