To sum up the serial number reporting I have been working on at a customer. This post covers how to update the builtin report "Hardware 01A – Summary of computers in a specific collection", to display the serial number from the value inventoried from the BIOS instead of the value inventoried using System Enclosure. The…
Adding Serial Number to the “Computer information for a specific computer” report
I got this request from a customer and thought I could share it. Below query describes how to modify the query for the built-in report “Computer information for a specific computer” to include serial number. The added sql commands are marked in red color if you want to change it yourself instead of copying the SQL…
Serial Number report in SCCM
When working with the reports in SCCM you may want a report to get all the serial numbers for all computers. Below is a very simple report which includes: Name, Manufacturer, Serial number, Model. It will look like this: SQL Satement: select v_R_System.Name0, v_GS_PC_BIOS.Manufacturer0, v_GS_PC_BIOS.SerialNumber0,v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.Model0 FROM v_R_System JOIN v_GS_PC_BIOS on v_R_System.ResourceID = v_GS_PC_BIOS.ResourceID JOIN v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM…
Using DCM in Configuration Manager 2007 to report if service is running
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…
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…