Eswar Koneti

How to fix duplicate reports with double underscore (__) in Configuration Manager

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 502 Views

The other day, I was running the ConfigMgr reports in my lab, especially the asset intelligence reports for some hardware information. I tried to run the first report __ Hardware 01A – Summary of computers in a specific collection, it did not run successfully. The following is the error code. The report server cannot process…

Microsoft Intune – zscaler client connector connectivity issues cant reach login.microsoftonline.com

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 304 Views

Introduction: I was recently involved to setup Microsoft 365 POC (zero trust) and manage the endpoints such as windows, iOS, android using Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune). The windows devices were set up using autopilot and are purely azure AD joined with Bitlocker keys in the cloud. To secure the internet web traffic and to enforce…

Using Scripts to trigger software updates remotely from the SCCM console

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 1,740 Views

A quick blogpost to trigger the installation of software updates (missing/failed/available in software Center) remotely from the console using built-in scripts feature. If you have deployed software updates to your clients and during the windows update compliance check, you found that, the clients are still reporting as non-compliance (required). There could be several reasons why…

Reporting services – The request failed with HTTP status 503 Service Unavailable

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 866 Views

The other day, I have powered ON my Configuration Manager lab after long a time to test something on the reporting and found that, the reporting URL does not work. Browsing the reports URL leads to service unavailable with http error 503, The service unavailable. I have verified that, the SQL server reporting services is…

Technical preview 2105 released for Configuration Manager

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 319 Views

As part of the monthly release updates for Configuration Manager Technical Preview, this month has got Technical preview version 2105 for Configuration Manager is available with some cool features such as enhanced script editing, VM size for CMG, support Center themes (dark and white), client deployment pre-req, powershell release notes. You can Install this version…

Troubleshooting Co-management enrollment issues–hybrid Azure AD join

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 1,423 Views

I was troubleshooting the client issue for co-management and found that the device was not hybrid Azure AD Joined. Hybrid Azure AD joined (if your devices are on-prem) is one of the pre-requisites for co-management. To check if the devices are hybrid Azure AD joined or not, you can open cmd and run dsregcmd /status…

Audit messages for software update deployments in Configuration Manager

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 1,106 Views

In Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, To monitor infrastructure and operations, we use the Monitoring workspace in the Configuration Manager console. One of the common ask in many forums is that how to find who created or modified or deployed certain tasks to users or devices that caused an issue. when someone deploys something, they would…

Did you miss to download your samples from Technet Gallery Here is how you can do it.

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Eswar Koneti | 0 Comments | 2,454 Views

Technet Gallery has been there for almost 15 years for community to share scripts, files, utilities, tools etc for Microsoft Products. With the retirement/closure of Technet Gallery, there are large number of scripts/reports that I have uploaded to Technet for my blog and now am receiving the feedback from the blog readers that they cannot…