Do you hate ConfigMgr / SCCM on below situation??? I hate them

PKI and the DMZ Locating and repairing broken clients (SCCM and WSUS) Wouldn’t it be nice if the ‘copy package to new distribution point’ wizard could alphabetize the distribution points? The AI reports (License 14A for example) don’t work very well with some license keys.  Bugs from MS, wont be fixed until Windows 8.  OSD/TS … Read more

Updates : Superseding and Superseded Updates : Complete Story

Superseding and Superseded Updates Typically, an update that supersedes other updates does one or more of the following: Enhances, improves, or adds to the fix provided by one or more previously released updates. Improves the efficiency of its update file package, which is installed on client computers if the update is approved for installation. For … Read more

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

     HABIT ONE: BE PROACTIVE®      HABIT TWO: BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND®      HABIT THREE: PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST®       HABIT FOUR: THINK WIN – WIN ®       HABIT FIVE: SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD®      HABIT SIX – SYNERGISE®      HABIT SEVEN: SHARPEN THE SAW®

How To Check If A BITS Enabled Distribution Point Is Up And Running like how we check MP

To check if a Management Point is up and running we have the mplist and mpcert http URLs that we can open in Internet Explorer.  We don’t have such URLs to test if a Distribution Point (DP) is up. Management Point and Distribution Point servers are very different roles.  The Management Point is a conduit … Read more

Upgrade Configuration Manager client from SMS 2003

Create a report that counts all client versions. (This is optional, just for information purposes). Report query is: SELECT TOP (100) PERCENT Client_Version0 AS [ConfigMgr client version], COUNT(Client_Version0) AS Total FROM dbo.v_R_System GROUP BY Client_Version0, Client0 HAVING (Client0 = 1) ORDER BY Total DESC, [ConfigMgr client version] Create a collection (“Older Clients” for example) with … Read more

Deploy Office 2007 SP2 with ConfigMgr 2007

As Microsoft recently released Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 suite, it is a good idea to add the update files to the package so it it can be deploy during the installation. So, first of all we have to download the SP2 executable file from here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en (see additional information bellow). Then, using a … Read more