It’s a common issue, but still worth mentioning. Being a Full Administrator is NOT the same as having full control of all features in the ConfigMgr console. An example is enabling new Intune Extensions like the one released in late December. As usual you are prompted when new Extensions are available. In this example I’m […]
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Intune Extensions will not install
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A Story on Using 1E Nomad Branch and Network Impact
How Nomad can help reduce WAN congestion, and eliminate most of your DPs.
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Deploying WPA-2 personal WIFI profiles using ConfigMgr & Intune
For hybrid environments (that being ConfigMgr integrated with Microsoft Intune), it’s not possible to deploy a WIFI profile using a pre-shared secret in the UI. This will however not prevent you from creating and deploying WPA-2 Personal security WIFI profiles in the console. You will just be deploying the WIFI profile without the WIFI password. […]
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New ConfigMgr PowerShell cmdlets in CU4
Microsoft just released a new CU for Configuration Manager and with latest CU we got 35 PowerShell cmdlets. Now we have 597 PowerShell cmdlets. Here are the new ones: Add-CMDeploymentTypeDependency Add-CMDeploymentTypeSupersedence ConvertFrom-CMApplication ConvertFrom-CMConfigurationItem ConvertTo-CMApplication ConvertTo-CMConfigurationItem Get-CMCertificate Get-CMClientOperation Get-CMDeploymentTypeDependency Get-CMDeploymentTypeDependencyGroup Get-CMDeploymentTypeSupersedence Get-CMMigrationSource Get-CMObjectSecurityScope Get-CMQuery Get-CMSiteRole Invoke-CMGroupDiscovery Invoke-CMQuery Invoke-CMSystemDiscovery Invoke-CMUserDiscovery New-CMADGroupDiscoveryScope New-CMDeploymentTypeDependencyGroup New-CMEmbeddedObjectInstance New-CMEmbeddedProperty New-CMEmbeddedPropertyList New-CMQuery Remove-CMCollection […]
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Slides and links from my Compliance Settings session @ NIC 2015 in Oslo
Thanks for attending another great NIC event, and a huge thank for the organization behind NIC for arranging a true International conference in Scandinavia. Some good resources for working with Compliance Settings: Henrik Hoe – http://blog.coretech.dk/author/heh/ Sherry Kissinger – http://www.mnscug.org/blogs/sherry-kissinger Kent Agerlund – http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ Kenny Buntinx – http://scug.be/members/kenny/ Technet – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg681958.aspx Slides and examples
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Slides and links from my Site Review session @NIC 2015
Autmating the WSUS Cleanup process – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/house-of-cardsthe-configmgr-software-update-point-and-wsus/ SQL PowerShell audit script http://stevethompsonmvp.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/powershell-sql-audit-script/ Splitting existing ConfigMgr database into multiple SQL files http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jnelson/archive/2009/07/27/140199.aspx Pre-creating the database before installing Configmgr – download script Multiple software upate points and shared db – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverac/archive/2013/02/07/configuring-multiple-software-update-points-in-a-configmgr-2012-primary-site-what-to-expect.aspx Slide deck SQL Script to for fragmentation on the SQL DB Checking the database fragmentation: […]
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Slides and links from my Welcome to your new life as an Enterprise Client Hybrid Management expert session @NIC 2015
Thanks for attending my Hybrid Management session @NIC 2015. Slide deck Deploy wifi profiles with shared secret – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/deploying-wpa-2-personal-wifi-profiles-using-configmgr-intune/ Change device ownership in configmgr – http://blog.coretech.dk/kaj/change-device-ownership-in-configuration-manager-with-powershell/ Intune Extensions fail to install – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/intune-extensions-will-not-install/ and http://scug.be/sccm/2014/02/11/cm12-extensions-for-windows-intune-resources-and-gotchas/ Device based vs User based policies – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/device-based-vs-user-based-mdm-policies-in-configmgr-2012-r2/ Troubleshooting iOS certificate deployments – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/troubleshooting-certificate-deployment-on-ios-devices-with-configmgr-intune/ Deny Apps on Windows Phone – […]
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Windows 10 Preview Start Menu not working in build 9926
A quick fix to the StartMenu issue in Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926 During deployment of your Windows 10 image, you can fix this issue by prepping the default user profile, so that all users logging on to the device will benefit from the fix. In the registry key HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Create a REG_DWORD with the […]
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Installing and configuring a SCOM multi-homed agent with SCCM 2012 R2
(In this blogpost only handling x64 versions) I had the challenge to automatic install and configure a SCOM multi-homed agent. I ran in to a couple of issues that I had to deal with – so today I am going to share my experiences regarding this with you. First you need to copy the source […]
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Quick intro to Configuration Items in ConfigMgr with PowerShell
Configuration Items that I would like to export and import Here are some command examples that we can use in Configuration Manager 2012 R2 CU4. #Import Module Import-Module $env:SMS_ADMIN_UI_PATH.Replace("\bin\i386","\bin\configurationmanager.psd1") $SiteCode = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider CMSITE Set-Location "$($SiteCode.Name):\" #Get all CIs $ConfigurationItems = Get-CMConfigurationItem #Total CIs $ConfigurationItems.Count #Get CIs only with specific keyword $ConfigurationItems = Get-CMConfigurationItem […]
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Working with Queries in ConfigMgr with PowerShell
I accidentally blew up my dev lab and now I need to build a new one but luckily we have PowerShell . In this picture we have 8 Queries and I would like to create Device Collections based on these Queries. These Queries are built with Servicing Extension. Here are some of the commands […]
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Beyond unsupported – How to add PowerShell ISE to ConfigMgr Admin Console
As you already know, then currently we can only start PowerShell Console through Configuration Manager Admin Console but most likely you may want to start PowerShell ISE through Admin Console Step-by-step guide First, this is not supported so don’t blame me if something is not working. Please also remember that there is no SAVE button […]
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Create Status Filter Rules with PowerShell
Here is a quick example of creating a Status Filter Rule in Configuration Manager with PowerShell #Example 1 New-CMStatusFilterRule -SiteCode PS1 -Name 'Remove PC from OSD Collection' -MessageId 11144 -MessageType Milestone ` -RunProgram $True -ProgramPath 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -file D:\Scripts\Remove-CMDeviceFromCollection.ps1 -CollectionName "OSD Windows 8 Standard" -ComputerName %msgsys' #Example 2 $Parameters = @{ SiteCode = 'PS1' Name = […]
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Metadata Only Updates in SCCM 2012 R2 Console
Been a while since i blogged – but this i felt needed to come up. If you work with Software Updates in SCCM then you are used to see Normal, Expired & Superseeded Updates from Microsoft… Not Metadata Only Updates! (Unless you work with SCUP or other 3rd party patching) – https://technet.microsoft.com/da-dk/library/hh848254.aspx But i just […]
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Wsyncmgr.log: The request failed with HTTP status 503
Kent have blogged about WSUS maintenance before – its important so that we don’t hit problems like the one I’m about to share with you, so make sure you do something about it – Link. “The request failed with HTTP status 503: Status Unavailable” in this case the source is a stored procedure running (Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.ApiRemoting.ExecuteSPGetUpdatesThatSupersedeUpdate). […]
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Notes and links from the #Ignite Pre-Day, Enterprise Management
Slides and links Here is the link to the slides: http://deploymentresearch.com/DRFiles/MSIgnite2015preday.zip Video to deploying Windows 10 IoT to Raspberry Pi 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5SfPTykM6A Hydration Kit for System Center 2012 R2 http://deploymentresearch.com/Research/Post/407/The-Hydration-Kit-for-System-Center-2012-R2-is-available-for-download The script that exported task sequences was gathered from the following post http://trevorsullivan.net/2010/05/13/exporting-configmgr-task-sequences (by Trevor Sullivan) The script that imported task sequences was gathered from […]
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Links and tools from our Ignite Instructor lab – Upgrading to Windows 10 using ConfigMgr 2012 R2
Thanks all for attending the Instructor led lab @Ignite – All three Vikings had a great time on stage – thanks for turning the ILL into a very interactive breakout session Download the labfiles, scripts and instructions from the lab – http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/10/29/how-to-upgrade-to-win-10-using-the-task-sequence-in-sc-2012-r2-configmgr.aspx Download ConfigMgr Technical preview – http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-system-center-configuration-manager-and-endpoint-protection-technical-preview?i=1 Driver Import script – http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/automate-importing-and-creating-drivers-packages-in-sccm-2012-r2/
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Upgrade to System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1
Below is the guide that I normally use for a service pack upgrade in a single primary site environment. I will not go into the story about what files you should download as that is already explained by Jason Sandys here – http://blog.configmgrftw.com/service-pack-madness/ Planning and Testing Back up the SQL Server database and restore a […]
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Windows Mobile Phone 8.1 support gone after upgrading to Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1
One of the many changes in the newly released SP1 is support for Windows Phone 8.1 After the upgrade only there will only be support for Windows Phone 8.0. Navigate to the Administration workspace, select Cloud Services, right click your Intune connector, Configure Platforms, Windows Phone. Notice that Windows Phone 8.1 is not enabled. […]
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Working with managed applications within Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1
First, let’s define a managed application. In essence it’s a special policy that enable you to control settings in the application or browser like data encryption, can the user save the document as a new file etc. To successfully deploy a managed application you need to mix the application deployment with an application management policy. […]
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