April 26, 2012
In the new version of the MDT Web FrontEnd , I make use of some components from Teleriks extensions for ASP.Net MVC . Especially the grid , as it comes with all the necessary stuff like sorting, filtering, paging, etc. There is also a free/open source version available, that can easily be added to your own projects using NuGet. So enough marketing , however, one of the things that I miss in the default implementation is the ability to have a single text box that can be used for searching. On default...
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Filed under: Frontend, Development, JavaScript, Telerik, jQuery
April 20, 2012
I just released Beta 2.0.2 of the MDT Web FrontEnd . As promised, I will keep on publishing new releases in short cycles, so you can have bug fixes and new features as soon as possible. This it going to be a very important update and I urge you to download Version 2.0.2 as soon as possible, as it contains a whole bunch of fixes. Especially the MDT Database configuration, ConfigMgr Discovery and Active Directory Site discovery were pretty flaky if using an Internet Explorer < 9. IE9 and FireFox...
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Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, SCCM, Frontend, MDT 2012
April 18, 2012
As written in my last Blog Post , the first Beta of the MDT Web FrontEnd Version 2 has just been published. If you plan to test this version (what I really would appreciate), keep in mind, that it’s a Beta version. It shouldn’t be used in production. It’s provided “AS IS”, you know the game. The Beta has been tested on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 64 and 32 Bit. The only real requirement is the .Net Framework 4. Just follow these few steps, to get the Beta running: - Download...
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Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, Frontend, Database, ConfigMgr, MDT 2012
April 17, 2012
A long time ago in a Deployment galaxy far, far away … only a few Jedi were left to fight the dark forces of manual operating system installations. They created powerful tools to support their fight and hardened them in tough battles against habit and ignorance. New young Jedis saw their heroic efforts, and joined their fight and over the years the light forces got stronger and stronger. Now its time for YOU to join. Today the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 has been released (Download at http...
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Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, MDT, Frontend, ConfigMgr, MDT 2012
November 10, 2011
Back in May this year I released a small tool that monitors and tracks all changes on Task Sequences on your SCCM Server and exports a copy for backup purposes each time a change happens. Today I just published an updated version of this script, that enables the same functionality for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager . Please have a look on the original Blog Post for some further reference about the usage etc. Find the updated Download on CodePlex .
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Filed under: SCCM, SMS, vbscript, Task Sequence, WMI, ConfigMgr
October 02, 2011
Has been a great sunny weekend so far and now I also received the following mail from Microsoft Dear Maik Koster, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Setup & Deployment technical communities during the past year. I’m very proud being re-awarded as a Microsoft...
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September 16, 2011
Today I would like to share one of the coolest Tools I’ve seen for a while. As doing a lot of testing and developing, I typically have a bunch of computers and laptops flying around on my desk. And as you are reading my blog, it’s probably the same for you. How often did it happen that you have to constantly switch between them. Grab the wrong mouse, or have to use the touchpad as the laptop doesn’t have a mouse connected. Trying to test something on a Laptop just to recognize that the file...
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Filed under: kewl tool
September 09, 2011
Today I would like to share one of the handiest tools for servicing Windows systems, if they can’t be updated via WSUS or online at Microsoft Update , or if you for any reason want to install the updates from a CD/DVD/USB or even a share. It’s called WSUS Offline Update (formerly known as c’t offline Update ), created and maintained by Torsten Wittrock. It’s main purpose is to download all critical and security related Updates to a local folder and execute the required ones on a system, without the...
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Filed under: WSUS Offline Update
August 30, 2011
With the release of version 7.3 of the Deployment Webservice ( Download ) a completely new part has been added, integrating some functions of Roger Zanders awesome SCCM Client Center Automation library for Deployment usage. This library enables you to execute certain SCCM Client related task directly on a client like forcing Software updates or refreshing the Machine Policy. The offered functions are mainly identical to the ones offered in the SCCM Client Center Integration Pack for Opalis . And...
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Filed under: Webservice, Microsoft Deployment, SCCM, MDT
August 30, 2011
With the updated Version 7.3 ( Download ) just being published, the growing number of available functions, covering more and more demands in todays deployments, it’s not only an advantage of having such a huge toolset available. In its default implementation, the Web Service is configured to execute actions under certain user account. While this makes it pretty easy to troubleshoot and verify the functions are working, everyone with access to this web service will now be able to execute actions,...
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Filed under: Webservice, Microsoft Deployment, SCCM, Active Directory, MDT
August 30, 2011
Today I published version 7.3 of the Deployment web service. Beside some small bug fixes and minor additions, three new features have been added: 1. SCCM Client Center support A completely new web service part has been added that’s exposing a couple of functions (55 to be accurate) from the SCCM Client Center automation library written by Roger Zander , giving the possibility to execute certain tasks on a client like pushing Software updates, refreshing the machine policy etc. A full list of functions...
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Filed under: Webservice, Microsoft Deployment, SCCM, Active Directory, MDT
June 20, 2011
I recently had an interview with John Baker for TechNet Radio which has just been published. Check it out at http://bit.ly/mMBOr8 . Thanks to John Baker and Chris Caldwell for taking the time. At the end there is a demo of the new version 2 of the MDT Web FrontEnd and yes, I’m really late on the release ;-) Note to myself: Remove the “ So ” from my vocabulary and replace it with some more useful words.
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Filed under: TechNet Radio
June 13, 2011
As probably most of you have seen already, the Beta 1 of the upcoming MDT 2012 has been published to connect ( Download link ) recently ( Announcement by Michael Niehaus ). Main intent for this update is enabling support for the upcoming ConfigMgr 2012. But the team also included a couple other updates into this release like a “prettier” wizard, Cross-Platform support , etc. However some of the bigger changes “under the hood” did happen on the part that handles all drive and disk related activities...
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Filed under: MDT, MDT 2012, VHD
May 30, 2011
This could be called part 4 of WMI magician Kim Oppalfens 3 part series about WMI eventing in SCCM . In his series he first covered the basics of WMI eventing using wbemtest to create the event query and dig a bit through the returning objects. Then he guided us through a simple VBScript that monitored folders in SCCM to implement “securable” Configuration Manager folders . A pretty neat solution as folders aren’t securable objects within SCCM. However one drawback of his initial script is, that...
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Filed under: SCCM, SMS, vbscript, WMI, Step by Step
May 12, 2011
One thing I’m really missing in SCCM is some kind of versioning or history especially for those quite complex Task Sequences, sometimes consisting of hundreds of steps, each with a bunch of properties. And how often did it happen that you came back to the office and one of your Task Sequences suddenly behaved differently, just to figure out that “someone” changed “something” without telling anybody, especially not you? Or have you ever been working on a Task Sequence, just to recognize that...
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Filed under: SCCM, SMS, vbscript, Task Sequence, WMI, ConfigMgr
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