I checked the statistics for my blog and comments as well, the “old” vbscripts I wrote to Add a Computer to an AD group and Set AD Computer Description as still being downloaded, used and commented on. I mostly use webservices to manage tasks like this now, but they are still being used out there…
Category: Configuration Manager
Run server side code and commands in a safe way during SCCM OSD
This is part 2 of my posts about Onevinn SCCM Extensions that my colleague Johan Schrewelius has written and posted here: https://onevinn.schrewelius.it/Apps01.html It includes Modern driver management features but also an extension to execute Server Side commands during OS deployment in the Task Sequence to replace Scripts and Webservices. This functionality is a direct response…
SCCM Dynamic Driver management using Onevinn SCCM Extensions
My co-worker Johan Schrewelius has written a cool extension to Configuration Manager that adds some great features. In this post I will cover how it can dynamically manage drivers and driver software as we often must install that as well to get everything working. The end goal is to be able to add hardware models…
Phased deployment in Configuration Manager 1801 Technical Preview
Configuration Manager 1801 Technical preview contains some really cool features. The biggest one is defiantly the Phased Deployment option that we see the first version of. It basically adds a new deployment option to Task Sequences (I just assume it will be for applications in the future as well) called Phased deployment. It is similar…
Manage SCCM configuration items and baselines with community tools – 4Sysops
I wrote a post on a couple of tools to manage Configuration Items and Baselines in Configuration Manager over at 4SysOps. I covered four tools in that blog post. Registry to PowerShell converter (Reg2CI) by Roger Zander PowerShell Policy Editor by Roger Zander Configuration Manager Remote Compliance by Trevor Jones Create ConfigMgr Configuration Items from…
Troubleshoot boot issues and drivers by enabling Boot log during OSD
Troubleshooting driver issues when the computer stops during OSD when booting with the infamous circle showing or nothing at all showing is a big challenge. With all the modern 2-in-1 devices and devices using USB-C docking stations I have seen this a couple of times the last month. One option that at least gives us…
What’s new in Configuration Manager 1712 Technical preview AKA “MVP Edition”
Back in November during the Configuration Manager MVP Summit 2017 we did a hackathon that week which was amazing fun! Some of the features that was being worked on during that week is now in the Configuration Manager 2712 Technical Preview that was just released. The official documentation is here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/get-started/capabilities-in-technical-preview-1712 There are some really great…
Installing applications and packages dynamically during OSD
I wrote a post way back where I used a Powershell script to query AD group description for Applications to install dynamically during OS deployment in Configuration Manager. There was a couple of comments and recently a request to extend that script to also install packages dynamically during OS Deployment. The old post can be…