Author: martin

  • SCCM 2012 R2 – Configuration Manager Toolkit Released

    Hi there, here’s Martin again, today I would like to Show, what Kind of Tools are included in the newly release of the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit. You will find the toolkit here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36213

  • SCCM 2012 – Install Windows 7 on SSD fails with error 0x87d00267

    Hi there, here’s Martin again, today I hopefully found the solution for the annoying Problem with devices that has a SSD for the System drive. The Problem was, that the Task sequence stops at different Install Application steps. The smsts.log Shows the following Errors: Policy Evaluation failed, hr=0x87d00267 Install application action failed: ‘App-V Client 4.6…

  • SCCM 2012 R2 – Console on Windows 8.1 can’t connect to SMS Provider

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    Quickpost: Today I installed the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 Console on another Windows 8.1 machine. I already deployed my package on my Workstation, so I didn’t expect to get any issues. But after the Installation, I wasn’t able to connect to my SCCM hierarchy, the well-known error “Configuration Manager cannot connect to the…

  • SCCM 2012 R2 – Create Virtual Hard Disk (VHD)

    One of the new Features Microsoft is bringing with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 is the capability to create a VHD out of an Task Sequence with operating System deployment. This allows you to simplify your process of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. It is not possible to create a vhdx, but after creation

  • SCCM 2012 R2 – Intune Company Portal App

    Make sure that you have updated your Company Portal app to Version 4.0.14264.0 when using Intune with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2. It was released at 18.10.2013 and you will find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36060 For signing the app refer to this blog post: http://blog.hosebei.ch/2013/06/19/sccm-2012-sp1-windows-phone-8-portal-app-and-azure-active-directory-allowed-characters/

  • SCCM 2012 R2 – After Update to R2 Console can’t connect

    I just updated my LAB Environment to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2, and after the Installation I wasn’t able to Connect with the Console. I got the error Configuration Manager cannot connect to the site … Configuration Manager Console cannot connect to the Configuration Manager Site Database. Verify the following:

  • SCCM 2012 – Boot Images are read-only, even as Full Admin

    Today I faced the Problem, that I was not able to select a boot Image, when importing Drivers to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager:

  • SCCM 2012 – Troubleshot Hardware Inventory import

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    Hey, here is Martin again, in this Blogpost I would like to explain, how you can resolve Problems with Hardware Inventory and BADMIF and also Delta Mismatch Errors. I tested around with some WMI classes, and ended up with Errors in “SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER”, all of them coming up with Message ID 2700 and text:

  • SCCM 2012 – Inventoried Software is empty?

    I think the Difference between Software and Hardware Inventory in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is leading many People the to wrong direction, when they want to achieve something that has to do with one of those inventories, because the Hardware Inventory should more be called WMI Inventory. In this Blog Post, I would like…

  • SCCM 2012 – Compliance Settings, really?

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    Hey, here’s Martin, did you ever come to the Point, where you should implement compliance Settings in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Artist formerly known as “Desired Configuration Management”)? And further, did you also thought, how to get all of those compliance Settings? Microsoft publish the so-called “Security Compliance Manager” which will be the Support…