Removed and deprecated features for Configuration Manager

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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)

This article lists the features that are deprecated or removed from support for Configuration Manager. Deprecated features will be removed in a future update. These future changes might affect your use of Configuration Manager.

This information is subject to change with future releases. It might not include each deprecated Configuration Manager feature.

Deprecated features

The following features are deprecated. You can still use them now, but Microsoft plans to end support in the future.

Feature Deprecation first announced Support removed
Windows Analytics and Upgrade Readiness integration. For more information, see KB 4521815: Windows Analytics retirement on January 31, 2020. October 14, 2019 January 31, 2020
The implementation for sharing content from Azure has changed. Use a content-enabled cloud management gateway. You won't be able to create a traditional cloud distribution point in the future. February 2019 TBDNote 1
Classic service deployment to Azure for cloud management gateway and cloud distribution point. For more information, see Plan for CMG. November 2018 TBDNote 1

Note 1: Support removed TBD

The specific timeframe is to be determined (TBD). Microsoft recommends that you change to the new process or feature, but you can continue to use the deprecated process or feature for the near future.

Unsupported and removed features

The following features are no longer supported. In some cases, they're no longer in the product.

Feature Deprecation first announced Support removed
Device health attestation assessment for conditional access compliance policies For more information, see Manage access to Office 365 services for PCs managed by Configuration Manager. July 3, 2019 Version 1910
The Configuration Manager Company Portal app May 21, 2019 Version 1910
The application catalog, including both site system roles: the application catalog website point and web service point. For more information, see Remove the application catalog. May 21, 2019 Version 1910
Certificate-based authentication with Windows Hello for Business settings in Configuration Manager
For more information, see Windows Hello for Business settings.		 December 2017 Version 1910
System Center Endpoint Protection for Mac and Linux
For more information, see End of support blog post.		 October 2018 December 31, 2018
On-premises conditional access
For more information, see What is hybrid MDM.		 January 30, 2019 September 1, 2019
Hybrid mobile device management (MDM)
For more information, see What is hybrid MDM.

Starting with the 1902 Intune service release, expected at the end of February 2019, new customers can't create a new hybrid connection.		 August 14, 2018 September 1, 2019
The Silverlight user experience for the application catalog website point is no longer supported. Users should use the new Software Center. For more information, see Configure Software Center. August 11, 2017 Version 1806
The previous version of Software Center.

For more information about the new Software Center, see Plan for and configure application management.		 December 13, 2016 Version 1802
Management of Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs) with Configuration Manager.

This deprecation includes removal of options to create a new VHD or manage a VHD using a task sequence, and the removal of the Virtual Hard Disks node from the Configuration Manager console.

Existing VHDs are not deleted, but are no longer accessible from within the Configuration Manager console.		 January 6, 2017 Version 1710
Task sequences:
- Convert Disk to Dynamic
- Install Deployment Tools		 November 18, 2016 Version 1710
Upgrade Assessment Tool

The Upgrade Assessment Tool depends on both Configuration Manager and the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 6.x. The final version of ACT was shipped in the Windows 10 v1511 ADK. As there are no further updates to ACT, support for the Upgrade Assessment Tool is discontinued.

The Upgrade Assessment Tool is replaced by the Upgrade Readiness feature. Deprecation notice was added to the download page for UAT on September 12, 2016.		 September 12, 2016 July 11, 2017
Software update points with a network load balancing (NLB) cluster February 27, 2016 Version 1702
Task sequences:
- OSDPreserveDriveLetter

During an operating system deployment, by default, Windows Setup now determines the best drive letter to use (typically C:). If you want to specify a different drive to use, you can change the location in the Apply Operating System task sequence step. Go to the Select the location where you want to apply this operating system setting. Select Specific logical drive letter and choose the drive that you want to use.		 June 20, 2016 Version 1606
Network Access Protection (NAP) - as found in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager July 10, 2015 Version 1511
Out of Band Management - as found in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager October 16, 2015 Version 1511

Features removed in version 1511

The following sections include additional details for features removed with version 1511:

Out of Band Management

With Configuration Manager, native support for AMT-based computers from within the Configuration Manager console has been removed.

  • AMT-based computers remain fully managed when you use the Intel SCS Add-on for Configuration Manager. The add-on provides you access to the latest capabilities to manage AMT, while removing limitations introduced until Configuration Manager could incorporate those changes.

  • Out of Band Management in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is not affected by this change.

Network Access Protection

Configuration Manager has removed support for Network Access Protection. The feature has been deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2, and is removed from Windows 10.

For network access protection alternatives, see the Deprecated functionality section of Network Policy and Access Services Overview.

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