Why Automation (still) Matters

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesBack in 2005 I wrote a blog post called “The Lazy Administrator”.  In that post I outlined the importance of automating mundane tasks so that your life wasn’t spent clicking through countless dialog boxes and installation...

Update Runbook GUIDs Script for SCSM

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutesUpdate Runbook GUIDs Script for SCSM I spend a lot of my time assisting clients with Service Manager and helping deliver self-service automation capabilities to organizations. Two things often involved in that task are employing...

Zero Hour Maintenance Window in SCCM 2012

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesDo you have machines in your environment that you simply want to gather inventory data from but want to ensure that no deployments touch those machines?  Well you can almost get there (see important notes at the bottom of this post)....