Sherry Kissinger at myITforum.com

Replace ConfigMgr Admin Console home page with your own

Chris Nackers had posted a quick .hta I had written a few months ago, and Garth Jones asked if that couldn't be built-in to the console.  Based on his prodding, here's how you could do that, if you wanted to.

1. You need to disable the Console from redirecting you to the technet link (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=67733).  The instructions are in F1 Help, but basically, on the computer running the admin console, go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\ConfigMgr\AdminUI, and make a dword of DisableHomePage (value doesn't matter).  fyi, even if the computer is x64, you need to make it there, not in syswow64\Microsoft\ConfigMgr\AdminUI.
2. Make a backup of <installed location>\AdminUI\Bin\AdminUISnapinHomePage.Htm, in case you want to restore to original.
3. Take a working .HTA, like the one Chris posted, which you have tested successfully independently of the console.  Personally, I'd also remove the "Exit" Button.  It doesn't make any sense to have that when it's within the console like we are planning to do.  
4. Rename the .hta to be "adminuisnapinhomepage.htm", and replace the original one located in adminui\bin.
5. Launch the Console, and click on "System Center Configuration Manager".
6. When I was testing, I did get the prompt about "active x control might be unsafe, continue yes/no".  If you have higher IE settings, this may not work.  Or if you have less IE security settings regarding activex, it may work without the prompt.  Just letting you know!  There are higher activex rules around scripts within a .htm file, vs. scripts within a .hta file.  So if it doesn't work for you, it may not be worth pursuing how to loosen the IE settings around activeX for each computer that needs to run the AdminConsole.

If you wanted to, you could also edit your (now custom) htm file to have a link to <a href="TechNethttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=67733">TechNet</a>, to take you to the same Technet page the original had.

For your convenience, attached is a possible adminuisnapinhomepage .txt file, for you to use as a sample for testing in your environment.