SCCM – Updating all drivers after a migration
Every time you migrate from one SCCM instance to another, or if you have to move your drivers around (for instance: you originally had your drivers placed on the c:\ and want to mover them to another...
View ArticleSCCM – Controlling Application Supersedence
You might be wondering how to control this box in your SCCM 2012 R2 SP1 (or ConfigMgr SP2, pretty much the same thing) deployments. I’ve finally been able (with the help of my friend and future...
View ArticleSCCM 1511 – All prerequisites, in PowerShell
Just a warning, there’s a FEW things you can’t install w/ PowerShell, so make sure that you still do these steps manually: Use ADSI Edit to create a Systems\Systems Management Container Give your SCCM...
View ArticleDSC vs. GPO vs. SCCM, the case for each.
This is the showdown, guys. In the world of Windows tooling, which tool do we use? In this post, we’ll cover the general benefits and pros and cons of SCCM vs DSC, and also consider GPO and MDT as...
View ArticleSCCM Reporting – Can’t save a report
Ever run into this issue where you can’t save a report you’re editing in the report builder? “Failed to save report (report server URL). The sortExpression Expression for the grouping refers to the...
View ArticleSCCM 1511 Upgrade Hangs Fix
Recently for a customer, we ran into an issue in which the SCCM 1511 upgrade was hanging at the following screen. Backing up files for upgrade If we open the SCCM install log file on the primary site,...
View ArticleSCCM 1602 – Unable to upgrade client solved
This was a bit tricky! We completed an SCCM upgrade for one customer from SCCM 1511 to 1602, and made use of the nice pre-production client validation feature. This allows you to specify a collection...
View ArticleSCCM 1602 Query – All Online Machines
Quickpost: SCCM 1602 Query – All Online Machines With the Advent of client activity indicators in SCCM 1606: We can now see which machines are online at a given time. I love these green checkboxes. I...
View ArticleSCCM v Intune Showdown
If you’re an SCCM Administrator you’ve likely heard of InTune and might be wondering when to use it. In this post, we’ll cover how SCCM and Intune are able to manage Windows 10 full desktop computers...
View ArticleWindows 10 Must-have Customizations
I’ve performed a number of Windows 10 Deployment projects, and have compiled this handy list of must-have customizations that I deploy at build time using SCCM, or that I bake into the image when...
View ArticleFaster: ConfigMgr Collection Manipulation Speed Test
Recently at work, we had a task come up which saw us needing to move tens of thousands of devices between collections in CM. We decided to run some tests to find the fastest way! We compared: The SCCM...
View ArticleClientFaux 2.0 – Completely re-written, faster than ever
As mentioned on the stage at MMSMOA, ClientFaux 2.o is now available. Completely re-written with as a WPF GUI with automated certificate generation, multi-threading, and all the bells and whistles....
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