A few days ago, we experienced performance issues when querying a ConfigMgr DB view. A very simple query: “SELECT Name, MachineID, IsActive, AADDeviceID FROM v_CombinedDeviceResources WHERE CoManaged = ‘1’” could take up to a minute to complete. Since we already knew that “v_CombinedDeviceResources” is the source from where the Device view in the ConfigMgr console…
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First look – Orchestration groups in MEMCM 2002
Orchestration Groups is a new feature in Configuration Manager 2002 and replaces Server Groups which never made it out of pre-release.. Orchestration Groups is a pre-release feature that you need to enable if you intend to use it. NOTE: Orchestration Groups will replace Server Groups if you are using that today and convert your Server…
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…
Powershell script to collect sccm log files from clients using Run Script
During my session at Techdays Sweden I demoed the new Run Script feature both in Configuration Manager 1706 and the enhancements made in the Technical preview after and showed how a variable can be used. In the first demo I used the below Powershell script sample that will collect all SCCM Client log files in…
What’s new in Configuration Manager Technical Preview 1709
After Ignite where Co-Management was announced, where we can manage a Windows 10 client both using SCCM on premise and using Intune and AzureAD, we can now test out this feature in Configuration Manager 1709 Technical Preview! While Co-Management is the biggest new feature in 1709TP, the VPN Profile creation wizard has gotten a whole…
SCCM remote control and the ”Access this computer from the network” setting
When chasing high-privileged accounts as they are a risk, this is a question I have seen many times. In the Security Compliance templates from Microsoft (even the latest for RS2) the setting “Access this computer from the network” is recommended to be set to “Administrators” and “Remote Desktop Users” which is a good recommendation! It…
Apply native Driver packages dynamically using Driver Manager
Another great tool and post by my colleague Johan Schrewelius! A while ago we had a customer whose Task Sequence suddenly exceeded the maximum allowed size, mainly because of a vast number of “Apply Driver Package” steps. To remediate the issue, we looked at several different solutions to apply driver packages dynamically. It turned out…