Category: General

  • Intune – Deploy required user settings to Windows 10 with powershell

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    In this blog I would like to describe, how I managed to set required user settings to Windows 10. Since I still do have an On-Premises environment, in which also File Servers reside and a DFS Namespace is still up and running, I wanted to make sure to get the advantages of using the local…

  • Microsoft MCSE Certifications

    Hi Reader, today I would like to share my knowledge about the MCSE Certification Path, if you got one already. This means, in my case, I’ve got the MCSE: Mobility (without a year at the end): But I can also achieve the MCSE: Mobility 2017:

  • ConfigrMgr – The complete Backup (currently)

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    Motivated from my attend at IT/Dev Connection in Las Vegas, I wanted to create my complete Backup from ConfigMgr so far. Because I was required to copy a lot of work from other people together, I decided to create a blog with each detailed step to achieve a fine Backup at the end, and I…

  • SQL 2016 – Export Maintenance Plan

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    Since I started to back up my System Center Configuration Manager Site within a SQL Maintenance Plan, I wondered how I would be able to export this Plan. To be able to restore the plan quickly, in case of failure, I wanted to export the maintenance plan. This starts by installing the Integration Services from…

  • ConfigMgr – In-Place Upgrade of SQL from 2012 to 2016

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    Hi, today I did an In-Place Upgrade of my SQL Installation from SQL 2012 to the 2016 Release which is also supported by System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (1606). Everything went fine except the Report Service, I received the following errors within the upgrade: Action required: The upgrade process for SQL Server failed. Use…

  • ConfigMgr 1606 – Configure Client Cache Size (Configuration Manager Current Branch)

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    Hi reader, the newest Version of System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (1606) is rolling out these days with a lot of new features and opportunities. But one of my favorites is definetly a very practical one: How often would you like to easily change the configured Cache size of a Configuration Manager Client? Not…

  • Windows and Local Administrator permission delegation

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    In this post, I would like to explain, what my experiences and solutions for the delegation of local Administrator permissions are. In a Client deployment Scenario, you will often be asked for a solution to provide IT Professionals and maybe also end users with local Administrator permissions. I will point out the most useful solutions…

  • ConfigMgr 1602 – All devices are part of the same server cluster

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    Hi folks, we are on the way, it will finally happen: We will be able to serve Clusters with System Center Configuration Manager and it’s update functionality. With the new released current branch 1602, a new feature called server cluster maintenance coordination was added to ConfigMgr, it comes close to a Cluster Aware updating solution.…

  • ConfigMgr 1511 – Run WSUS cleanup wizard automatically

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    Another new check box with the new System Center Configuration Manager release will help you massively to have a functional WSUS Infrastructure for your SCCM Environment: If you activate this checkbox, a WSUS Server cleanup will be started after the next software update synchronization is done.

  • Quickpost – Powershell One-Liner to determine Incremental Update collections

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    Hi, here’s Martin with a tiny Powershell One-Liner to measure, how many collection are in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager configured with the “Use incremental updates for this collection” option. Just use: @(Get-CMDeviceCollection | where{$_.refreshtype -eq 4 -or $_.refreshtype -eq 6}).count Hope this helps