When Windows 8 Technical Preview was made available I just had to test it together with SCCM 2012 beta 2 and it works! Nice with some new toys.Here are some screenshots Software Distribution Inventory Remote Control Kent bet me to it, he posted this yesterday: http://blog.coretech.dk/kea/todays-big-question-can-you-deploy-the-configmgr-2012-beta-2-client-to-windows-8/ Niall already tested OS deployment with Windows 8, Excellent! http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4215-using-sccm-2012-beta-2-in-a-lab-part-12-test-deploying-windows-8-developer-preview/ /Jörgen

I have used this script many times now in many different versions and I thought it was time to share an example on what can be achieved with a vbscript. It can be used to display information to the user and let the used postpone the Installation/Upgrade a number of times, check for running processes…

Hi, Last week Tech-ED Australia was the big event in the System Center world of events! I wish I was there. There where a lot of interesting sessions with great content. Recording of the sessions are coming online on Tech-ED Online for all of us to watch, thank you Microsoft for sharing the information: There are a number…

Best of MMS is approaching fast! I have the great honor to deliver two sessions at Best of MMS in Stockholm/Sweden. Forefront Endpoint protection 2012 + Configuration Manager 2012 A level 300 session focusing on how Forefront 2012 uses the new features in Configuration Manager 2012 and how the two together will change the way we look…

Are you interested in the next generation desktop? Don’t miss out on the Desktop vNext event in Stockholm. I have the honor of presenting Device Management using Configuration Manager 2012! (The event will be held in Swedish, sorry guys) Desktop vNext – Agenda Nyheterna i XenDesktop och XenApp Jörgen Pärsson, Envoke IT Managera ditt datacenter…

Read this article “A WSUS client that is connected to a WSUS or Configuration Manager 2007 SUP server takes longer than expected to finish an update scan”  and thought I would promote it as it also affect clients connected to a SUP in SCCM. From the article: Symptom: – A Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)…

When upgrading certain applications for instance plug-ins to Internet Explorer, Internet explorer must not be running if the upgrade is to be successful. I answered this question on the Technet forum during the week and I thought I would share the simple script here. I have a more advanced script which prompts the user to…

Last week a KB-article was released with “Suggested hotfixes for WMI related issue on Windows platforms”. It really recommend that you read it because WMI is critical to Configuration Manager, Group polices, Operations Manager and so on. As you all know without working WMI we cannot manage the systems out there. I will deploy the…