TechEd 2013 Hands-On Labs
The issue with learning new stuff is that often you have to spend a lot of time in getting a test environment up and running before you can actually start testing out things. I was therefore very pleased to see Read More …
SCCM 2012 SP1 Client Settings only configurable within the Default Client Settings
While preparing and documenting the System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 Client settings for our clients and servers I noticed that there are a few settings that cannot be configured within custom client settings meaning they can only be configured Read More …
How to configure system volume with PowerShell
Back in 2011 I wrote a blog post on how to mute Windows System Volume programmatically. This week I found another approach on GitHub using PowerShell. The PowerShell Module WindowsAudioDevice-Powershell-Cmdlet provides a number of cmdlets to control the Windows System volume. Read More …
How to reapply a Group Policy Preference that is configured to Apply Once
When creating a Group Policy Preference you can configure it to only apply once. The exact wording is “Apply once and do not reapply”. But when you are implementing such a GPP you most likely want to test the setting Read More …
How to change the SCCM 2012 Package Source Path with PowerShell
Let’s assume you’ve just created a larger number of packages within SCCM 2012 and then you’re asked to move the package sources to a different location. I guess no-one on earth would want to visit each package and update the Read More …
PowerShell: Script to Retrieve SCCM 2012 Client Settings
4/3/2017 – Update: here’s a better version: https://www.verboon.info/2017/03/configmgr-client-policy-settings-get-cmclientpolicysettings/ To make documenting the configured SCCM Client configuration settings a bit easier I wrote a small script that retrieves all the configured settings for the Default and custom configuration settings. To Read More …
Integrating DaRT 8.0 SP1 Remote Connection into the SCCM 2012 OSD Process
While preparing for an SCCM 2012 upgrade, I thought it might be a good idea to consider implementing some of the best practices that are around such as integrating the DaRT Remote Connection tool into the OSD deployment process. I’m Read More …
How to automate SCCM 2012 Task Sequence Media Creation
Just recently I went through the CM12 Console Task Sequence media creation wizard several times a day, so at some point I thought, this is a good candidate for automation. If you have CU1 for SCCM 2012 SP1 already installed, Read More …