In one of my last blog-post I described how to configure the initial synchronization of an Active Directory Service with Windows Azure Directory (https://blog.hosebei.ch/2014/01/23/azure-directory-sync-initial-configuration/). But what if you have already synced your Domain, and you made your configuration afterwards? Yes, unfortunately, the Accounts in the Azure Directory will not be deleted. This is caused of the Forefront Identity Manager Metaverse. But we come to this later on. Continue reading
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SCCM 2012 R2 – Delete Client Operations Status
I often hear from customers, that they need a solution to delete expired Client Operations, the console Looks like this, but with more than hundreds of Operations:
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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:
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SCCM 2012 R2 – Console on Windows 8.1 can’t connect to SMS Provider
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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 site (….”:
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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 – Troubleshot Hardware Inventory import
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: Continue reading
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 to Show, what you have to do, when the Inventoried Software node beyond Asset Intelligence is empty, like this:
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