SCCM Configmgr 2012 How to Extract information from XML file stored in SQL DB for application properties

  Last week,I was working on request to get the application information which includes Application Name ,Deployment Type ,Content location,Command lines (install and uninstall),what type of deployment is it,detection type,user requirement  and other information. Since there are no default reports to get this kind of information ,you must consider writing new SQL/SSRS report else go…
SCCM Configmgr 2012 Report Application Deployment results for specific application for specific OU

Started rolling out MS office 2013 to Users few weeks ago.For this ,created collection to get computers with MS office 2010 ,created application for MS office 2013 upgrade and deploy to collection .This collection consists of computers from different departments,business units etc. Colleague of mine asked me if there is way to get report for…
List of SCCM Configmgr Technical Preview Default reports

Exploring the recently released Configuration manager Tech preview (60 days evolution ) by Microsoft in my lab.It has got some nice features like Management rotation,Auto Client upgrade to collection,OSD and other things. I was looking at reports what has been added extra compared to Configuration manager 2012 R2 CU4 (this my present CM level). Configmgr…
SCCM Configmgr 2012 R2 Cumulative Update 5 is available for Download

During the Ignite 2015,Microsoft announced about service packs for SCCM Configmgr 2012 (will be released during next week) also about Configmgr technical preview(A 60 days evaluation is already out for public) . Today ,Microsoft released another Cumulative Update 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and is ready for Download. This update replaces Previously…
How to Install SCCM Configmgr Technical Preview

Microsoft announced some exciting stuff about Configuration manager 2012 and upcoming product Configmgr Technical preview  (can this be SCCM Configmgr 2016?) at Microsoft Ignite 2015. I did blog yesterday on Configuration manager updates from Ignite session ,Read the post here. After the release of Configuration manager Technical preview,i started downloading and Installed it in my…
Configuration manager (Vnext) updates from Microsoft Ignite and other social networking sites

Lot of interesting news are coming out from Microsoft Ignite 2015 and from social networking Sites(mainly from Twitter).I have been actively monitoring the tags with #msignite and #Configmgr .Some of the interesting facts about Configuration manager products are: 1. Microsoft has made configuration manager and Endpoint Protection Technical Preview (it will be next Configmgr Version…
List of Configuration Manager 2012 sessions from Microsoft Ignite 2015

The most awaiting Big event Microsoft Ignite 2015 is about to Start from Today  (May 4–8, 2015 ) in Chicago, Illinois.More information about Ignite can browse via http://ignite.microsoft.com/ This blog post is quick one to list configuration manager 2012 sessions from this Big and Great Event . These sessions are picked from the Microsoft ignore…
SCCM 2012 SSRS Report Content Summary With distribution Status

  This week SSRS report is about knowing the count of applications,packages,driver packages,SUP packages,boot images,OS images,Virtual packages etc into Nice Pie Chart also know about the Distribution status of each package . This report has 2 queries inside SSRS 1) for Pie Chart and 2)list the Distribution Status for each package with sorting order. Its…