Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Task Sequence Best Practices Documentation

Microsoft have released a number of documents to make up a best practice guide for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2. The documents are free to download and although we have not read through them ourselves yet, we are told that they are very good so worth a read. You can download the documents individually from the link below: Download …

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Configuration Manager Report Query for Servers not rebooted in the last week

If you want to report on the servers that have not had a reboot in the last week within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. How to create a Configuration Manager Report using SSRS SQL Query The query is below …

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SCCM Report Query for Machines without Client Installed

If you want to report on the machines that do not have the ConfigMgr client installed within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. The query is below and can be altered to fit your own needs by adding columns and …

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Configuration Manager Report Query for Client Version

If you want to report on the versions of your ConfigMgr clients that you have within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. How to create a Configuration Manager Report using SSRS The query is below and can be altered to …

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Task Sequences types in Software Center – OSD or Application?

Sorry about the recent lack of updates on our site but we have been incredibly busy fixing “real world” IT issues! Its also the silly season for holidays so over the next month updates may be a little sparse but we will try our best! We recently came across a really good blog post by Daniel Ratliff over at PotentEngineer.com about ConfigMgr …

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ConfigMgr 2012 – Log file to check package deletion progress

When you delete packages, applications or images using your Configuration Manager Console, it will then start to process the removal of the files from your distribution points. Depending on how many distribution points you have, this can take some time to complete. We recently had a scenario where we had to remove nearly 100GB of old driver packages, the removal …

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ConfigMgr OSD – Strange Task Sequence Failures Solved

We had reports from a customer this week about strange issues with their Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequences failing. The OSD seemed to work on most machines but a new batch of refurbished laptops would PXE boot but then would fail after the task sequence had been selected with a generic Microsoft error (you know the type!). We had been …

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Deploying Dell BIOS Updates using the Application Model

We have just started to update our hardware BIOS’s during the Configuration Manager OSD process taking advantage of the Application model. It works extremely well and is very easy to setup. We used this excellent guide to help us so we thought that we would share this with our visitors for it to help you too. Deploying Dell BIOS Updates …

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Change OSD Task Sequence Error Message Timeout Setting for Configuration Manager

You may have noticed that if you get an error when deploying an image using OSD in Configuration Manager the machine will display that error for 15 minutes and then reboot the machine. If you are running an image at lunch break or even overnight, this is obviously not even time to get the log file and scan through it …

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Configuration Manager Report Query for Machine Count by Manufacturer

If you want to report on the number of machines per manufacturer that you have within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. How to create a Configuration Manager Report using SSRS The query is below and can be altered to …

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Configuration Manager Report Query for Server Name and Properties

If you want to report on the server names and properties of those servers that you have within your Configuration Manager environment then you can run this query directly on your SQL database or you can use it to create a report within SSRS. How to create a Configuration Manager Report using SSRS The query is below and can be …

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