ENGL is well known of the ENGL DriverManager (see blogs 01, 02 and 03) that helps ConfigMgr Admins to manage their drivers, but ENGL is also known of the Wireless Manager. Today they have released a new version (4.0) of the ENGL Wireless Manager that allows you to manage the wireless settings of your devices “from the Task Sequence” during...
“Query builder Values box can’t display large item list”-fix works for ConfigMgr 2012
When pressing on the Values box in the Query builder while creating a Collection in ConfigMgr you might run into an error that states that “The operation has completed successfully, but the information list has been truncated to the maximum configured count of 2000 items.” For SMS 2.0 and ConfigMgr 2007 there was a registry key that you were able to...
How to run Powershell scripts with a Service Account to access ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
When using a service account to run for instance my “cleaning ConfigMgr” Powershell script you may run in to an error. When trying to access the Windows PowerShell drive that is mapped to your Primary Site you will receive the following error: “set-location : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name <primary site> does not exist.” (see figure on the left)...
New version of Cleanup devices in ConfigMgr 2012 script released
Today I released a new version of the “Cleanup in AD deleted devices via Powershell in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1” script that was originally released in March of this year. In this new version the following is changed: Ability to set the Maximum Query Result Size of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1, by default this is 1000 items Fixed little bug while searching...
How To: Initiate the “Validate” Action on all DPs for a Package in ConfigMgr 2012
ConfigMgr 2012 has a feature that allows you to validate content of a distribution point on a schedule, which works great for normal business. However, if you encounter an issue on a package and need to validate content immediately for each DP, it does…
How To: Send Content to DP Group from Monitoring Node in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
This post will demonstrate how to create a right-click action on the Monitoring->Distribution Status->Content Status tab to send content to a DP group. Sometimes when troubleshooting an issue, I realize that the content was sent to one DP for testing, and then promoted to production. The out-of-box experience requires you navigate back to the object [...]
How To: Promote an Application Simulation to a Required Deployment in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
A simulated deployment is a great way to validate detection rules and deployment types prior to deploying an application. In my opinion, there’s one small task that’s missing – the ability to promote a simulation to production. This post will demonstrate how to create a right-click action on the Monitoring->Deployments tab to promote a simulation [...]
How to: Add a “Delete Deployment” Action to Right-Click Actions in ConfigMgr 2012
Many times I find myself looking at Monitoring->Deployments in the ConfigMgr 2012 admin console, and find deployments that should be removed. The “out of the box” process to remove deployments is to browse to the object being deployed (Package, Application, Setting, TS, etc.), select the deployment, and then delete. This process requires a few more [...]
My top 10 new features of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 – part 9
In the past I wrote a lot of blogs about the Migration Feature, new in Service Pack 1 is the ability to migrate Configuration Manager objects between two Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 sites. So in part 9 of the series about my top 10 new features of Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 is about the Migration Feature. Read the complete...
My top 10 new features of ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 – part 8
I think this could be one of the most requested features for Service Pack 1, namely the ability to add a Central Administration Site (CAS) to your Configuration Manager 2012 hierarchy. In my series about the top 10 nicest new features we are going to look how adding a CAS looks like and when you should add a CAS to...
Blind ConfigMgr Admin
By Nash Pherson A ConfigMgr administrator posted his frustrations to a TechNet forum thread today about the difficulty of using the ConfigMgr 2012 Console as a blind person. “I have gone from being the administrator of SCCM 2007, managing the entire software configuration using this powerful tool… to having almost no access to SCCM 2012.” “So, thanks Microsoft for making...
ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 Upgrade Guide
There has definitely been a lot of hoopla around Service Pack (SP) 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). From lots of failures actually caused by certain, over-zealous anti-virus/security products to the fact the SP1 adds a lot of new features. All in all SP1 is a massive upgrade that also includes many new …
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Robert Wood: Ryan, you are saying the ping uses the FQDN?, because the only way it ...
Ryan Ephgrave: Are you talking about the WOL tool? I only check for the IP when I hav...
Robert Wood: Hi we have right click tools installed with SCCM 2012, I have noticed...
Garth Jones: Wow that is cool thanks!!...
Garth Jones: Wow that is cool thanks!!...