SCCM Configmgr How to get list of deployments set to OverrideServiceWindows...
Introduction: Few months ago ,we had an issue with one of the deployment (it was software updates) that was deployed to collection with override service window due to emergency patch to be installed on...
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Introduction: I started blogging in year 2009 on www.eskonr.wordpress.com which was free from wordpress, but later I decided to move it to my own domain called www.eskonr.com in year 2010. Since then...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr How to get clients maintenance window with custom dates (Past...
Introduction: Maintenance windows in Configmgr help to ensure that client configuration changes occur during periods that do not affect the productivity of the organization. Following Operations can be...
View ArticleConfigmgr PowerShell script to create deployments for multiple software...
Introduction: Software update groups provide you with an effective method to organize software updates in your environment. Software update group consists of multiple software updates (metadata Only)...
View ArticleHow to find and update DNS server search order using SCCM Configmgr
If you are using SCCM Configmgr in your environment, you can accomplish lot manual /administrative tasks using Configmgr using deployment/compliance method. Recently I was working on task to update...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr how to manage clients in untrusted forest
Few weeks ago ,i was assigned with task to manage clients in untrusted forest using Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1.Yes, we are still running on Configmgr 2012 but soon (next few weeks) on Configmgr...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Technical Preview update 1702 available
Microsoft released February update 1702 for SCCM Configmgr Technical Branch with some new features and improvements to the existing features that are reported through user voice . These technical...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Current Branch updates stuck at downloading for longer time...
Today I just finished in-place upgrade for one of my SCCM Configmgr 2012 R2 SP1 Site to Configmgr Current Branch 1606 and upgrade was very smooth without any issues. After the in-place upgrade...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr powershell to enable the option software update deployment...
With Configuration manager 1606 ,new feature was added to software updates section which is called ‘Run software updates compliance scan immediately after a client installs software updates and...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr report for local admins and local group members
I had a requirement to generate report to list members (users/groups) of local administrators group on servers for auditing purpose. Finding the users/groups who are member of local administrator...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr SQL WQL query compare 2 or more collections to get the difference
This is quick post to show you ,how to compare 2 or more collections to find clients that are not member of other collections. The reason for me to write this collection is ,for server patching ,we...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr CI to check server role or feature installed
In this blog post, we will see how to use compliance item in configuration manager to check specific server role or feature installed on server or not .This request has come up to due to the fact that...
View ArticleSCCM Current Branch Remote Console connectivity issues Insufficient privilege...
Since few days ,i have been working on the SCCM console connectivity issues from remote box. This is completely new setup replacing the existing CAS with primaries and going with flat design (1 Primary...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Technical Preview update 1704 available
Microsoft released April update 1704 for SCCM Configmgr Technical preview with some new features and improvements to the existing features that are reported through user voice . These technical...
View ArticleSCCM SSRS The report parameter has a default value or valid value that...
Other day,I was trying to create my first SCCM Configmgr SSRS report with RBA (role based administration) what it means is ,data for all reports included with Configuration Manager is filtered based...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Failed to initiate install of WSUS updates, error = 0x80246002
While i was checking the software update compliance reports for Microsoft and Non-Microsoft (3rd party updates ,SCUP integrated) ,i see that ,compliance report looks good for Microsoft but not for 3rd...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Unable to run SSRS reports due to HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
Setting up Configuration Manager current branch (1702) lab for testing. While running the Configmgr reports using IE browser ,http://servername/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx ,it failed with error code HTTP...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Get count of software updates with its severity...
Quick post on how to get count of list of updates or count of updates in your Configuration Manager with severity categorised as Critical,Important,Moderate and Low. In order to get this information...
View ArticleSCCM Configmgr Software Update Compliance Report for Specific Collection...
In this post, i will discuss about the requirement that i have got recently. Local team /manager wants to run the software update compliance report for their LBU machines (collections) to see if all...
View ArticleSCCM ConfigMgr Available and Required Deployment options for content download
I have seen this questions often in social communities and online forums on this topic and how they work during content download. So i will try to explain what they mean and how they work when it comes...
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