ConfigMgr – Watch your language!
In organizations with multiple languages, caution should be used when creating queries, collections and scripts.
CVE-2020-1350 DNS Vulnerability – Configuration Baseline
All scripts and code are provided as-is. I am not responsible for any undesired consequences as a result of you running them. Use at your own risk There is a newly identified vulnerability affecting Windows DNS Servers. This is a serious exploit and the recommendation from Microsoft is to patch this and reboot your servers.…
Windows 10 Builds with CMPivot
Did you know that Windows 10 actually stores the “friendly” build numbers in the registry (1809, 1903, 1909, etc)? I didn’t until Adam Gross pointed it out at last years MMSMOA. Anyway here’s a simple CMPivot to give you a representation of your Windows 10 versions. Which gives you a nice bar chart
Fixing Unable to read task sequence configuration disk
At my employer we have some older Dell machines that are somewhat past their prime in terms of end user computers, but work well as generic PCs. So, we have a couple spare OptiPlex 7010 desktop computers that needed to be re-imaged. I’ve now had two of these computers that start to image, reboot after…
Configuration Manager 1910 Step-by-step upgrade guide
If you’re a seasoned veteran of Configuration Manager, or SCCM, or MECM, or MEMCM. This post is exactly for you. First you want to navigate to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/configmgr/core/servers/manage/checklist-for-installing-update-1910. Then you want to read it. Finally install the update from the console. * Optionally you can install this in tandem with drinking a nice cold beer (use…
What’s the deal with peer cache?
I’ll preface this by stating I’m not an expert at the different caching methods, I’m simply reporting what I’ve found with peer cache in my environment. YMMV So as most companies are, in the trailing months of 2019, we’re trying to upgrade our remaining Windows 7 clients to Windows 10. We’re using a task sequence…
Fixing the Veeam Error Code 32768
To preface this post, I am not anywhere near a SQL expert. It’s a weak point in my knowledge, so my below suggestions are to be used at your own risk. I am using Veeam version 9.5.4.2753 and SCCM 1910 at the time of this blog post. Recently in Veeam I kept getting an error…
Teamviewer 13, The Nightmare Deployment
Preface My company made a global decision to get rid of Radmin and some other products used in the EMEA region, and go with Teamviewer as a way to remotely support our fleet of Desktops, Laptops, etc. Especially for our mainly remote users. Why not just use SCCM to do this? Short answer, I don’t…
Sending Messages in OSD to Slack
I originally saw Terence Beggs post about sending messages through Microsoft Teams. Not having Teams, I wanted to send the message through Slack instead. This pretty much operates in the same fashion but had to be tweaked in order to work properly. These script(s) are a very minor part of our SCCM environment, but I really love getting notified when either in-place upgrades are complete, or computers are imaged.