ConfigMgr How to use Compliance Settings to check the windows update policy settings like WUServer, UseWUServer,NoAutoUpdate on clients

  When you install configuration manager client to manage any windows device ,it will try to configure local group policy to set WSUS server settings (unless you have no GPO configured to set these settings) .If at all ,you have any GPO to configure the WSUS information ,local GPO that created by configmgr client will…
Configmgr SQL query to get the list of clients that require a specific software update patch

This is quick blog post about getting the list of clients that require a specific software update contained (it can be based on title,article ID(KB),bulletin ID). You can get the client list using the default software update compliance reports but it doesn't give you the inventory information about client ,like ip address,hardware scan,software update scan…
System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) September 2017 Preview 2 is available

Microsoft has released SCUP 2017 preview 2 update with enhanced update catalog to provide better experience for users in consuming large catalog updates. While old catalog formats are still supported, catalog providers will need to add information to their existing catalogues to take advantage of these improvements that exist in this preview 2 update. This…
Configmgr Client push installation install the client software from specified site is blank

This is quick blog post to address the issue of blank site in the installation options while installing SCCM Client software using client push installation method. In SCCM 2012 and above ,you have RBAC (Role based administration access) to secure the access that is needed to administer Configuration Manager. You also secure access to the…
SCCM Configmgr SUP sync error The underlying connection was closed  Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel

  I was contacted by colleague that Configmgr is not showing the updates that were published day ago by SCUP . So i started checking the SCUP configuration (proxy) and the updates status if they are published or not using the date published and also verified SCUP logs. From SCUP perspective,all looks good. Next to…
SCCM Configmgr Report for Boundary group relationships with Fallback Sites

Beginning with configuration manager version 1702, clients use boundary groups to find a new software update point. You can add individual software update points to different boundary groups to control which site servers, a client can find the content or update scan. More information about boundary groups and its relationship with  software update point changes…
SCCM Configmgr Powershell script to remove the Maintenance Window on list of collections

  Maintenance windows in SCCM Configmgr enable you to define a time when SCCM operations can be carried out on members of a device collection. These maintenance windows are helpful to ensure that client configuration changes occur during periods that do not affect the productivity of the organization. More information about  Maintenance windows refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sccm/core/clients/manage/collections/use-maintenance-windows…