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For anyone that has worked with the Quest Migration Manager to perform Microsoft Active Directory Domain migrations, you find that one of the most critical components is the Resource Processing tasks. In a migration, one has the original environment (Source) and the destination environment (target). A migration consists of moving source users, groups, workstations, servers, […]
Continue ReadingIn this post we will be looking at using SCCM dynamic queries to populate collections in our deployments. As a SCCM administrator, you most likely had to plan out mass deployments to all your servers or workstations or even both. How did you go ahead and populate your collections? Queries? Since the introduction of SCCM 2012, […]
Continue ReadingStarting with Windows 10 1809, there is a new way to add RSAT tools to Windows 10. In organizations that use Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM) or WSUS, this may fail because the Features on Demand are not present on the WSUS server. To work around this, you can use the below process to get […]
Continue ReadingYou can use the following command syntax to trigger a custom SCCM toast notification on a SCCM client. Syntax: “<CCM client path>\SCToastNotification.exe” “<Title Text>” “<Description Text>” Example: “C:\Windows\CCM\SCToastNotification.exe” “Software Change Required” “A system update is being installed. Please do not shut down until the process is completed.”
Continue ReadingBelow is a list of common error codes from Endpoint Configuration Manager. 0x8007000d – there is a file that is needed by Windows Update, but that file is either damaged or missing. This won’t let you install any updates for Windows or any drivers, and it also won’t let you upgrade Windows 10 in case […]
Continue ReadingOverview This post describes the return codes that SCCM understands for Package and Program deployments and shows which codes are classed success, reboot, or retry. The meaning of return codes for Packages and Programs is defined in the SCCM site control file. Codes are assigned into three categories: Success Return Codes – The installation was successful. […]
Continue ReadingNewer Dell models distribute BIOS update packages using the Dell Update Package (DUP) format. How to update the system BIOS video link: https://players.brightcove.net/6057277730001/9kEtm2zEI_default/index.html?videoId=1691797622627434301 Options The options can be invoked with the / character. Option Name Description Syntax /? Or /h Help Displays command line options and help information. Determines if the update can be applied to the […]
Continue ReadingHere is a simple but handy PowerCLI one liner which can output the VM name and it’s IP address. Connect-VIServer localhost Get-VM | Select Name, @{N=”IP Address”;E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}} Name IP Address—- ———-ABWEB1v 172.16.100.1ABWEB2v 172.16.100.2ABWEB3v 172.16.100.3ABWEB4v 172.16.100.4ABWEB5v 172.16.100.5ABWEB6v 172.16.100.6ABWEB7v 172.16.100.7ABWEB8v 172.16.100.8ABWEB9v 172.16.100.9ABWEB10v 172.16.100.10ABWEB11v 172.16.100.11ABAPP1v 172.16.101.20ABDOM1v 172.16.102.20 Getting a little more complicated here we are getting all the VMs […]
Continue ReadingSome new generation motherboards for PCs and Laptops bring in support for both UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface as well as BIOS or Basic Input Output System. The main advantage of UEFI over the traditional BIOS is the fact that UEFI supports a hard drive with a capacity of more than 2 Terabytes. But the downside of UEFI is the fact that […]
Continue ReadingThis article discusses an issue that occurs when you remove or update a provisioned Microsoft Store app by using the Microsoft Store and then running sysprep on the computer. Applies to: Windows 10 – all editionsOriginal KB number: 2769827 Introduction Sysprep is a tool for IT administrators who want to prepare an installation of Windows […]
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