Configuration Manager 2012 Survival Guide

Microsoft have created a WIKI with some great content for Configuration Manager 2012, featuring videos, blogs, links, step-by-step Guides and more, check it out, and contribute if you can :-) System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide

How can I verify the CacheExpire timeout value on my PXE Service Point

if you are getting the abortpxe.com error message you might want to adjust the CacheExpire value in the registry as detailed in the following post . A quick glance in the registry will reveal the value but you can also check what value is being used by examining the SMSPXE.log file and search for CacheExpire in the Log. Note that if you have several PXE Service Points (Configuration Manager hierarchy...

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 14. Performing a side-by-side Migration from Configuration Manager 2007

In Part 1 of this series we got our AD and SCCM servers ready, and then we installed System Center 2012 Configuration Manager as a standalone Primary site . In Part 2 we configured the SCCM server further by adding some Windows Server roles necessary for the following Configuration Manager 2012 functionality, Software Update Point (SUP) and Operating System Deployment . In Part 3 we configured the...

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 13. using Role Based Administration to define permissions in the ConfigMgr Console

Two New Endpoint Protection Reports added to Configuration Manager 2012 RC2

Up until recently, Endpoint Protection came with 4 built-in reports in Configuration Manager 2012. AntiMalware Activity Report Computer Malware Details Top Users By Threats User Threat List As of RC2 there are now six built-in reports AntiMalware Activity Report Computer Malware Details Top Users By Threats User Threat List Infected Computers Dashboard so what are the new reports about ? The fist new...

Troubleshooting USMT

another quick post, if you are trying to troubleshoot USMT and want finer details about what is migrated (or not) then you should of course enable Verbose logging using /v:13 in addition, you can enable a Diagnostic mode by setting a variable called MIG_ENABLE_DIAG to be equal to a filename both on your Scanstate source and Loadstate Destination. To set MIG_ENABLE_DIAG as a system variable do as follows...

When doing BitLocker, make sure your bios is up to date

this is a very quick post as a reminder, if you are doing any BitLocker deployments it's a good idea to update the bios of your target computers prior to doing BitLocker operations, while testing out my own BitLocker HTA I noticed an odd problem while doing a Refresh from Windows 7 BitLockered to Windows 7 BitLockered , even though in my previous testing things were working fine now on this laptop...

Introducing: The BitLocker Frontend HTA

The next logical step for the windows-noob.com FrontEnd HTA which I released back in April 2011 was to add support for BitLocker , and I've added it along with some bugfixes, a new clean look, and some new functionality. What does it do ? first of all what does this HTA do ? it allows you to PXE boot into Windows PE (yes, PE) and do three types of common scenarios for migrating your computers to...

Configuration Manager 2012 Guides

Aside from the guides which you can find here on my blog I've put together an index of all the guides i've written so far for Configuration Manager 2012, this will make it easy for you to follow my lab guides with step by step instructions to get you up and running fast. The index is available here and so far covers the following releases:- Beta 1, Beta 2, Release Candidate enjoy ! cheers niall

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 12. Updating an Operating System image using Offline Servicing.

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 11. Adding the Reporting Services Point role

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 10. Using Prestart and Extrafiles to get more out of UDA

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 9. Adding an Application, editing a Deployment Type, Copying the Deploy Task Sequence

using SCCM 2012 RC in a LAB - Part 8. Deploying Windows 7 X64

How can I import computers into SCCM 2012 using a file ?

if you want to import multiple computers in SCCM 2012 using a file then it's easy to do so, just make sure that your file is in CSV format and looks like so In the sample screenshot above I have three machines listed with the Computername first (name), followed by the SMSBIOS Guid and finally the MAC Address. You can get the SMSBIOS Guid and MAC Address simply booting your chosen computer and monitoring... More Posts Next page »

Niall C. Brady at myITforum.com

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