Enhancing Troubleshooting with Verbose Logging in SCCM

Verbose logging is a powerful tool that provides a detailed record of events, actions, and errors, making it invaluable for troubleshooting, diagnosing issues, and monitoring activities. When enabled, verbose logging offers an enhanced view of what's happening within client, offering deeper insights that can prove essential for IT administrators and support person. By default, SCCM…
Streamlining Primary User UPN Fix in Intune Using PowerShell

  Introduction: In Intune world of device management, the concept of the primary user plays a crucial role, especially when it comes to application deployments. In this blog post, we will explore the significance of the primary user and how it affects the installation of applications using the company portal in Intune. We will also…
Update scan failed due to Group policy settings were overwritten by a higher authority

Few years ago, I have blogged about the client update scan failure due to GPO’s. https://eskonr.com/2014/10/sccm-configmgr-2012-software-update-scan-error-group-policy-settings-were-overwritten-by-a-higher-authority-error-code-0x87d00692/ Introduction: When the software update point is configured for a site, client computers receive a machine policy that provides the active software update point server name (WSUS) and configures the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location local policy on…
SCCM Software Update installation failed with error code 0x87D00664

I was approached by a customer who had issues deploying the March 2022 windows 10 cumulative updates. The error code and the screenshot is provided below. The software updates are failed with error code 0x87D00664 (-2016410012). The error code 0x87D00664 translates to ‘Updates handler job was cancelled’. There could be several reasons why the updates…