Have you ever wondered if Anti-virus is running on all client computers? Or if the desktop firewall is started and running as supposed to be? If you haven’t started with DCM yet you should really try it out! Using DCM it is possible to check if a specific service is running using DCM. The following…
Category: Configuration Manager
Use DCM to monitor that all laptops are encrypted using Bitlocker
When creating a baseline for your environment Desired Configuration Management in Configuration Manager can be used to monitor that all laptops operating system drive is encrypted using DCM. This could be useful to verify that an administrator somewhere haven’t removed bitlocker or to make sure that the deployment strategi for bitlocker is working correctly. Create a new…
Controlling reboot timeout and reboot message when using Install Software Updates in a Task Sequence
When using for instance a Install Software Updates step in a task sequence for instance if you use a Task sequence to first uninstall Office 2003 and then install Office 2007 then you want to install the latest patches during this task Sequence to make sure all security updates are installed. If the Install Software…
Updated: Remove a computer from a Collection when OSD Task Sequence is completed
When using a mandatory OSD advertisement to install a Operating system it is a great benefit to remove the computer from the Collection to where the OS deployment is advertised. The OSD task sequence advertisement can then be set to always rerun and all problems related to reinstalling an existing computer is solved. This can…