This category contains Windows Server tutorials and guides covering installation, configuration, and troubleshooting across multiple versions including 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025. Designed for system administrators and IT professionals managing server environments.
< div dir=”ltr” style=”text-align: left;”> If you have a requirement to place Exchange Management Tools 2007 into your Software Catalog, then it can be a bit tricky finding out the correct installation parameters to setup to get it to work fully. I have been through this and managed to get it working correctly so below … Read more
We have recently had an annoying issue with machines taking a very long time to get to the ALT-CTRL-DEL screen on boot up and getting stuck on starting Windows and also taking ages to shut down and do anything in Windows. We found a few hotfixes for this issue, but when we tried to run … Read more
A lot of programs these days rely on Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to work. In an SCCM environment, this can prove to be a very useful application to have in your Software Catalog and as an application so that your users can install it when required and so that you can also use it … Read more
I’ve recently been working on a project using WDS and MDT rather than SCCM and I needed to create some new custom images to deploy to around 200 machines. These consisted of Windows XP, Windows 7 Enterprise x86 and x64. Once I had created the custom image, I needed to then capture it using Sysprep … Read more
Step by step guide on how to use Java MSI installers to distribute through WSUS, SCCM and SCUP.
I’ve recently been trying to create a custom built Windows 8 image for future deployment using SCCM 2012 SP1. I built a clean Windows 8 base image and then installed all the programs that I wanted on the image and then run Windows Update. I made some changes to the Metro front screen and updated, … Read more
I’ve now taken the plunge and installed Windows 8 Enterprise on my testing laptop and I’m actually quite happy with it after spending the last few months moaning about my Windows 8 Home Premium laptop! Some of the features are excellent and I’m getting used to not having a Start Menu (adding everything I need … Read more
I’ve recently had a situation where I needed to install Windows Updates as part of the OSD process. However, the updates had to be run directly from the local WSUS server rather than from SCCM built in software updates solution. To do this, all you need to do is to install and integrate MDT. Once … Read more
We have recently had a large amount of Nokia Lumia phones appearing in the business and as you may know, they do not support mass storage, so you cannot just plug in a USB cable for them and copy videos and photos to a computer. Due to this, more and more people are asking to … Read more
I’ve been using ConfigMgr for many years now and I’ve used OSD in every version I’ve been involved with, however, for some reason, I’ve never used USMT before. In most cases this is simply because I didn’t need to use it as my only need was for bare metal deployments but, our environment is changing … Read more
This query for SCCM will tell you the devices that have been discovered by Configuration Manager in the last 24 hours. This query can be amended to change the amount of days you wish to look back at for newly discovered devices by changing the last digit in the code. SQL Query More Queries Our … Read more
If you are using an Exchange system and have self signed certificates, every year you will have to renew the certificate. An expired certificate may cause problems such as connectivity to web services, SMTP transport and Outlook prompting certificate security warnings which is extremely annoying for users and also can cause problems with Out of Office settings. To do this is very … Read more