Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Configuration Manager’s SQL Server guidance now separates versions from required settings

The main development is a Configuration Manager documentation split, not a product feature launch. A new Supported configurations for SQL Server article now contains required and optional settings, while the existing versions article focuses on supported versions, editions, and compatibility levels. Related installation, prerequisite, international-support, database-replica, and LTSB links now point to the separated guidance. The other edits are largely mechanical: CVE-2026-47301 links lose the /en-US path, and a boundary-group procedure corrects “CGM SUP” to “CMG SUP.” Separately, an Intune Message Center notice recommends Windows KB5101684 Preview for full remediation of IT1431577.

• Configuration Manager · General

  New article centralizes Configuration Manager SQL Server requirements

  The new reference article applies to Configuration Manager current branch and SQL Server installations used for site databases, including SQL Server Express. It specifies SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS for the SQL Server instance and site database, Windows authentication, and memory guidance: 50–80 percent of addressable system memory when SQL Server shares the site-server computer, 80–90 percent on a dedicated remote database server, with minimum buffer-pool reserves of 8 GB for central administration and primaryب?

• Configuration Manager · General

  Version guidance now covers editions and compatibility levels separately

  The updated Supported SQL Server versions article now covers supported versions, editions, and compatibility levels, while linking required settings to the new article. It also clarifies that only Database Engine Services is required, SQL Server replication is needed for database replicas for management points but not ordinary Configuration Manager database replication, and site databases require 64-bit SQL Server on a dedicated named or default instance.

• Intune · Windows

  Windows KB5101684 Preview is recommended for IT1431577 remediation

  An Intune Message Center notice recommends installing Windows cumulative update KB5101684 Preview to fully remediate the issue tracked as IT1431577. The notice describes a client fix and platform improvements; it is a preview-update recommendation, not a general-availability Intune feature announcement.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.