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Reminder to Request May’s Free SSRS Report

Enhansoft — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:52:10 GMT

Remember that you only have a week left to request this month’s free SSRS report: Count of Clients vs Non-Clients by Domain . Contact info@enhansoft.com to receive this report. Count of Clients vs Non-Clients by Domain will display a count of PCs Read More......(read more)

SCCM 2007 Conversion Tool for ASP Report: Hardware 09A–Search for Computers

Enhansoft — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:45:08 GMT

When converting native Microsoft SCCM 2007 ASP reports to SSRS reports a few of them don’t convert correctly. Enhansoft has corrected this issue in reports where we know this problem exists. The latest free conversion tool that you can download from our Read More......(read more)

Reminder to Vote for June’s Free SSRS Report

Enhansoft — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:53:26 GMT

The results are tied! Help break the dead-lock by choosing your favorite SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report, either OS Deployment Dashboard OR List of Advertisement Properties . The winner will become Enhansoft’s free SSRS report give-away in Read More......(read more)

Client Center for Configuration Manager 2012

rzander — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:20:00 GMT

A preview of Client Center for Configuration Manager is published on codeplex.

Start the Click-Once release from:
http://sccmclictr.codeplex.com/releases/clickonce/SCCMCliCtrWPF.application?localhost

Note: This is an alpha Version with a limited set of features.
New features and functions for CM12 will follow (step-by-step)...

Requirements:
- .NET Framework 4.0
- WinRM enabled (run 'WinRM quickconfig' in a command prompt)

If you have any wishes or ideas, please place your comment on the Project-Page.

Find Programs Removed from a PC (updated)

Garth Jones — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:15:59 GMT

For full details see: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/db96da44-a9e0-4996-bca2-286b6e2c473a SELECT DISTINCT CS.Name0, HARP.Publisher0 AS ' Publisher ', HARP.ProdID0 AS ' Product ', HARP.DisplayName0 AS ' Name ' FROM dbo.v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM CS join dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS ARP on ARP.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID join dbo.v_HS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS HARP on HARP.ResourceID = ARP.ResourceID WHERE ARP.DisplayName0<>HARP.DisplayName0...(read more)

HP BIOSConfigUtility Command Line in a Task Sequence

t3chn1ck — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:16:09 GMT

First, let me start by saying there is already a good blog post which outlines how to use HP’s BIOSConfigUtility in an MDT task sequence (which can be easily translated into an SCCM task sequence). I recently implemented this tool for a client to Read More......(read more)

How to exclude a collection from sccm collection query

Garth Jones — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:47:37 GMT

For full details, see this forums post. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrinventory/thread/75288b97-1fe6-4634-a20a-54091bba8d91 select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier, SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile on SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where (SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.FilePath like "...(read more)

Gaelic Glen Stables-Carol Durie Memorial Hunter Classic

Enhansoft — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:33:38 GMT

On May 5 and May 6 Gaelic Glen Stables was a sea of pink as close to 600 spectators attended the second annual Carol Durie Memorial Hunter Classic. 160 horses competed and $1,100 was raised for the Kemptville District Hospital Mammography Campaign. The Read More......(read more)

SCCM 2007 Conversion Tool for ASP Report: Compliance Details for a Configuration Baseline for a Specified Computer

Enhansoft — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:08:13 GMT

The Year of the Enterprise Tablet

mnielsen — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:08:30 GMT

Another cool infographic that I recently came across. This one gives an overview on some key aspects going on with tablets in the enterprise. Right now this is heavily dominated by the Apple iPad and the question is if they can hold Microsoft Windows 8 tablets at bay later in the year. We shall see what Apple will announce next month at their developers conference (which this year was sold out in only 2 hours!), to keep their momentum going. Please see http://www.vertic.com/blog/year_of_the_enterprise_tablet_infographic...(read more)

BYOD or Bust: Survey Results Report

mnielsen — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:57:23 GMT

As I wrote in a previous posting back on March 11th , Kyle Lagunas was doing a public survey to get more BYOD trending information. I’m a little tardy in posting this, but catching up. :-) Employees using their own devices (smart phones, tablets, PCs) are able to use the technology they’re most comfortable with--which has a positive impact on productivity. But as anyone in IT can tell you, this has risks. To address those, some organizations are creating BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies that...(read more)

Real costs of BYOD

mnielsen — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:33:37 GMT

As the cool new “infographics” way of displaying information is addictive, here is a nice one with some BYOD stats that could be of interest.. :-) See http://www.xigo.com/byod/ for more info.. Marco.....(read more)

Apple Configurator v1.0.1

mnielsen — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:30:48 GMT

I first noticed this now, but there appears to have been an update to v1.0.1 on April 17 th with some new fixes that I didn’t try in my own testing previously back in March. Details are posted here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5233 The redemption code reusability could be huge, and I’m wondering if other MDM/MAM solutions could work in the same fashion: The Apple Configurator 1.0.1 update is available from the Mac App Store. This update improves overall stability and performance and addresses...(read more)

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Garth Jones — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:00 GMT

Well it is official, I wrote the Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 beta exam back in February. This morning, I finally got the email that says that I passed the exam. Woohoo.. ;-) ...(read more)

Enhansoft and Phoenixtekk Announce Partnership

Enhansoft — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:24 GMT

Enhansoft and Phoenixtekk Media Release On May 16, 2012 Enhansoft and Phoenixtekk formalized their partnership agreement. This agreement comes as the result of a successful meeting at the Microsoft® Management Summit (MMS) held in Las Vegas in April. Read More......(read more)