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Centralizing Microsoft Analytics Data Using the Model Power BI Dashboard | Part 2
If you've been using Microsoft's endpoint management suite for any length of time, you're likely familiar with how tedious accessing reporting data can be. Often you as an IT professional are likely stuck digging through multiple software and reports to find and export the data that you need, or [...]
Reporting on SCCM Application Deployment Progress with Powershell
I'm going to show you a new approach to getting deployment status out of SCCM. Most of our readers are familiar with using SCCM Reports, or the SCCM console, to get deployment status when asked. Usually, when asked, I turn to SQL. However, I was looking at all the cmdlets [...]
How to Verify Systems Are Patched for WannaCrypt Using SCCM
In response to the WannaCry ransomware, we've created a SQL query that provides detailed per-system status of the update process via SCCM against a specific Microsoft update. We also review the new Windows 10 update model.
Understanding Software Update Deployment Status, Part 3: Viewing Compliance in the SCCM Console
SUMMARY This is part 3 of a 6 part series where I talk through common issues I have seen that skew the numbers for software updates, or make it difficult to explain the results. Once we are done, hopefully you will be able to look at the SCCM Software Update [...]
Creating a RAMDisk in Server 2016 for IO Benchmarking
Hi Again everyone! This post I'll be showing some PowerShell commands for creating a RAMDisk. Recently I was engaged at a client site where we were baking off Hyper-V vs VMware. The Host and Network Stacks consisted of the same fabric but the storage back end were placed on different [...]
Understanding Software Update Deployment Status, Part 2: Client and Scan Issues
Summary This is part 2 of a 6 part series where I talk through common issues I have seen that skew the numbers for software updates, or make it difficult to explain the results. Once we are done, hopefully you will be able to look at the SCCM Software Update [...]
Server 2016 In Place Upgrade
Hi again everyone! This post I'm going to comment on few recent times I've relied on the in place upgrade feature of Server 2016 from Server 2012 R2. The wizard specifically calls out the fact that fresh installs are the preferred method of deployment and I also agree with doing [...]
The 12 tips of SCCM
I'm feeling festive so I'm writing a holiday themed blog... Well kinda. Okay so here's a list of 12 SCCM tricks/tips that I use throughout many of my engagements. Some of them you will be familiar with, others you may not, either way here we go! Controlling SCCM with Hidden [...]
Case of the stalled Windows 7 Updates with MDT Build & Capture
Today I would like to talk about a frustrating issue for those of us who still have a need to create a build & capture process for Windows 7. This post is focused around using a Build and Capture Task Sequence with MDT 2013 Update 2 without a WSUS server [...]
Converting msRADIUSFramedIPAddress to IPV4 PowerShell
The other day I was asked the to run a report by security team on which AD users had dial-in configured for a static IP address and what IP address was assigned, if any. I did a quick Get-Aduser on the supplied test account and here are the results: GivenName : Chris [...]
