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...
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...
All ConfigMgr 2012 related sessions at MMS 2013
While the Microsoft Management Summit 2013 in Las Vegas is close to getting sold out the session list is full of ConfigMgr related stuff. Have a look at the list and be sure to be there at the community event of the year! Like every year top class speakers from the community, like for instance Microsoft MVP’s, and from Microsoft...
XenApp Connector for ConfigMgr 2012 (SP1) released
Last week the XenApp Connector for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, former Project Thor, was silently released by Citrix. In comparison to the earlier Technical Preview version, this version supports also Service Pack 1 of Configuration Manager 2012. In this version, both APP-V 4.6 SP2 and APP-V 5.0 are supported. read the complete blog here: http://configmgrblog.com/2013/03/12/xenapp-connector-for-configmgr-2012-sp1-released/
Which Mobile Device Management Settings are available in ConfigMgr 2012 SP1?
Like with MAC OS-X, Configuration Manager 2012 supports the management of Compliance Settings for Mobile Devices, unfortunately the not all of the settings can be applied to all different kind of mobile devices. Since settings management in the Mobile Device World is very important, I would like to give you with this blog an overview of the configurable settings per supported...
PXE on remote DP’s failed after upgrade to ConfigMgr 2012 SP1
This week I upgraded a production environment of Configuration Manager 2012 to Service Pack 1. After the upgrade our 4 remote Distribution Points failed to service PXE. It seemed that the Windows Deployment Service was not able to start. Looking at the local event viewers learned me that several errors like event id 257, 259 and 264 were there which pointed me...
How to manage which device with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1?
With the release of Service Pack 1 of Configuration Manager 2012 more platform support is added to support the Unified Device Management vision of Microsoft. Some of the platforms are managed directly by Configuration Manager 2012 by installing a client, some of them are managed via a Windows Intune Wave D subscription and some of them via the Exchange connector....
Setup Commander 0.9.9 released with Application Setup Center
Today another beta release of Setup Commander has been released. Version 0.9.9 adds a really cool feature to (the already cool) Setup Commander, this feature is call the “Application Setup Center”. With the Application Setup Center within the Setup Commander you are able to easily download most of the free available Windows based applications. Read the complete blog here: http://configmgrblog.com/2013/02/20/setup-commander-0-9-9-released-with-application-setup-center/
Steve Gale: Just downloaded this. Can anyone tell me if the cache-clearing is supp...
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!!...