In my series about my favorite new or renewed features in Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 I would like to dedicate this blog to the Apple Mac OS X support. As from Service Pack 1 Configuration Manager supports Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) for deploying applications, hardware inventory, settings management, software update management and...
Configure Mac OS X preferences with Compliance Settings in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
With a new blog in the top 10 new SP1 features series coming up in the next couple of days, I want to share a little really cool feature that comes also with Service Pack 1. While diving in the Mac OS X support in Configuration Manager for our session at the TechDays in The Netherlands I played a little bit with...
My top 10 new features of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 – part 4
In the series about my top 10 of new or renewed features in Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1, I would like to dedicate this blog to a small but nice new feature while creating Task Sequences. While creating a Task Sequence you are able to configure a Domain Join account to be able to automatically join the operating system to the...
My top 10 new features of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 – part 1
With the upcoming release of Service Pack 1 for Configuration Manager 2012 lots of really cool new features come available to us. I would like to dedicate the next blogs to my top 10 new features in Configuration Manager 2012. Kicking off in part 1 about a new enhancements while deploying a Task Sequence. Read the complete blog here: http://configmgrblog.com/2012/12/23/my-top-10-new-features-of-configuration-manager-2012-sp1-part-1/
IBM releases an inventory tool for ConfigMgr 2007 and 2012
IBM Inventory Tool for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Version 1.0 allows SCCM to collect IBM specific hardware inventory of IBM system x or x86 Blade servers, so administrators can view these IBM specific hardware inventory information in SCCM environment. Key features include: Support of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 Automatically create IBM Inventory Tool Client as SCCM software...
ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 PowerShell Cmdlet reference
Learn more about the PowerShell Cmdlets provided in System Center 2012 SP1 by clicking on each link. To use Windows PowerShell in Configuration Manager, you must install the following: Windows PowerShell 3.0 Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 console Add-CMApplicationCatalogWebServicePoint Add-CMApplicationCatalogWebsitePoint Add-CMAssetIntelligenceSynchronizationPoint Add-CMBoundaryToGroup Add-CMDeviceAffinityToUser Add-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule Add-CMDeviceCollectionExcludeMembershipRule Add-CMDeviceCollectionIncludeMembershipRule Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule Add-CMDeviceCollectionToAdministrativeUser Add-CMDeviceCollectionToDistributionPointGroup Add-CMDistributionPointToGroup Add-CMDriverToDriverPackage Add-CMEndpointProtectionPoint Add-CMEnrollmentPoint Add-CMEnrollmentProxyPoint Add-CMFallbackStatusPoint Add-CMOutOfBandServicePoint Add-CMReportingServicePoint...
Query and report on Uninstall Strings using ConfigMgr
Carl Polk has just uploaded a cool set of files that allow you to inventory uninstall strings, making it much easier to kick off an app uninstall from the ConfigMgr console. Of course, if you were a member of the Configuration Manager Queries, Reports, and MOFs group, you would have been notified through email already. But, this is really cool,...
Windows Phone 8 Company Portal App released for SCCM 2012 SP1 and Windows Intune
The Windows Phone 8 Company Portal App enables Windows Phone 8 devices which are managed by Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 and Windows Intune to be able to view and install line of business applications targeted to the Windows Phone 8 devices by their administrators. The Windows Phone 8 Company Portal App is downloaded by the administrator and...
December 2012 release of Windows Intune Getting Started Guide reveals v4 details
Microsoft recently published an updated “tutorial” (Getting Started Guide) to the web and after further reading, this is something you might want to download and read yourself. Of particular interest, note that the integration of Windows Intune with Configuration Manager 2012 is mentioned and the two operating environments for Windows Intune are labeled as “Classic cloud-only mode” (no SCCM 2012)...
Wally storms TechNet Radio: MDM improvements with SP1, Intune
Perhaps the most lovable evangelist at Microsoft, Senior Program Manager Wally Mead has taken to the airwaves again with TechNet Radio discussing improvements in Mobile Device Management. The impending release of SP1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager adds a long list of great improvements around managing devices beyond traditional desktops and servers. With his trademark wit and flair, Wally demos some...
Utility to autoname computers during OS deployment
The SCCM 2007 version of the autonaming console extension was released in November, and now the SCCM 2012 version has also been released. Both are available on the ITX Solutions CodePlex site: http://itxsolutions.codeplex.com/
How to update ConfigMgr clients automatically… in SP1
During the Dutch System Center User Group event last month Wally Mead demonstrated the Automatic Client Update feature in Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1. Earlier this year I wrote a blog about that the feature is also there in the RTM version of Configuration Manager 2012, but how does it really work? Wally explained Read the complete blog here;...
Garth Jones: Wow that is cool thanks!!...
Garth Jones: Wow that is cool thanks!!...
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