When enabling Bitlocker using Configuration Manager the step fails if there are a CD/DVD inserted. There are many great solutions to eject the CD/DVD before enabling Bitlocker out there. As CD/DVD are not used at all that much anymore I was kind if annoyed that it ejected the CD/DVD every time and when enabling Bitlocker…
Provision ActiveSync email profiles to mobile devices using ConfigMgr2012 R2 and Windows Intune
A really cool new announcement was just made: a new feature in Configuration Manager 2012 R2 / Windows Intune that makes it possible to provision ActiveSynce email profiles using ConfigMgr 2012 and Windows Intune. Thought that I would post this here as well as it is bigger news than just the fact that you can…
Importing reports in ConfigMgr 2012 R2 / Reporting Services
I have gotten a number of requests for some reports in ConfigMgr 2012 which I wrote for ConfigMgr 2007. Finally time to get around to do it. To start of I wrote this little guide for how to import a Configuration Manager 2012 Report using Report Builder. It is not really as simple as in…
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Tools – TechNet Wiki
As a result on all the feedback on the Configuration Manager 2012 tools list blog post me and Stefan put together after our System Center User Group session and the fact that we couldn’t find any good list of tools when we prepared the session. I have created a TechNet Wiki page and posted the…
Signing the Intune Company Portal app – Windows Phone 8
Management of Windows Phone 8 through Configuration Manager 2012 R2 + Intune requires that you download and sign the Company Portal app using a Symantec code signing cert. There is a trial kit available so that you can perform a proof concept or test implementation but that is only for trial implementations. The guide on…
Links from our System Center User Group meeting in Stockholm 14/1 – 2014
Here are the links from mine and Stefan’s (http://cmtrace.com) session “Configuration Manager Community Jewels” that we presented at the System Center User Group meeting in Stockholm 14/1 -2014. There are so many great community tools out there, it would be impossible to even find them all even more to list them all. Thanks to everyone…
ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Toolkit – Collection Evaluation Viewer
With the release of Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Toolkit three new tools are included in the Toolkit! The toolkit can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36213 These are: DP Job Manager Collection Evaluation Viewer Content Library Explorer Collection Evaluation Viewer is a great addition, saving a lot of time when troubleshooting performance related issues and collection evaluation overall….
System Center User Group Sweden – Client Gathering 10/1 – 2014
Registrations are now open for System Center User Group Sweden – Client Gathering 10/1 – 2014 at Microsoft in Akalla, Stockholm – Sweden. We are really proud to present Wally Mead as one of the speakers!! There will be many great sessions and time to meet with a lot of people with the same interest!…